Transcript Highlights:

• With that, I believe this thing's finally ready to go, and that's it. Thank you.
• The system is now ready. The House will proceed to vote.
• Both the Landlords Association and the Park Tenants Association are in support, and no one is signed
• What this does is this bill protects park landlords and park tenants, many of whom are senior citizens
• Both the Landlords Association and the Park Tenants Association are in support, and no one is signed

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• to provide as a security deposit in cases where the landlord and tenant have executed a post-closing
• Bill 54, concerning an exemption to the statutory limit on the amount that a landlord may require a tenant
• to provide as a security deposit in cases where the landlord and tenant have executed a post-closing
• Um, and also to apply for grants through postsecondary and workforce readiness program.
• </c> postsecondary and workforce readiness postsecondary and workforce readiness program.<00:41:07.560

Transcript Highlights:

• A landlord can harass and abuse a tenant.
• landlord can use profane, obscene, vulgar, or willfully abusive language in communicating with the tenant
• A landlord can harass and abuse a tenant.
• landlord can use profane, obscene, vulgar, or willfully abusive language in communicating with the tenant
• They promise you your car one day; it's not going to be ready that day.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Tourism

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism met with a quorum present and considered several bills. It first took up SB 232 on debt collection, where the sponsor explained a strike-all amendment and the committee adopted a Gruters amendment clarifying that email communications may be sent at any hour while other off-hours communications remain restricted. Testimony was sharply divided on a proposed change from “any person” to “debt collector,” with consumer advocates, legal aid, and the Florida Justice Association warning it would narrow Florida’s consumer protections, while supporters said the bill and amendment would address ambiguity affecting businesses. After debate, the committee rejected the broader amendment, adopted the email-only clarification, and reported CS for SB 232 favorably by roll call vote. The committee then heard and unanimously reported favorably CS for SB 126, which would allow prescription hearing aids to be sold and distributed by mail after a Florida-licensed audiologist or hearing aid specialist conducts the required examination, including remotely through telehealth. Supporters said the bill would improve access and reduce barriers for seniors and others with hearing loss, and no opposition was heard. The committee also heard SB 600 and SB 602 on manufacturing, which would create and fund a statewide Office of Manufacturing, a promotional campaign, workforce grants, and related fees; multiple industry and economic development groups appeared in support, and both bills were reported favorably. Next, the committee considered CS for SB 92 on hit-and-run accountability in vehicle repair shops. The sponsor described the bill as a response to rising hit-and-run incidents and explained that repair shops would have to complete a transaction form or retain a crash report for certain repairs, with a clarifying amendment adopted without objection. Prosecutors and law enforcement supporters said the bill would help identify offenders, while auto dealer representatives argued it could impose burdens and penalties on repair shops. The committee nevertheless reported CS for SB 92 favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 412, the Motorized Wheelchair Right to Repair Act, which would require manufacturers to provide repair manuals, diagnostic tools, and parts to owners and independent repair providers under fair and reasonable terms. Disability advocates and wheelchair users testified that repair delays can leave users stranded for weeks or months, and the committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• The House is now open in session and ready to proceed.
• House Bill 319, an act relating to landlords and tenants. Representative Gber.
• House Bill 319, an act relating to landlords and tenants. Representative Gber.
• House Bill 319, an act relating to landlords and tenants. Representative Gber.

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• Assembly Bill 628 by Assembly Member McKinnor, an act relating to landlords and tenants.
• residential lease, a growing number of rental properties are not, creating significant financial burden on tenants
• have worked with all of the stakeholders: landlords, property owners, and affordable housing and tenants
• Seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn.

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees. On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0. The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> ready to answer it yet or not. Not yet. ready to answer it yet or not. Not yet.
• >> Oh, he's ready of the potatoes when we're ready. ...this is not unique.
• of the potatoes when &gt;&gt; Oh, he's ready of the potatoes when we're<00:40:11.280><c> ready.
• </c> we're ready. we're ready.
• </c> multi-tenant use in quite a long time. multi-tenant use in quite a long time.

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:

• a lot of serious concerns for data center developers, and in particular for those that are multi-tenants
• that are leasing out space for a tenant within their data center.
• That puts a lot of risk for those tenants, and there also is a necessary buffer between that data center
• operator and those tenants in terms of the information that's being provided.
• way up, and I'm also going to ask Patty O'Keefe with Vote Solar to join her at the table so she's ready

Bills: HF2928 , HF2912 , HF2297

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Communities are ready; we're ready. Let's meet together. Thank you for your time.
• Communities are ready; we're ready. Let's meet together. Thank you for your time.
• Communities are ready; we're ready. Let's meet together.
• Communities are ready; we're ready. Let's meet together. Thank you for your time.
• Communities are ready; we're ready. Let's meet together. Thank you for your time.

Bills: HF1143 , HF1548 , HF1340 , HF2549 , HF2559 , HF1673 , HF2740 , HF2507 , HF2461 , HF2381 , HF2695

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 222 would take that action and ensure Californians are ready to permit and install heat pumps.
• Robert Copeland, member of Sacramento Valley Tenants, in strong support.
• Robert Copeland, member of Sacramento Valley Tenants, in strong support.
• We have a pipeline of existing projects and units ready to go.
• Senator, whenever you're ready. Totally forgot. We only do that in the Assembly.

Committee: Senate Housing

Summary: The committee opened its first Senate Housing hearing of 2026 by establishing quorum and explaining that several two-year bills and bond measures would be heard, with witnesses limited to two minutes and “me too” testimony grouped together. The first bill, SB 222 by Senator Wiener, would streamline permitting for heat pumps, water heaters, and HVAC installations and limit HOA barriers. Supporters said it would lower costs, speed replacements, reduce pollution, and help Californians switch to efficient electric appliances. The League of California Cities opposed unless amended, raising concerns about a permit-fee cap and the feasibility of virtual inspections. Committee members largely supported the policy but flagged fee recovery, inspection liability, HOA authority, and possible electrical panel upgrade costs; the bill passed to Local Government on a roll call vote. The committee then heard SB 677, also by Senator Wiener, which was narrowed to two remaining changes related to commuter rail definitions and mobile home exemption language, with a separate future cleanup bill for SB 79 promised later in the session. Local governments and counties said the amended bill still needed clearer definitions and implementation guidance, while several groups shifted to support after the amendments. The committee approved the bill 10-1 and sent it to Local Government. Next, SB 417 by Senator Cabaldon proposed a $10 billion 2026 affordable housing bond to fund construction, preservation, rehabilitation, supportive housing, and homeownership opportunities. Supporters emphasized the need to replace exhausted housing funds, leverage federal tax credits, and keep shovel-ready projects moving; opponents and some members raised concerns about state debt, the lack of a dedicated CalHome share, and whether the bond should include more homeownership or higher-education allocations. After extensive debate over bond indebtedness and housing need, the bill passed to Appropriations on an 8-1 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 492, a youth housing and youth center bond proposal. Senator Reyes described it as a way to fund transitional housing and youth centers for transition-age youth up to age 25, arguing that early intervention could prevent future homelessness and reduce long-term public costs. Witnesses from Covenant House California and the California Coalition for Youth supported the measure, citing the needs of foster youth and homeless young people, the benefits of transitional housing, and the high success rate of youth exiting to stable housing. The transcript cuts off during additional testimony, so no final action on SB 492 is shown in the provided excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, members, AB 311 is joint authored with Speaker Rivas and would allow a tenant of temporarily
• Allowing subleasing or allow additional tenants to be added or removed. ABC.
• Complicate stays longer than 30 days, as lodging providers are wary of establishing a landlord-tenant
• I still remember on Christmas Eve 1992, I When my family, we was ready for dinner, several communist
• Seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn. Ms.

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• </c> community to work with the um tenants community to work with the um tenants rights<00:05:29.520>
• </c><00:10:38.480><c> that</c> the purpose of providing tenants that the purpose of providing tenants
• </c> So it was desired from the tenant So it was desired from the tenant advocacy<00:20:47.280><c> side
• Now we knew where our tenants stood.
• </c> deposits and when tenants come and go. deposits and when tenants come and go.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Transcript Highlights:

• Ready for any questions. testimony. Ready for any questions. Thank<04:32:04.880><c> you.
• So, who is ready? Um... Who's ready to help us help the future? Yeah. [Applause] Thank you.
• [Applause] Ready? Ready? Ready? Thank you. Aloha A. Please support bill 1891.
• &gt;&gt; [applause] &gt;&gt; Ready? &gt;&gt; Ready? &gt;&gt; Ready? Thank<05:24:58.680><c> you.
• </c> are college ready for math and science. are college ready for math and science.

Bills: HB2459 , HB1616 , HB1799 , HB1604 , HB1732 , HB1736 , HB1931 , HB772 , HB2153 , HB2122 , HB2009 , HB2012 , HB1779 , HB2296 , HB2397 , HB2398 , HB1596 , HB2233 , HB1976 , HB1563 , HB815 , HB1655 , HB1851 , HB1941 , HB2037 , HB1635 , HB2201 , HB1943 , HB1163 , HB2452 , HB2429 , HB2148 , HB2306 , HB2007 , HB2049 , HB2616

Committee: House Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• If the tenant wants to be screened, the tenant is given information on how to get screened currently
• may result in a very large judgment against the tenant, which is not desirable.
• It can be longer if there's difficulty procuring counsel for qualified tenants.
• Every tenant has been—that is not true.
• The program has represented over 30,000 tenants since its inception, over 10,000 tenants in the last

Summary: The committee held a work session in Mill Creek focused first on the eviction process. Judge Michael Scott of King County Superior Court described historic highs in unlawful detainer filings across Washington, especially in urban counties, and said King County has reduced its backlog and average time to resolution to about 60 days by adding two dedicated eviction judges and using more judges when needed. He also described how King County and other counties are implementing the right to counsel for indigent tenants, and noted that additional housing commissioners may help. Office of Civil Legal Aid representatives Philippe Knapp and Jane Paxe said the statewide appointed counsel program has represented more than 30,000 tenants, referred clients to social services, and helped many remain housed, but they warned of a funding shortfall that could eliminate about 17 attorneys and leave roughly 2,000 tenants without representation. A landlord-side panel argued that eviction timelines remain too long and fragmented, creating unpaid rent, safety issues, and uncertainty for both landlords and tenants; they urged more uniform procedures, streamlined rental assistance, and procedural changes to reduce refiling and delays. The second work session addressed theft and vandalism of critical infrastructure, especially copper and telecom cable theft. Committee staff reviewed existing criminal and regulatory laws covering malicious mischief, theft, scrap metal businesses, and metal property deception. Comcast, Mason Public Utility District, and the Recycled Materials Association testified that theft of aerial cable and copper has become a crisis affecting power, internet, 911 service, schools, hospitals, and line-worker safety. Utility representatives described outages, hazards, and rising costs, and asked for stronger audits of scrapyards, tougher penalties for theft affecting critical infrastructure, and tighter rules on payment and identification. Recyclers said they oppose the thefts and already operate under heavy regulation, but acknowledged enforcement gaps and the need for better coordination; committee members discussed possible bill concepts and asked for written recommendations. The final work session covered standards for law enforcement personnel. Criminal Justice Training Commission Executive Director Monica Alexander and Assistant Director Kimberly Bliss explained current certification and decertification rules, including background checks, training requirements, mandatory and discretionary grounds for decertification, and the hearing process. They said elected sheriffs are not currently required to undergo the same pre-election background check as other applicants, though they can still be decertified if already certified, and they reported a backlog of more than 1,000 cases with about 70 to 80 new cases coming in each month. Retired Judge Ann Levinson then outlined ways the legislature could strengthen and align standards for chiefs, sheriffs, and marshals, including requiring certification within a set time, setting a minimum age, requiring recent state background checks, and making loss of certification a vacancy in office. Committee members asked questions about accountability for elected sheriffs, background-check administration, and decertification outcomes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Workforce readiness, infrastructure readiness, and really financial readiness, and how we prepare a community
• Workforce readiness, infrastructure readiness, and really financial readiness, and how we prepare a community
• and the completion of the Zephyr Hills and Immokalee readiness centers.
• readiness of our National Guard.
• First, a $1.5 million funding... ...and operational readiness.

Bills: S0048

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development heard the Governor’s proposed FY 2026-27 budget for the TED silo and presentations from Commerce, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Military Affairs, the State Guard, State, Transportation, and Emergency Management. The Governor’s office outlined a $117.4 billion overall budget, including $18.3 billion for TED agencies, with major allocations for FDOT, Commerce, emergency management, tourism, military affairs, and state operations. Agency heads emphasized priorities such as housing and disaster recovery, workforce and rural infrastructure, law enforcement recruitment, defense support, tourism marketing, aerospace and spaceport investment, election audits, historic preservation, road and bridge maintenance, aviation safety, and emergency preparedness systems. Members asked several questions about the use and effectiveness of funding. Visit Florida officials said the public-private match is essential and that they exceeded the required match last year. Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles discussed trooper pay, vehicle replacement, aviation support, and transparency tools such as vehicle camera systems, with senators praising the department’s recruitment efforts. Military Affairs and the State Guard described readiness, recruiting, facility construction, and support for domestic missions, including hurricane response and perimeter security at the Everglades detention site; questions focused on deployment tempo, staffing, and costs. The Department of State explained funding for automated election audits, a conservation lab, and historic preservation, and said its arts grant changes were intended to standardize scoring rather than cut programs. Transportation highlighted a $15.4 billion total budget, major work program funding, safety initiatives, seaport and aviation investments, and the elimination of Florida Rail Enterprise funding due to reduced documentary stamp revenues. The committee also heard and passed CS/SB 48 by Senator Gates, which requires local governments to allow accessory dwelling units on a voluntary basis, while preserving local authority over setbacks, construction, and permitting. An amendment removed reusable tenant screening reports and clarified that conforming ADUs are allowed by right without separate hearings. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and several industry and business groups supported the bill, citing the need for long-term rental housing for workers. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably by roll call vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so in the governor's tax bill, it was just to protect the tenants.
• And so in the governor's tax bill, it was just to protect the tenants.
• You are ready. Yep. Okay. Um are moving. You are ready. Yep. Okay.
• We're ready to take a vote, Madam Chair. Anybody on the Senate side? Okay.
• Uh, we have to be demonstrating that we're ready to move forward.

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• And we will continue to ask for what students need to be ready for their futures.
• And following them, Andy Webb, if you could be ready to go. Please go ahead.
• Whenever you're ready. Great.
• Go ahead when you're ready. Thank you. Thank you.
• My patients and your constituents deserve to have ready access to pharmacy services.

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses

Transcript Highlights:

• This is SB 822, relating to the landlord-tenant code.
• </c> for summary possession if a tenant for summary possession if a tenant schedules<00:14:20.240><c>
• The next measure is SB 822, relating to the landlord-tenant code.
• </c><00:35:57.480><c> Cod</c> update of the landlord tenant Cod update of the landlord tenant Cod with
• </c><00:38:52.079><c> code</c> to the residential landlord tenant code to the residential landlord tenant

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Summary: The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held decision-making and hearing sessions on February 4, 2025, covering a range of bills on public funds, cremation contracts, condominium insurance, insurance protections, veterinarians, landlord-tenant issues, agriculture, sex offender licensing restrictions, and service animals. In decision-making, SB 69 on deposits of public funds was passed with a defective effective date, SB 525 on cremation service contracts was deferred for later work on a concurrent resolution, SB 805 on condominium insurance was passed with amendments incorporating Attorney General recommendations, and SB 1141 on insurance protections was passed with amendments expanding the bill to catastrophic disasters and adding insurer response and loss-run reporting requirements. All of those measures were adopted by committee votes, with some members excused. During the hearing portion, SB 493 on veterinarians drew mixed testimony: state agencies and animal welfare groups supported efforts to create a workforce development fund and scholarship/loan repayment program, while the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association opposed the bill as written, arguing the board lacked capacity to administer the program, suggesting more WICHE funding instead, and objecting to new licensing fees. SB 606 on online business registration received comments from DCCA, SB 822 on landlord-tenant injunctions drew opposition from HPD and comments from the Judiciary, and SB 825 on eviction mediation received broad support from mediation advocates, the Judiciary, and others. Other measures heard included SB 276 on false labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee, SB 1293 on tenant recovery in disaster areas, SB 1369 on solvency reporting for insurers and mutual benefit societies, and SB 1373 on automatic license actions against registered sex offenders, which received support from DCCA and several licensing boards. The committee also heard SB 1493 on emotional support animals, where the Attorney General raised constitutional and enforcement concerns, while disability advocates and others supported the bill and suggested clearer enforcement and disclosure language. SB 1662 on landlord application fees was also heard with comments from Hawaii Realtors and support testimony from individuals. In the later decision-making session, SB 493 was passed with amendments removing the proposed licensing fees and blanking appropriations, while SB 606 was deferred. SB 822 was passed with amendments adopting Judiciary recommendations, adding a Judiciary-facilitated working group to review the landlord-tenant code, and setting a defective effective date of July 1, 2050.

Transcript Highlights:

• And ready for amendments, Mr. Speaker, when you are. No comment, Mr. Speaker.
• Representative Jones, I had a different speech ready to go, and I started thinking about what you said
• No new landlord-tenant policy changes included, avoiding additional mandates to housing providers.
• We know that we have more work to be done, but right now, we have tenants who are mobilizing, exerting
• tackle the racial wealth gaps shows that there are 27,000 Minnesotans who are people of color and ready

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• Will they have an opportunity to share that with the tenant or discuss revising that with the tenant?
• It would essentially be that the tenant is responsible, right? The tenant lives there.
• </c> that to the tenant? that to the tenant?
• </c> the agreement with the tenant? the agreement with the tenant?
• >> So, you said the tenant wants to be at 85, right? >> And the tenant can be at 85.

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• Has administer<00:03:34.080><c> tenant-based</c><00:03:34.799><c> rental</c> administer tenant-based
• Concussion and other by non-tenants.
• </c> largest administrator of tenant-based largest administrator of tenant-based rent<00:06:58.000><c
• </c><00:08:53.279><c> um</c> the second attempt, the tenant um the second attempt, the tenant um recorded
• The tenant yelling aggressively.

Bills: HF4141 , HF3951

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy