Transcript Highlights:

• Grant Program, which provides support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements
• Grant Program, which provides support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements
• I will do the VOCA backfill and the nonprofit security grants first, in combining them.
• On the other—on the security grant, did we go to it?
• Nonprofits can apply for $250,000 per site, for up to two sites, for security enhancements.

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision proposals for labor, public safety/judiciary, and transportation, and no votes were taken. In Part A on labor, the Employment Development Department described funding for EDD Next document management work, updated UI loan interest costs, disability insurance and paid family leave benefit increases, WIOA adjustments, UI and school employee benefit changes, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical correction tied to an EDD Next reversion. PERB discussed reduced funding requests for AB 288 due to litigation and a proposal to implement AB 1 covering legislative employees. DIR presented proposals for legal unit reclassifications, two major IT modernization projects, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COIA reappropriation, and trailer bill language requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and removing a salary cap for the DWC administrative director. CalHR proposed consolidating employee assistance services into a statewide contract with enhanced support for first responders, and CalPERS and CalSTRS presented budget adjustments tied to investment costs, state contributions, and benefit overpayments. Members focused heavily on the unemployment insurance debt and interest payments, asking why the administration had no concrete plan to pay down principal. Finance and LAO explained that the state’s UI tax structure has long been insufficient and that any long-term solution would need to address both the outstanding federal loan and the structural imbalance in employer taxes. Questions also centered on EDD Next costs and timelines, with the chair asking for clearer long-term project cost estimates and Finance noting that future maintenance and operations costs will continue after implementation. On DIR’s emerging technologies unit, members asked whether it would address AI-driven workplace harms; DIR said the unit would focus on physical workplace safety issues involving AI, robotics, autonomous equipment, and related guardrails, while LAO noted broader labor-practice questions would likely fall outside Cal/OSHA’s scope. In the CalPERS discussion, members raised concerns about transparency in private equity and external management fees, while CalPERS said higher fees reflect a strategy of greater private-market and active-management exposure and are offset by higher net returns. Members urged more information on specific investments and future reporting. For CalSTRS, Finance presented routine contribution and overpayment adjustments, but members also raised broader transparency concerns that CalSTRS staff said they would follow up on separately. Public comment in Part A was dominated by strong support for an immigrant worker emergency relief fund, along with support for apprenticeship and workforce proposals and PERB staffing. The chair and members said they would follow up on where the immigrant relief proposal should be considered, noting it may belong in another policy area. The hearing then moved into Part B with an overview of Judicial Branch-related May Revision items, including court interpreter funding, appellate court security, workload cap changes, lactation room implementation delays, and a reduction to the state court facility construction backfill.

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 898 creates a framework to structure disclosures and notices so that we enhance trust and security
• Security systems.
• SB 898 creates a framework to structure disclosures and notices so that we enhance trust and security
• Internet-connected devices require security updates from manufacturers in order to remain secure and
• Taylor Crittle with the Electronic Security Association, in opposition unless amended. Thank you.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> secure the retirement of these people. secure the retirement of these people.
• I know what the commission has said it would impact other lines.
• </c> As granted by this insurance commission As granted by this insurance commission from<01:24:34.800
• This insurance commission at risk.
• </c> increases from social security increases from social security and<01:26:49.440><c> pensions</c><

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• He's Louisiana State Chaplain with the Capitol Commission, president of Grace Adventures.
• He's Louisiana State Chaplain with the Capitol Commission, president of Grace Adventures, which reaches
• Senate Bill 388 by Senator Hodges is an act to amend Titles 29 and 39 relative to homeland security,
• Members, this is a local bill that creates the Real Timbers Crime Prevention and Security District in
• the election process. ...inconsistencies and efficiencies in ways to improve and secure the election

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I then went to planning commission.
• </c> twice on the town's planning commission. twice on the town's planning commission. uh<03:22:06.160
• </c> Rocks Planning Commission. Rocks Planning Commission.
• </c><03:22:19.840><c> time,</c> Early in my planning commission time, Early in my planning commission
• </c><03:41:37.840><c> these</c> is the beginning that to secure these is the beginning that to secure

Keywords: 981, all

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• Regulation, the Insurance Department, the Lottery Commission, the Liquor Commission, the Department
• Regulation, the Insurance Department, the Lottery Commission, the Liquor Commission, the Department
• Regulation, the Insurance Department, the Lottery Commission, the Liquor Commission, the Department
• </c> entities that share their commission entities that share their commission consider<04:57:14.000>
• </c> Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Hampshire Public Utilities Commission the<05:48:31.160><c>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c><00:03:08.560><c> two</c> $250,000 uh with securing two $250,000 uh with securing two competitive
• We've improved SEAS and added security, particularly in the security area.
• Some of you know because commissions.
• We don't do any of the commissions.
• </c><01:04:25.359><c> work</c> documents in boards and commission work documents in boards and commission

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She was PA Game Commission.
• ,</c><00:33:07.279><c> and</c> access to opportunity, security, and access to opportunity, security,
• Through his leadership, Alliance Cyber provided cyber security and its security solutions to others.
• </c><03:37:57.840><c> to</c> Appalachian Regional Commission to Appalachian Regional Commission to include
• Despite many advances since security.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Nonetheless, we put security at all the entrances to campus.
• Safety by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.
• Or is that you have security guards that may be armed, but you don't have armed officers?
• These serve to secure facilities and protect individuals.
• Security Grant Program to help nonprofit organizations at risk of violent attacks strengthen their security

Summary: The committee held a hearing on active and mass shootings in California, focusing on prevention, response, training, communications, and gaps in preparedness across law enforcement, schools, campuses, fire, EMS, and state agencies. Opening remarks emphasized the frequency and impact of gun violence, the need for faster coordinated response, and the importance of learning from recent tragedies such as the Stockton-area mass shooting described by Sheriff Patrick Withrow. The first panel included representatives from police, sheriff, and campus public safety agencies, who discussed incident command, interoperable communications, next-generation 911, threat assessment, emergency notification systems, and the value of joint drills and cross-agency planning. Witnesses also highlighted differences in training and authority across jurisdictions, especially for private university public safety departments versus public campus police. Campus representatives said they rely heavily on municipal law enforcement for armed response, while also using run-hide-fight protocols, text alerts, surveillance, and threat assessment teams. Members raised concerns about standardized training, after-action reviews, mental health resources, school resource officers, and whether campus safety plans and drills are sufficiently consistent or workable. Sheriff Withrow argued that early intervention and accountability are being weakened by well-intentioned laws, while other witnesses stressed prevention through relationships, diversion, and coordinated support services. The second panel from Cal OES, the Department of Education, POST, and EMSA described statewide systems and standards. Cal OES outlined its Reduce the Risk initiative, gun violence restraining orders, mutual aid, unified command, after-action reporting, and nonprofit security grants. The Department of Education explained California’s statutory school safety framework, annual safety plans, regulated armed assailant drills, and local flexibility, while acknowledging compliance gaps and the need for more mental health support. POST described the new requirement for 16 hours of standardized active shooter training for recruits and ongoing local training options. EMSA explained its role in medical response and terrorism training standards. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> commission or a board or anything else. commission or a board or anything else.
• Um security uh in stores, in to steal.
• </c><02:06:17.520><c> processes</c> think through their security processes think through their security
• money should be going to the study commission rather than the collaborative.
• money should be going to the study commission rather than the collaborative.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:28:23.120><c> and</c> Safety and home Homeland Security and Safety and home Homeland Security
• Information security is our information risk management, security, and privacy education and awareness
• , security incident response and management, and system privacy and security from an IT strategic standpoint
• It's a 26-member commission of very engaged people.
• on Aging uh the State Commission on Aging uh the Commission<02:26:00.479><c> on</c><02:26:00.640><c>

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• $400; beach marshal, $200; tabulator, $200; production staff, $350; two lifeguards, $400; a bonded security
• /c><00:09:43.000><c> officer</c><00:09:43.720><c> $300</c><00:09:44.720><c> contest</c> a bonded security
• officer $300 contest a bonded security officer $300 contest director director director $600<00:09:47.160
• Mike Nuli, Executive Director for the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission.
• </c><00:17:41.200><c> from</c><00:17:41.400><c> the</c> celebration commission from the celebration commission

Committee: House Culture & Arts

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Culture and the Arts met on January 29 at 10:30 a.m. and heard four bills. HB 133, relating to surfing, drew testimony from the Department of Education and one individual in support. Committee discussion focused on the department’s estimated cost of about $44,000 per event, including judges, lifeguards, security, and administrative expenses. Members also asked about why surfing has been difficult to implement statewide and were told safety concerns, open-water conditions, and league-level decisions were among the barriers. The committee moved the bill forward with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation, and noted it wanted the Education Committee to review the cost breakdown further. HB 307, relating to special license plates for the island of Kahoʻolawe, received strong support from Protect K Ohana, the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission, and other supporters in person and via Zoom. Testimony clarified the name of the receiving entity and noted a recent petition showing significant public interest. The bill was advanced with technical amendments, and the chair said the fund name was already correct and that the measure would not reflect DCCA but the bank account designation. HB 450 would transfer the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from DAGS to DBEDT and move authority over the Works of Art Special Fund to DBEDT’s director. The State Foundation and DBEDT’s Creative Industries Division supported the measure. In response to questions, the State Foundation said it had researched the transfer, believed funding would not be lost, and requested about a year for the transition to avoid payroll and payment disruptions, along with consideration of an additional DBEDT staff position. The committee adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass the bill with amendments, including adding the requested FTE and noting a two-year transition period in the report. HB 663, authorizing a special license plate commemorating the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, had little testimony and no one signed up to speak. The chair said OHA advocacy testimony was on file but that support for the measure appeared limited, and the bill was deferred. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• And to secure that, we have to demonstrate all local funds are committed.
• We're going to run through the latest on the work of our two transportation commissions on doing the
• . early 2024 as an agreement between the two state transportation commissions.
• And for the record, Carl C., Deputy Director for the Washington Commission.
• And I hope that you will advise the Transportation Commission not to give that approval.

Committee: Joint Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee

Summary: The committee met jointly with the Washington-Oregon Legislative Action Committee for an update on the Interstate 5 Bridge Replacement (IBR) program. Members first adopted the proposed committee rules, then received program updates from staff on environmental review, permitting, design, tribal consultation, and public engagement. Staff said the project remains in the supplemental EIS process, with a final supplemental EIS and amended record of decision expected in early 2026, which would allow construction to begin. They also described ongoing work on Coast Guard navigation clearance, Section 106 historic-property coordination, and architectural guidelines for the bridge and five-mile corridor, emphasizing that the visualizations shown were conceptual and that public and partner feedback has already influenced design considerations such as accessibility and shared-use path connections. Members raised concerns about schedule delays, rising costs, and whether the project is being designed to be functional, safe, and economical. Staff acknowledged that the timeline has slipped from earlier expectations and said the delay reflects the complexity of the environmental and federal review process, as well as the need to avoid redoing steps. They said the updated cost estimate is being prepared now that design has advanced to roughly 30 percent, and that it will account for inflation, risk factors, and both fixed-span and movable-span options. Staff estimated a movable span would add more than $400 million and said the first construction work after environmental approval would likely be preliminary freeway and retaining-wall work in late 2026, followed by the bridge procurement. The committee also received funding and tolling updates. Staff reported that major federal grants have been executed, including Mega and Bridge Investment Grant agreements, and that state STIP amendments are advancing to allow access to federal funds. The tolling team described Level 3 traffic-and-revenue work, a bi-state tolling subcommittee process, and possible toll scenarios aimed at supporting either about $1.24 billion or $1.6 billion in toll revenue. Members questioned low-income toll relief timing, truck toll rates, and the effect of tolls on freight users. Staff said low-income discounts are being analyzed for both revenue and operational feasibility, that tribal exemptions and other policy exemptions are under review, and that the commissions expect to move into public outreach on toll rates and policies in 2026, with tolling on the existing bridges currently projected to begin in spring 2027.

Transcript Highlights:

• funding levels needed to conduct the work of the commission and securing private funding to do so.
• funding</c> commission and securing private funding commission and securing private funding to<01:26
• Department of Homeland Security Department of Homeland Security ATF ATF ATF any<02:48:10.640><c> other
• </c> the Department of Homeland Security the Department of Homeland Security or<03:33:20.000><c> of</
• </c> Department of Homeland Security. Department of Homeland Security.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, April 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• Passcodes, addresses, and even Social Security numbers can be changed, but your DNA cannot.
• Passwork, addresses, and even social security numbers can be changed.
• They lose their Social Security cards, ID cards that are needed to access housing.
• Yes, if they find themselves in custody, they can then lose the housing that they've secured.
• The juvenile can be transferred to adult criminal court for the commission...

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 02:10.080><c> operating</c> Moving to the Department of Public Safety in the program of homeland security
• </c><00:04:25.040><c> and</c><00:04:25.280><c> emergency</c> homeland security and emergency homeland
• security and emergency management<00:04:26.800><c> on</c><00:04:27.040><c> line</c><00:04:27.360><c>
• On line 175, we have the base for the Clemency Review Commission and a small operating adjustment on
• ,</c> to establish economic security, to establish economic security, independence,<00:32:09.679><c>

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Lines 24 through 30 appropriate grants to the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security
• Line 7 for the State Fire Prevention Commission: $240,000, as well as some associated epilogue with that
• The commission $240,000, and as well as some associated epilogue with that, are intended to be for fees
• Section 23 provides an appropriation to the State Fire Prevention Commission.
• Roster to the Department of Finance and the State Fire Prevention Commission to aid in the processing

Committee: Joint Finance

Summary: The Joint Finance Committee met to review and vote on the fiscal year 2027 Grants and Aid Act, which was expected to be pre-filed as Senate Bill 337. Members first reviewed Section 1, covering county seat payments, paramedic operations, senior center allocations, senior center transportation, and Homeland Security grants. They approved Section 1 after discussion of how senior center transportation is being moved from DART to grant-in-aid and how some organizations can appear in both the senior center formula and the general aging category. The committee then worked through Section 2, which included one-time appropriations and the various grant categories for aging, arts/historical/recreation, economic housing or labor services, family and youth services, health or disability services, and neighborhood and community services. Members discussed several specific items, including New Castle County reassessment-related funding, Friends of Cooch’s Bridge, Slaughter Neck Community Action Organization, Plastic-Free Delaware, Love, Inc. of the Delmarva, and the Southern Delaware Horse Retirement Association. One aging line for Slaughter Neck was reduced back to flat funding after members questioned a large increase, and the revised category total was adjusted accordingly. Each of the Section 2 subcategories was then adopted. Section 3, covering fire companies and public service ambulance companies, was approved with increases across apparatus, ambulance, rescue truck, aerial truck, rescue boat, substation, and insurance rebate equalization funding. Section 4, for veterans organizations and youth programs such as Boys State, Girls State, and Trooper Youth Week, was also adopted. The committee then approved the epilogue sections, which included eligibility, audit, payment, and reporting rules; special provisions for the Wilmington Senior Center contingency; conditions tied to several one-time appropriations; withholding funding from Merri-Dell Volunteer Fire Company pending a corrective report; and reprogramming $1,485,000 from a prior SMART food program appropriation toward SNAP/WIC-related food access initiatives. The meeting ended with remarks thanking staff and noting that it was likely the last JFC meeting for two members, followed by adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• Only one of the state's five secure post-adjudication facilities is equipped with toilets and running
• In times of staffing shortages, when secure facilities implement lockdowns and restrictions, more than
• three quarters of the youth in TJJD secure facilities are left dependent on staff who are stretched
• Staff recruitment and retention remain significant issues at secure facilities.
• It's essential that the state protect the safety and well-being of both children and staff in our secure

Bills: HB1967 , HB3442 , HB5525 , HB5561 , HB5653 , HB5667 , SB1171

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

Keywords: juvenile justice, correctional facilities, reform, rehabilitation, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, alcohol awareness, court-ordered programs, substance misuse education, deferred disposition, youth, parole reform, inmates under 18, mental health, educational achievement, reintegration, foster youth, behavior intervention, community services, diversion policies, HB 5653

Transcript Highlights:

• The security of their infrastructure needs to be protected. Their costs need to be recovered.
• And as in Texas 54204D, the commission regulatory commission decides these disputes when they arise.
• We blended Arkansas Public Service Commission rate, use that formula, looked at the Tennessee Valley,
• And they came up with an idea that Arkansas Public Service Commission, their PUC.
• Associated with putting in that pole and maintaining that pole and and maintaining security.

Committee: House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Transcript Highlights:

• Book Six is our charter school and our commissions are in this book.
• We also have asked the governor for more security contractors.
• It's about a 12% increase on our security software.
• So this amount is just the increase for our Microsoft security.
• On page 76 is the Appellate Judicial Commission Corps. This is a separate...

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The committee first heard the Office of the Governor’s FY 2027 budget request from Adam Gresham. He explained the office’s staffing and noted a $500,000 core reduction, along with a reallocation of three positions and about $168,000 from the governor’s office to the mansion operating fund to better reflect where those employees work. Members asked about the National Guard emergency line, which Gresham said had already spent about $63,457 in FY 2026 and could be used again for disaster activations, though he did not expect to use the full $4 million. He also said the agricultural resiliency transfer fund had not been used and had no current transfer plans. Several members commented on the size of the governor’s cut and whether the judiciary and other offices were also being asked to reduce budgets. No votes were taken. The committee then moved to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Childhood and early childhood-related budget items. DESE staff described funding for the Office of Childhood, MoQPK child care provider grants, LEA pre-K grants, early childhood special education, Parents as Teachers, First Steps, preschool coordination, after-school programs, and child care subsidy. Members asked extensively about the MoQPK grants, including why Head Start providers were eligible, how curriculum approval works, and what safeguards exist against fraud or improper payments. DESE said it conducts physical inspections, desk reviews, payment-system checks, and investigations as needed, and that it had not had findings in this area. Some members questioned whether DESE or DSS was the right home for early childhood programs, while others defended the partnership and the role of early educators in identifying child needs. A major portion of the discussion focused on early childhood special education and the child care subsidy program. DESE explained that First Steps serves children birth to age three, while early childhood special education covers ages three to five and is driven by IEP eligibility; members asked for more data on diagnoses, trends, and how many children come off IEPs. The committee also discussed the child care subsidy budget and the governor’s proposed shift to paying providers based on authorization and at the beginning of the month. DESE said the change is being piloted, that a wait list is expected to begin around March 1, and that a May rollout is being considered, but only if software testing and fiscal projections show the system is sustainable. Members expressed frustration that promised changes had been delayed and that providers had been told different timelines, while DESE said the delay was driven by software issues, fiscal caution, and the need to avoid repeating prior payment problems. The hearing ended with the committee in recess before later resuming discussion of the subsidy program; no final votes or actions were taken in the portion provided.