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• </c> manufacturers will have to increase manufacturers will have to increase prices<00:40:32.800><c>
• ,</c> trying to fight these increases, trying to fight these increases, Republicans<00:54:50.079><c>
• </c> American auto industry, and increase American auto industry, and increase reliance<02:08:08.800>
• </c> the DOJ to help increase Tesla sales. the DOJ to help increase Tesla sales.
• Thank you. for under minimum wage they usually get for under minimum wage they usually get some<02:45

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• And um Increased Teachers of Color Act.
• </c> of the increase teachers of color act. of the increase teachers of color act.
• </c><00:04:06.560><c> um</c> previously proposed in 2023 increase um previously proposed in 2023 increase
• </c> the 2022 increase teachers of color act. the 2022 increase teachers of color act.
• </c><00:44:26.079><c> This</c> through increased local levies. This through increased local levies.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

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• You cited the steady increase in pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
• In Transportation, we added some increased fines based on how many times you get a ticket.
• In transportation, we added some increased fines based on how many times you get a ticket.
• In the most expensive state to rent, Californians need to earn an hourly wage of $47 and $38 to afford
• Protecting rental housing and preventing rent increases using AI algorithms.

Summary: The committee heard several AI- and consumer-protection-related bills, with extensive testimony from authors, supporters, and industry opponents. SB 53 by Senator Wiener would create transparency requirements for large AI developers, including disclosure of safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, whistleblower protections, and the CalCompute public cloud. Supporters said it is a narrower, transparency-based follow-up to last year’s vetoed AI safety bill, while opponents argued it still relies too much on company size, could expose trade secrets, and should be narrowed further. The committee approved SB 53 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members. SB 766 by Senator Allen would codify the FTC’s Cars Rule and create a three-day cooling-off period for certain used-car purchases, along with stronger disclosure rules on pricing, add-ons, and government affiliation claims. Supporters said it would save consumers money and time and help buyers avoid bad deals, while dealer and industry groups said amendments addressed many of their concerns. Several former opponents moved to neutral, and the committee passed SB 766 unanimously as amended to Appropriations. SB 7 by Senator McNerney would regulate automated decision-making systems in employment by requiring notice, human review for discipline and termination, and limits on predictive behavior analysis. Labor and consumer advocates supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or overly automated workplace decisions, while employer and industry groups raised concerns about scope, notice burdens, and the predictive-analysis ban. The committee passed SB 7 to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote, with the roll held open. SB 833, also by Senator McNerney, would require human oversight of AI used in critical infrastructure, along with training and system assessments; it drew limited opposition focused on scope, and the committee passed it as amended to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote, also holding the roll open. Later, the committee took up SB 11, which would address AI-generated voice, image, and video cloning and deepfakes by clarifying likeness protections, requiring consumer warnings, and addressing misuse and evidence tampering. Supporters framed it as a targeted response to nonconsensual deepfakes, while industry groups said recent amendments improved the bill but still had concerns about penalties and warning language. The committee also heard SB 720, the Safer Streets Act, which would let cities opt into a revised red-light camera system that shifts from driver to owner liability, removes facial identification, makes violations civil rather than criminal, and directs revenue toward transportation safety projects; the author presented the bill, but the transcript ends before any final action on SB 720.

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• Compensation serves as both an incentive and a mechanism to increase accountability.
• That seems like an HR nightmare or a wage claim waiting to happen. How do you get around that?
• That seems like an HR nightmare or a wage claim waiting to happen. How do you get around that?
• their carry cost and increasing their carry cost and ultimately<00:54:51.559><c> contributing</c><00
• </c><01:00:55.480><c> the</c><01:00:55.640><c> risk</c> and will significantly increase the risk and

Committee: Senate Commerce

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• now the technological ability to target on a mass scale those who a given leader may disagree with increases
• They have increased requirements for what they need for their board and commission, and the system simply
• It also requires companies to pay locally prevailing wages and use registered apprenticeships in data
• And this raises concerns about energy supply and increased cost for ratepayers in that.
• Typically, a lot of large infrastructure projects have cost recovered through increased electricity rates

Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• There has been a massive 893% increase in anti-semitic hate crimes in the United States over the past
• And it's only increased since the October 7th attack.
• for teachers and during my career we made huge gains in my school district in working conditions and wages
• So I don't think this increases liability.
• Hate and harassment targeted youth is increasing and showing up in our schools.

Committee: House Education

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• SHE SPEARHEADED THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, LANDMARK PIECE LEGISLATION THAT INCREASED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES,
• AND CONSTRUCTION OF LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS NOT DELICT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT WHICH INCREASE
• FUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PAY TEACHERS A LIVING WAGE, OUR KIDS AND TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER.
• AND INCREASED YEAR TO YEAR AND IN 2003 BEFORE MIAMI GARDENS WAS INCORPORATED WE INCREASED IT UP TO 25
• THEY COULD INCREASE THE BASE RATE WHICH WOULD AFFECT MIAMI GARDENS AS WELL?

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• You end up actually increasing commerce in those places.
• We see that there's an 8% increase in kindergarten readiness and literacy.
• Specifically, we're very grateful that the Commonwealth has invested in increasing TAFDC and EAEDC grants
• Specifically, we're very grateful that the Commonwealth has invested in increasing TAFDC and EAEDC grants
• And let me conclude by saying that the story of poverty is in large part the story of low wages.

Bills: S3022 , H5187

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Keywords: ENOUGH Act, ENOUGH fund, anti-poverty, poverty reduction, community development, place-based grants, distressed neighborhoods, economic mobility, housing and livable communities, community schools, cradle-to-career, child poverty, intergenerational poverty, social services, workforce development, education equity, public health, behavioral health, mental health, affordable housing

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• supervises the projects, and there's something called the federal Davis-Bacon Act that says prevailing wage
• 48.480><c> prevailing</c> Davis bacon act that says prevailing Davis bacon act that says prevailing wage
• 49.799><c> paid</c><00:17:50.160><c> for</c><00:17:50.600><c> any</c><00:17:50.880><c> federally</c> wage
• has to be paid for any federally wage has to be paid for any federally funded<00:17:52.200><c> project

Summary: The subcommittee met to review the lapse extensions in the back of House Bill 25, which governs capital budget appropriations and bonding. Members were walked through how the bill is structured: section 1 covers general, federal, and other funds; section 2 covers highway fund appropriations; later sections authorize borrowing, restrict spending to the stated purposes, and explain why community colleges and the university system operate through their boards of trustees. The chair also explained that lapse extensions are needed because capital projects can span multiple years, and that appropriations normally expire at the end of the biennium unless extended. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on how to identify unspent balances and whether they should be extended, repurposed, or allowed to lapse. Members discussed that if a project is complete or an agency confirms it no longer needs the money, the remaining balance can be reused for another project or, if not needed, lapse back. The committee also reviewed the meaning of bill references and chapter numbers, and how to read prior-year appropriations and extensions in the worksheet. One example discussed was a 2023 Department of Administrative Services courthouse generators item, and members noted that some agencies may rely on encumbered balances rather than explicit lapse extensions, though the chair said he prefers including the extension for flexibility. The committee identified at least one specific change: the Jeffrey Ringe CTE renovation was removed from the governor’s recommended budget because the required local match was not approved, freeing about $18.5 million for possible reuse. Later, the chair noted that lapse extension 49 on the worksheet was no longer needed and could be removed, leaving an unspent balance of $81,500 available for repurposing. The discussion also referenced a Department of Transportation item, Caroline Stratford Freight Rail Improvements, which the agency asked to keep alive through a lapse extension so the funds would not expire on June 30. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided.

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• There's incredible flexibility, so this bill does not increase...
• Do you have any reason to dispute that increase? Absolutely. Because...
• Increases it, the end-of-year test, to 105 minutes.
• The student score must have increased to get them to the next level.
• Increases.

Bills: HB8 , HB12 , SB 3 , HJR1 , SB 11 , SB 16 , SB 14 , HB8 , HB 12 , SB3 , HJR1 , SB11 , SB16 , SB14

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• </c> educating their children and to increase educating their children and to increase the<00:46:11.280
• It's increased responsibility on the classroom teacher.
• :33:06.000><c> the</c> it's increased responsibility on the it's increased responsibility on the classroom
• It's inc increased classroom teacher.
• </c> the endless battles that are being waged the endless battles that are being waged in<03:34:01.680

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

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• God, we know that the wages of sin is death.
• God, we know that the wages of sin us. God, we know that the wages of sin is<00:08:13.039><c> death.
• They've actually increased their funding.
• They've actually increased their funding.
• . university is increasing or decreasing.

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• By contrast, other options such as increasing taxation of specific categories of foreign income might
• As for worldwide taxpayers, there is less than a 1% increase in worldwide filers in any given year.
• One is that the trend has been for it to increase.
• Is it more progressive than other taxes, say, increasing the retail sales tax?
• Increasing school funding directly supports our students.

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• </c><03:45:41.840><c> The</c> increases funding for such programs.
• The increases funding for such programs.
• </c><03:45:46.880><c> Medicaid</c> department to increase Medicaid department to increase Medicaid reimbursement
• 03:46:07.439><c> primary</c><03:46:08.000><c> care</c> will increase access to primary care will increase
• </c><05:15:07.440><c> Um</c> million in wages a year, right? Um million in wages a year, right?

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• </c><00:42:29.640><c> flexibility</c> that reduce demand increase flexibility that reduce demand increase
• </c><00:52:59.400><c> that</c> improvements to even increase that improvements to even increase that
• Meanwhile, our customers are not experiencing corresponding increases in wages, especially our seniors
• Why do we have an increase?
• </c><01:32:07.040><c> and</c> this why do we have an an increase and this why do we have an an increase

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

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• It closes gaps, increases degree completion, and ensures that dual credit counts for something other
• It closes gaps, increases degree completion, and ensures that dual credit counts for something other
• It closes gaps, increases degree completion, and ensures that dual credit counts for something other
• ,</c><00:34:53.679><c> and</c> gaps, increases degree completion, and gaps, increases degree completion
• </c><01:22:02.639><c> student</c> into the workforce, increases student into the workforce, increases

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:

• Next to our service array, we'll increase children served in their own homes and increase foster home
• Next to our service array, we'll increase children served in their own homes and increase foster home
• </c><01:31:12.199><c> uh</c><01:31:12.400><c> threat</c> there's an increased uh threat there's an increased
• We've increased mediator pay.
• </c> January 1 this year we've also increased January 1 this year we've also increased the<01:52:15.920

Summary: The meeting began with committee process reminders from the chair, including rules for questioning witnesses, time limits for testimony, and how motions and committee reports are handled. The chair also discussed the committee’s history, emphasized a cooperative approach with agencies and the Judiciary, and noted that a special committee on the Family Division of Circuit Court had previously done useful work; he said a new subcommittee could be appointed later to continue looking at judicial-system issues. He also mentioned that the Speaker’s office was expected to name members to the DHHS oversight committee by Friday at 1. The substantive presentation was from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Child Support Services. Attorney John Williams introduced the bureau team, and Bureau Chief Lisa Dekowski described the program’s mission: encouraging responsible parenting, family self-sufficiency, and child well-being by locating parents, establishing paternity, setting or modifying support orders, and enforcing court-ordered child and medical support. She said the bureau operates statewide under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, works with courts, employers, and other partners, and serves both in-state and out-of-state cases, with some international and tribal coordination. She also cited program scale, saying the bureau dispersed about $76 million to families in New Hampshire in fiscal year 2023 and that most collections go directly to families. Members asked about enforcement tools, especially passport denial. In response to a question about a case involving a very small shortfall, the bureau said the federal passport-denial threshold is $2,500 in arrears, not a few cents, and that denial remains in place until the balance is resolved or an arrangement is made with the agency, with hardship factors potentially considered. The bureau also explained that either parent can apply for services when a child support order exists and that the bureau can help initiate income withholding orders. No votes or formal actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• It fuels hatred, emboldens extremists, and increases real-world threats and violence against Black communities
• For an individual to be the highest-ranking elected official to deflect to a staffer making minimum wage
• I also want to flag that backfilling and increasing funding will support life-saving preventative services

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several floor recognitions, including St. Mary’s High School football team for its first state championship and Black-owned businesses honored by the Legislative Black Caucus and Black Chamber of Commerce. The Rules Committee also reported Senate Resolution 77 to third reading. The chamber then confirmed Tyler Sadwith as Chief Deputy Director for Health Care Programs at the Department of Health Care Services and State Medicaid Director by a 33-0 vote. The main floor debate centered on SR 77, a resolution condemning racist and dehumanizing imagery posted by President Trump depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Supporters from multiple caucuses, including the Black, Latino, Jewish, LGBTQ, and API caucuses, described the post as racist, harmful, and part of a broader pattern of dehumanization and urged a public apology. A few Republicans objected to the resolution’s language and process, saying it was overly partisan or not collaborative, but the resolution was adopted on a 28-0 vote. The Senate also took up SB 106, a budget bill to provide $90 million in state funding for family planning providers, especially Planned Parenthood, after federal cuts under H.R. 1. Supporters argued the bill would preserve essential reproductive and preventive health services, especially in rural and underserved communities, and backfill lost reimbursements. Opponents criticized the bill’s transparency, no-bid contracting structure, and priorities compared with other needs such as distressed hospitals and developmental disability services. After debate, the Senate concurred in the Assembly amendments to SB 106 by a 26-9 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• It fuels hatred, emboldens extremists, and increases real-world threats and violence against Black communities
• For an individual to be the highest-ranking elected official to deflect to a staffer making minimum wage
• I also want to flag that backfilling and increasing funding will support life-saving preventative services

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through privileges of the floor to recognize several guests, including the St. Mary’s High School football team from Stockton for winning the 2025 state championship, Black-owned businesses honored by the California Legislative Black Caucus and California Black Chamber of Commerce, and students and guests visiting the Capitol. The Rules Committee reported Senate Resolution 77 to third reading, and the Senate approved the journals and proceeded to the daily file. The chamber then confirmed Tyler Sadwith as Chief Deputy Director for Health Care Programs at the Department of Health Care Services by a 33-0 vote. The main floor action was on Senate Resolution 77, which condemned racist and dehumanizing imagery shared by President Donald Trump depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Numerous senators from multiple caucuses spoke in support, framing the post as racist, dangerous, and part of a broader pattern of dehumanization; one Republican senator objected to the resolution’s language and process but said racism should be condemned. SR 77 was adopted on a 28-0 vote. The Senate then took up SB 106, a budget bill to create a one-time $90 million grant program to support family planning providers after federal cuts under H.R. 1 reduced reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and similar clinics. Supporters said the measure would preserve access to reproductive and preventive health care, especially in rural and underserved areas, while opponents criticized the bill for secrecy, no-bid contracting, and prioritizing abortion-related services over other budget needs such as rural hospitals and developmental disability services. After debate, the Assembly amendments were concurred in by a 26-9 vote. At the end of the session, the Senate moved to adjournment in memory, with Senator Choi offering a remembrance for Mitzi Ortiz, the city manager of Aliso Viejo, who died on December 22, 2025.

Transcript Highlights:

• It fuels hatred, emboldens extremists, and increases real-world threats and violence against Black communities
• For an individual to be the highest-ranking elected official to deflect to a staffer making minimum wage
• I also want to flag that backfilling and increasing funding will support life-saving preventative services