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• Thank you for your, you know, today's report which you just presented.
• In this report, we make two main recommendations.
• And with the data and reporting requirements as Data and reporting requirements, as is recommended in
• we cannot wait for three years to begin to have any reporting.
• we cannot wait for three years to begin to have any reporting.

Summary: The committee heard an overview of the May Revision’s Proposition 98 changes for K-12 and community colleges. The Department of Finance said the minimum guarantee rises by $6.4 billion over the Governor’s Budget across the three-year window, with higher guarantees in each year, full payment of the prior settle-up, and larger deposits into the school rainy-day fund. The LAO said the revenue and LCFF updates were reasonable, but urged caution about the settle-up approach and recommended using more of the available funding to protect ongoing programs and build budget resilience. Members focused heavily on the size of the proposed $3.9 billion settle-up, the $10.3 billion reserve deposit, declining K-12 enrollment, and how much of the new funding should be ongoing versus one-time. The committee then reviewed the community colleges portion of the budget. Finance described the May Revision’s higher SCFF COLA, additional funding for enrollment growth, a student support block grant, apprenticeship adjustments, and continued funding for deferred maintenance, Calbright, Common Cloud, and credit for prior learning. The Chancellor’s Office supported the core investments but asked for more funding for enrollment growth, changes to the growth formula, and a COLA for Student Equity and Achievement. The LAO recommended prioritizing the statutory COLA increase, noted that more than half of districts are already above current-year growth targets, and said the new adult learner demonstration project should be rejected because districts already have tools to support similar services. Members also discussed a $52 million current-year apportionment shortfall, which Finance said was discovered too late for the May Revision and would need to be addressed later. Finally, the committee took up the proposed implementation of the federal Workforce Pell program. Finance proposed one-time funding for the California Student Aid Commission and Cradle to Career to build eligibility and data systems, along with trailer bill changes to set up state approval processes. CSAC said the program is promising but highly complex, that California lacks the needed infrastructure, and that the state will need emergency regulations, data linkages, and ongoing funding beyond the one-time proposal. The LAO agreed that some initial funding is needed but warned that the amounts and ongoing costs remain uncertain and that the Legislature should carefully draft the trailer bill language. Members asked about timing, other states’ actions, and how the state would ensure the program is ready for students and institutions.

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• <00:09:54.399> just<00:09:54.519> a<00:09:54.680> more<00:09:54.880> efficient
• hoping this is just a more efficient hoping this is just a more efficient process<00:09:55.600><
• of the system as improved the efficiency of the system as well<00:45:22.599> as<00:45:23.240>
• we'll add some uh committee report we'll add some uh committee report language<01:41:26.920>
• We'll note in the committee report that the requested appropriation amount is $90,000.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard several bills on January 30. SB 286 and SB 287 both concerned supplemental funding for the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney: SB 286 for the career criminal prosecution unit and SB 287 for the victim witness assistance program. Testimony from the department explained that these bills are filed each year because the Attorney General’s core budget allocation may not be sufficient, though the department said the core had recently been increased and the supplemental request might no longer be necessary. For SB 287, the department also warned of a possible federal Victims of Crime Act funding freeze that could cut about $1.88 million and severely harm victim services. Both bills drew support from county and community witnesses, and members asked about prior-year funding and why the requests were limited to fiscal 2025-26; no votes were taken in the excerpt. SB 289, from the State Ethics Commission, would create a more uniform administrative fine process under the ethics code and lobbyist law. The commission said the measure would not change substantive enforcement but would let it issue a notice and order of fine first, with the respondent able to request a hearing within 20 days, which would speed up cases that are not factually disputed. Members questioned whether the bill would deny due process or function like an automatic parking ticket, and the commission responded that respondents could still challenge the fine and that the process would apply to violations with fines under $1,000. The committee also heard SB 304, which would add 11 positions for the First Circuit Adult Client Services Branch; Judiciary testimony said probation caseloads are high, with an average of 116 cases per officer, and the added staff would help meet national supervision standards and better serve higher-risk clients. Members asked whether the positions were already in the budget and about current staffing ratios; the witness said the positions were not already funded and that the Judiciary supported the bill with amendments. The committee then heard SB 311, a proposed constitutional amendment to exclude spending money to influence elections from protected free speech. Testimony was strongly divided: supporters argued that Citizens United has distorted elections and empowered special interests, while opponents warned the language was too broad and could affect nonprofit advocacy and grassroots groups. Finally, SB 313 would impose a 1% wealth asset tax on individuals with $20 million or more in assets. The Department of Taxation said it had concerns about the bill’s ambiguity and administration and noted it would require annual valuation and likely additional resources; opponents, including family business representatives and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, argued the tax would be difficult and costly to administer, would require sensitive business disclosures, and could force family businesses to pay from company cash. Supporters said wealthy residents should pay a fair share. The committee heard testimony and questions on these bills, but the excerpt does not show final committee votes or actions.

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• One of the issues identified was the first semiannual report after the election.
• So this is a post-election report.
• Currently, this definition is based on a strict percentage of reported amounts.
• Currently, this definition is based on a strict percentage of reported amounts.
• Appreciate your report.

Keywords: Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Ethics Commission, recommendations, Angelina River Authority, Natchez Valley Authority, public testimony, legislative session

Summary: The meeting of the Sunset Advisory Commission served as a concluding assembly for the current biennium, where various agencies were reviewed. Notably, the Commission focused on staff recommendations and modifications regarding the Angelina and Natchez River Authority, Lower Natchez Valley Authority, and Texas Ethics Commission. After discussing various modifications, the members voted unanimously on multiple recommendations aimed at improving operational efficiency and accountability within these agencies. The Chair emphasized the collaborative effort of the Commission members and staff, acknowledging their hard work throughout the biennium.

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• How is this gonna get reported? Is this going to affect my job and my livelihood?
• full Committee on Criminal jurisprudence for consideration to be reported out.
• Um, Hugh Hefner be reported to, I'm so sorry. We can't do report favorably.
• Good good we reported favorably to the full.
• To be reported favorably to be reported favorably to the to the full committee and a motion to reconsider

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• It aggregates data from calls for service, reports, and case files.
• Our agency leverages resources more efficiently. Slide, please.
• Those types of data reports to the Peregrine system? It's, I believe, it's on an API.
• The slide says incident reports, calls for services, and case files.
• Report. So what are you doing?

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• <00:18:23.760> as the committee as efficiently as the committee as efficiently as possible
• People in all four barrier reported.
• Not in the committee report. New Jersey's bill that we have referenced as a framework.
• <02:03:28.960> I<02:03:29.119> mean will amend the committee report.
• I mean will amend the committee report.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 1688, which would provide a general excise tax exemption for certain aircraft maintenance materials, parts, tools, and facility construction, received comments from the Department of Taxation and support from Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Kohala Coast Resort, the Activities and Attractions Association of Hawaii, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Testimony indicated the measure was intended to clarify an existing exemption rather than create a new one. The bulk of the hearing focused on HB 2386, which would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms and a water carrier inflationary cost index. The Department of Transportation said it would change its testimony to support the bill, citing a 2020 working group recommendation, while the PUC and DCCA offered comments. Matson, the Maritime Group, Hawaii Harbors Users Group, and Young Brothers supported the measure, arguing it would modernize regulation, improve predictability, and help maintain reliable interisland shipping. Hawaii Farm Bureau offered comments, while Hawaii Food Industry Association, Maui Brewing Company, Lani Kai Brewing Company, and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii opposed it, arguing automatic rate increases were not the solution and that underlying costs and efficiencies should be addressed first. The chair noted the bill was essentially the same as one previously considered, and asked questions about how Hawaii’s water carrier regulation compares with other states. The committee also heard HB 1691, which would allow electronic signatures for certain motor vehicle title transfers after total-loss insurance settlements and remove the notary requirement for that narrow transaction. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Hawaii Insurers Council, Copart, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and one individual supported it, with Copart saying the change would reduce delays and could allow a faster, largely electronic settlement process. Members asked about county impacts, and Copart said counties would only see a different form with no added cost or electronic integration. HB 1680, requiring county finance directors to notify agencies through a centralized system for vehicle transfers, drew opposition from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services and one individual in support. HB 2516, raising helmet requirements for electric foot scooters and bicycles and requiring helmets for high-speed or Class 3 electric bicycles, received support from DOT, DOH, AAA Hawaii, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. HB 193, allowing deaf vehicle owners to register a deafness designation visible to law enforcement, drew support from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, the Hawaii Disabilities Rights Center, and an individual who suggested amendments to broaden the bill to deaf and hard of hearing individuals and adjust the proof standard. HB 2442, increasing required accessible and van-accessible parking spaces in larger parking lots, was supported by the Disability and Communication Access Board, the Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Disability Rights Center, which said the bill would address shortages of accessible parking and may need technical amendments to align terminology with the ADA.

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• The appraiser in his report says, "I don't know how to value this as wilderness.
• The appraiser in his report says, "I don't know how to value this as wilderness.
• The appraiser in his report says, "I don't know how to value this as wilderness.
• and camage footage enforcement reports and camage footage another<01:03:22.000> option<01:03:
• um I ask that deer hunters wolf report um I ask that you<01:03:32.400> support<01:03:32.960><

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• But whenever we call or try to get a report, they would tell us no report has ever been filed.
• And I have the report. I have the report.
• There being none, that bill is reported in favor.
• I'll move to report it favorably. Any objection? There being none, that bill is reported favorably.
• We have a motion by Madam Pro Tem to report, I didn't say it.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Outcomes and public reporting are really important.
• Will it be in your final report with the numbers? Mr.
• So it's really just the way we're reporting it.
• So these are the report data that we have.
• Madam Chair, members of the committee, yes, so this is in the full report; this is not the full report

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• For example, Wham has efficiency.
• Chavis said that all of those individual entity reports that feed the cost to government report, as well
• that feed um the cost or reports that feed um the cost or government<03:33:00.640> report<03:
• and and and the the government report and and and the the reports<03:33:02.640> that<03:33:02.800
• So the the audit a reporting entity.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Before we get to hearing our first bills, you know we're going to run an efficient committee.
• You know we're going to run an efficient committee. We have a new member that's joining us.
• HB 45 is reported favorably as amended. Before we call the next bill, folks, this is on me.
• Show HB 17 reported favorably as amended. Hart. Yes. Partington. Yes. Plaken. Yes. Skidmore. Yes.
• Show HB17 reported favorably as amended.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee met to consider three bills. HB 199, relating to Veterans Court, was presented as a repeat measure aligning Veterans Court procedures with mental health and drug court laws and allowing post-adjudicatory referrals. A technical amendment was adopted, numerous witnesses waived in support, and the bill passed unanimously 17-0. The committee then took up HB 45, which would add public swimming pools and public bathing places to existing sex offender residency, work, volunteer, and visitation restrictions. The sponsor argued it would protect children and apply only to specified sex offenses. Several members and public witnesses raised concerns that the bill’s definitions were overly broad, could effectively ban registrants from much of Florida, and could increase homelessness and make offenders harder to track. An amendment narrowing the bill’s scope and definitions was adopted after debate, and the bill passed 11-5 as amended. Finally, HB 17, the Jason Rayner Act, was heard to clarify that force may not be used to resist an arrest by an officer acting in the performance of official duties, retain good-faith language, add manslaughter to offenses requiring a life sentence when reclassified, and increase the severity level for battery on a law enforcement officer. The sponsor said the bill was intended to strengthen protections for officers; opponents argued it could sweep in accidental or less culpable conduct, while supporters said existing law already covered serious cases. A clarifying amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 16-0 as amended. The committee then adjourned.

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• They're efficient to administer, easy for districts to incorporate into their budgets.
• Thank you for, you know, today's report which you just presented.
• In this report, we make two main recommendations.
• I'm happy to answer any questions the committee may have about this report. Thank you.
• we cannot wait for three years to begin to have any reporting.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Each biennium, we issue a biennial report, uh, including these policies.
• Each of you had a copy of our report delivered to your office in December.
• In that report, among our top 10 issues is support for a deafblind co-navigator program.
• And, uh, came up with a more comprehensive report, which is on our website, uh, that, uh, looks at the
• And so the pilot utilizes existing child welfare funding more efficiently.

Bills: HB 451, HB 645, HB 1041, HB 1151, HB 1155, HB 1536, HCR 12

Keywords: commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit

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• report.
• report as amended is adopted. report as amended is adopted.
• . report. report.
• vote on the committee report. vote on the committee report.
• committee report is adopted. committee report is adopted.

Keywords: 981, all

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• In fact, I think we have this in your annual report, that...
• Report. I'll send this to you.
• I see that in your report.
• Page 7 in the annual report?
• So you're very efficient, and we have great outcomes there.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• And this bill is especially timely in light of our recent reports about sexual misconduct of elected
• We've increased efficiency. We maintained service during and following the pandemic.
• opening a campaign bank account, contribution limits and restrictions, permissible expenditures, reporting
• opening a campaign bank account, contribution limits and restrictions, permissible expenditures, reporting
• and expenditures on campaign reports.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard a series of election- and public-trust-related bills. Early items included AB 2592, which would move lobbyist training from legislative ethics committees to the FPPC starting in 2029 and make it available online on demand; it drew support from the FPPC and an oppose-unless-amended request to make the training public and ensure lobbyists pay fees. AB 2573 would refine California’s confidential voter registration protections for candidates and elected officials, with support from the Secretary of State and county election officials after amendments narrowed some family-member coverage. AB 2753 would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office; it prompted extended debate about public trust, second chances, and where to draw the line, but was ultimately advanced on a 5-0 vote with one member not voting. AB 2691 similarly would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include sexual assault and human trafficking, and it also passed 5-0 after testimony from victim advocates and discussion about survivors, restorative justice, and the power dynamics involved in public office. The committee also advanced AB 2413, which would prohibit public funds from being used for large-format ads featuring elected officials, and AB 2281, which would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess replacement resources after federal cybersecurity support cuts and allow consultation with academic researchers. AB 1664 would require local election officials to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General within one business day of warrants, subpoenas, or investigations involving election records or voting systems; supporters said it would help the state respond quickly to improper seizure of election materials, and it passed 5-0. AB 2484, concerning San Diego MTS, would let voters authorize a local sales tax initiative for transit funding and exempt it from an existing cap; it drew support from transit leaders and labor, opposition from the Realtors, and a lengthy exchange over Prop. 13, Prop. 218, and whether the measure created a special deal, before passing 6-1. The committee then heard AB 2230, which would create buffer zones around voting centers and child care facilities to keep immigration enforcement away from those locations. The author said the bill was meant to reduce fear and intimidation for voters and families, while the opposition argued it was unenforceable, lacked evidence of a problem, and would interfere with federal officers doing their jobs. Members supporting the bill cited reported ICE profiling and intimidation in California communities, while others raised jurisdictional and practical concerns. The transcript ends during this debate, with no final vote shown for AB 2230.

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• Community Connect helps us to meet those expectations effectively and efficiently.
• This is a technical clarification that allows counties to deliver education efficiently while maintaining
• “So, no, we actually have people that report it, take pictures.
• We have— I’ve come—” “So, no, we actually have people that report it, take pictures.
• “So, no, we actually have people that report it, take pictures.

Bills: SB1092, SB1094, SB1139, SB1239, SB1240, SB1248, SB1326, SB1502, SB1512, SB1540, SB1616, SB1635, SB1669, SB1673

Keywords: probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution

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• In addition to the amounts here, the agency has reported.
• It's a 60-page report.
• This is a 60-page report detailing our entrepreneurial ecosystem and how SIC is investing to grow it
• IonQ recently published an updated report. Thank you all so much for joining us today.
• That a quantum computer can help make these chips and AI training a lot more efficient.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And so I do want to be efficient on that, out of respect for the committee and out of respect for the
• I do want to be efficient on that, out of respect for the committee and out of respect for the bills.
• You know, sometimes the more efficient you are, sometimes the better it is.
• The recent trip report has shown there's a $7 billion need for road infrastructure.
• And they're reported to them through the Game and Fish.

Bills: SB36, SB88, SB92, SB97, SB48, SB55, SB58, SB76, SB93, SB89, SB60

Keywords: quantum technology, tax credit, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, foster care, income tax, guardianship, youth services, financial relief, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, tax credits

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• <00:04:02.840> in<00:04:02.920> public promotes efficiency in public promotes efficiency
• <00:09:49.560> with passed and will be reported with passed and will be reported with favorable
• <00:51:27.800> We<00:51:27.920> reported Bill 188 has passed.
• We reported Bill 188 has passed. We reported favorable<00:51:29.120> expression.
• <01:02:31.560> same reported with favorable expression same reported with favorable expression

Keywords: 958, all