Transcript Highlights:

• And so now that time is down close to five days.
• Again, that has been our primary focus in these initiatives and making sure that we can get the number
• They were close together, right?
• I would close with this then. I know it is for some of my colleagues here.
• So I assume they're going to work closely together, but what is the structure?

Committee: House Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met for an information-only hearing with no votes or formal actions. DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD and Deputy Secretary Beau Black outlined the department’s transformation efforts, emphasizing faster project delivery, improved transparency, and use of technology. They reported major reductions in contractor payment processing time, from roughly 35 days to 15 days or less, and change-order approvals from about 40–45 days to around five days. They also described new tools such as inspection tablets, a project delivery dashboard, e-ticketing, a customer service portal, and a pilot using sensor technology on department vehicles to identify potholes and damaged assets. The department said it is reorganizing district staffing, replacing the old area engineer model with district points of contact for construction, maintenance, and operations, without increasing total staff. Members focused heavily on local maintenance concerns, including potholes, drainage, culverts, mowing, overgrown ditches, and utility-related delays. Several legislators asked how to get quicker responses on routine maintenance and how to distinguish state responsibility from local jurisdiction. DOTD said it would meet with district administrators to address specific problems and clarify jurisdiction, and that the new customer service portal should help track complaints electronically. Members also asked about contractor accountability, utility relocations, and public communication on long-running projects; DOTD said it is improving internal KPIs, coordinating more closely with district staff and public information officers, and considering broader public updates beyond the website. The department also reviewed highway planning and funding. Officials said the Highway Priority Program is being reworked into a more fiscally constrained, staged process that starts earlier in concept development and gives legislators and constituents more feedback before the annual road show. They said the department is using new IDIQ contracting authority to bring in outside help for bridge maintenance and other work, and that bridge maintenance backlogs remain significant. DOTD reported that LTIF 1.0 and 2.0 together cover 91 projects statewide totaling more than $534 million, with over 40 complete, and that LTIF 3.0 adds 39 projects and about $165 million. Combined with other funding sources, the department said its upcoming construction program will include 385 projects worth about $1.73 billion. Legislators generally praised the department’s progress but raised concerns about lingering local problems and the need for clearer communication. Questions were also asked about a barge strike on the Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge, with DOTD saying divers and staff were inspecting the damage and that emergency repairs would likely be needed. After the DOTD update, the new Office of Louisiana Highway Construction, led by Archie Chesson, gave its own update on its first year, describing a small staff, heavy use of consultant and contractor pools, emergency procurement authority, and rapid delivery of rural bridge and roadway projects.

Transcript Highlights:

• I think Senator Umberg, you now have the opportunity to close.
• I think Senator Umberg, you now have the opportunity to close.
• They chose a closed or confidential adoption, and that was their expectation.
• And hopefully you can just address this in your close.
• But with that, you may now close.

Committee: Senate Health

Summary: The committee first took up SB 490 by Senator Umberg, which would set deadlines for DHCS to investigate complaints about unlicensed sober living or recovery homes and require follow-up site visits; if the department cannot act within those timelines, counties and cities could request to assist with enforcement. Supporters, including a Garden Grove councilmember and the League of California Cities, said the bill would improve public safety and close enforcement gaps. County behavioral health representatives opposed the measure, arguing counties lack jurisdiction over private unlicensed residences, could face liability, and would absorb an unfunded workload increase. After extensive questioning about jurisdiction, local pressure, and whether the bill creates a mandate, the committee voted 8-0 to pass SB 490 to Appropriations and placed it on call. The committee then heard SB 381 by Senator Wahab, which would allow adult adoptees and descendants to obtain original birth certificates, create a contact preference form for birth parents, and stop omitting certain birth information from the amended certificate. The author and many adoptees and birth parents testified that access to original records is important for identity, dignity, and medical history, and that the bill would reduce the need for invasive searches through DNA and informal records. Several members raised concerns about privacy, the possibility of unwanted contact, and the mental health impacts on birth parents who expected confidentiality, while others emphasized the health benefits and the fact that most modern adoptions are open. The discussion focused heavily on proposed amendments to the contact form and whether the bill should require opt-in or opt-out contact preferences, but the transcript does not show a final vote on SB 381.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so we think that this is a straightforward... ...and common-sense bill that closes a loophole and
• Closing out the day. It's happy hour next.
• With that, we close the hearing on 5982 and we will move to 608.
• So that closes the public hearing for 6050. We will move to 6056, utility service vehicles.
• So that closes the public hearing for 6050. That closes the public hearing for 6050.

Bills: SB5982 , SB6008 , SB6050 , SB6056

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: consumer-owned utilities, clean energy, port districts, market customers, energy transformation, energy storage, residential battery, grid connection, renewable energy, incentives, distributed energy, renewable resources, energy policy, sustainable energy, state regulations, utility vehicles, emission standards, environment, regulation, exemptions

Transcript Highlights:

• different categories that are really looking at our expenditures per mile, both on interstate and primary
• Then I'll close with, Mr.
• At our last inspection, which was two days before we decided to close the bridge, we determined that
• I'll likely visit there tomorrow if we need to entertain closing the parking spaces on either side of
• Wasn't close to what we were seeing on a lot of estimates.

Transcript Highlights:

• As I did yesterday, I'm going to continue to ask the administration to work closely with us to develop
• Seeing no other public comment, we'll turn it back to the dais for any closing.
• Assemblymember, did you have anything you wanted to close with? Thank you, Chair.
• Authority, so I think for the reductions, those are the primary two proposals.
• I’ll close by saying that we don’t believe that the solution...

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're all over the state, which took place, the place of the DJJ that the three facilities that closed
• in 2023, three facilities were closed for good.
• And that, the primary place for that at the federal level is FEMA's public assistance program, which
• So we have still been receiving federal funds, and we thank our, we are working very closely with FEMA
• Any closing comments, remarks, anything back at the dais?

Summary: The committee heard a broad public safety budget hearing focused on youth justice funding, probation incentive grants, and disaster response and recovery. On the youth justice item, the Office of Youth and Community Restoration described a proposed change to the JJRBG funding formula that would shift resources away from a DJJ-based measure and toward county youth population, serious offenses, and step-down placements in less restrictive programs. Members asked about data on Native American youth; OYCR said statewide data are limited, but its SYTF data show about 1% of youth in secure youth treatment facilities were Native in 2024. The Department of Finance had no objections, and the item was discussed as a way to support alternatives to long-term incarceration. The committee then reviewed the community corrections performance incentive program for county probation departments. The Department of Finance proposed stabilizing the program with a maintenance payment, updating the performance baseline, and adding a growth factor; the LAO agreed the formula needed changes but recommended using 2022-23 data instead of 2021-23, using marginal rather than average cost assumptions, rejecting the growth payment and minimum guarantee, and adding stronger oversight through the BSCC. Finance said it was open to some technical changes but opposed a new BSCC audit framework, noting Judicial Council already surveys probation departments and that evidence-based practice use has increased over time. Members and staff indicated the proposal still needed further work. A major portion of the hearing focused on the January 2025 Southern California wildfires and state disaster response. A resident of Altadena gave emotional testimony about evacuation failures, loss of home, and the need for accountability. LAO and Cal OES outlined the disaster response and recovery system, including mutual aid, alert and warning, debris removal, FEMA and state funding streams, and the long timeline for reimbursement. Cal OES said it had pre-positioned resources, temporarily took over the county’s wireless emergency alert function for about three weeks, coordinated debris removal and recovery operations, and had already allocated more than $286 million in state funds. Officials also discussed the 100% federal cost share for emergency work for 180 days and the uncertainty created by changing federal processes and the cancellation of the BRIC resilience program. The committee also heard two smaller Cal OES items: a request to reappropriate about $22 million for the law enforcement mutual aid reimbursement program, which the LAO said should be placed in statute with clearer goals and reporting, and an update on Victims of Crime Act funding, where Cal OES said federal VOCA allocations have fallen sharply and that roughly $224 million would be needed to maintain current service levels if federal funding does not improve. Public comment included a request for funding to expand datacasting and emergency alert receivers for wildfire and earthquake warning.

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 2 takes a thoughtful and gradual approach to close the door on district of innovation waivers that
• Still digesting the teacher exodus in Texas is my primary concern.
• Very close, yes. So that is fascinating. I wish we would go back to that.
• Our students were closed down for about seven weeks.
• And with that, I will close on the bill. If there is no objection, the bill will be left pending.

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

Transcript Highlights:

• securing our elections by prepaying for the two elections that we'll have this year, and both the primary
• So in the event that revenues are not coming in during FY27, we'll be able to much more easily close

Bills: HB2 , SB48 , SB64 , SB100

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance

Transcript Highlights:

• New sequences trading off $19,682 in new funds from other current expenses to personal services for primary
• New sequences trading off $19,682 in new funds from other current expenses to personal services for primary
• new sequences trading off $19,682 in new funds from other current expenses to personal services for primary
• 22:36.200><c> personal</c><00:22:36.560><c> services</c><00:22:37.000><c> for</c><00:22:37.120><c> primary
• </c> to personal services for primary to personal services for primary prevention. prevention. prevention

Bills: HB389 , HB469 , HB1510 , HB1573 , HB1705 , HB1858 , HB1875 , HB1946 , HB1961 , HB1962 , HB2001 , HB2093 , HB2096 , HB2097

Keywords: HB389, uncrewed aircraft, drone, drones, UAS, unmanned aerial vehicle, misuse of uncrewed aircraft, criminal offense, felony enhancement, drone crime, public safety, police, deputy sheriff, fire department, intoxicated operation, registration number tampering, property damage, bodily injury, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package, Hawaii Revised Statutes

Transcript Highlights:

• Would you like me to close, Mr. Vice Chair? Closing statement.
• Would you like to close? Yes.
• If we are all done with just closing... Closing. Thank you, Senator.
• Closing statement. Oh, I'm sorry.
• Closing remarks.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and I think they closed and then reopened it again.
• To close out a missing child case. All right.
• I didn't allow closing remarks. I didn't see you behind the pillar.
• our Avondale site why are we closing our Amendale site why are we closing our Amendale?
• because we're in the process now closing our Avondale site why are we closing our Avondale site because

Bills: SB1072 , SB1111 , SB1114 , SB1116 , SB1122 , SB1179 , SB1250 , SB1308 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1487 , SB1547 , SB1549 , SB1551 , SB1552

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, economic security, funding appropriations, automated license plate readers, law enforcement, privacy, data access, public records, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare

Transcript Highlights:

• Fischbach: I'm prepared to close. The Speaker pro tempore: The gentlelady is prepared to close.
• Fischbach: I'm prepared to close, Mr. Speaker.
• The gentlelady from Minnesota is still prepared to close.
• McGovern: I'll close for our side. Mr.
• I'm going to close with this.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It preserves DHS and DCYF's primary responsibilities as required by federal law and only grants concurrent
• Those are for those agencies that we have not classified as having primary investigative authority.
• </c><00:09:42.880><c> Um</c><00:09:43.519><c> and</c> primary investigative authority.
• Um and primary investigative authority.
• </c> categorized as having primary categorized as having primary investigative<00:10:11.360><c> authority

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'll tell you I'm on B&T, but I've been following this issue very closely.
• I follow very closely because it impacts the population that I represent from that state.
• </c><00:50:32.160><c> because</c> closely.
• I follow very closely because closely.
• Those are the primary competitive.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum present and then proceeded through committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports and amendments without objection. Early measures included SB 530, which funds grants for multigenerational social connection programs for older adults; SB 731, clarifying the legal status of the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council; SB 809, directing a feasibility study on a caregiver infrastructure program; SB 860, creating an Aging Resilience Fund with reporting and budget protections; SB 910, requiring insurance reimbursement for services provided by graduate-level clinical interns under supervision; and SB 972, making several Baltimore City alcoholic beverages licensing changes. Each of these bills was advanced to third reading after committee amendments were adopted. The Finance Committee also advanced SB 555, establishing a Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and a provider resource toolkit for dementia care; SB 757, creating a Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources for tariff-impacted goods; SB 772, creating an employment training and opportunity database to help people qualify for or maintain Medicaid and SNAP; SB 792, requiring hospitals to adopt and train staff on immigration-enforcement policies consistent with Attorney General guidance; SB 869, establishing a workforce training pilot program through Commerce and community colleges; SB 905, creating an advanced manufacturing grant program through TEDCO; and SB 974, changing who may serve as inspector for the Caroline County Board of License Commissioners. Most of these bills were reported favorably with technical or narrowing amendments and then ordered printed for third reading. Budget and Taxation advanced SB 28, which would create binding arbitration for state employee collective bargaining impasses and include a proposed constitutional amendment requiring funding in the Governor’s budget; SB 466, expanding a physician preceptor tax credit and adjusting training-hour requirements; and later SB 704, concerning estate tax treatment for qualified agricultural property transferred to an LLC. SB 557, a gaming-related bill, was laid over until the end of the evening at the majority leader’s request. In the Education, Energy, and the Environment report, the committee advanced SB 35 on a state natural science museum designation, SB 166 on shellfish aquaculture permit sanctions, SB 189 on municipal drainage inlet safety requirements prompted by a child’s death, SB 242 on civil relief for service members and spouses, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees and tree-of-heaven, and SB 267 on a corporate rental-property registry and local housing application review process. SB 267 drew a brief question from the minority leader, who asked whether prior opposition remained and how the amended bill differed; the sponsor said the opposition had gone away and described the bill as now focused on a responsible-owner registry and an administrative review process.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, we did paying super close attention.
• Do you have any closing comments?
• </c> you'd have to bring to the closing you'd have to bring to the closing table.<00:42:46.960><c> This
• </c><00:42:54.480><c> table</c> fees and not come to the closing table fees and not come to the closing
• </c> &gt;&gt; they are overseen of course very closely &gt;&gt; they are overseen of course very closely

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm open to any questions and reserve the right to close.
• We'll reserve your right to close. We'll close in just a moment. Yes, sir. Thank you.
• Otherwise, we'll recognize Representative McLaughlin to close on the bill.
• We'll give you an opportunity to close here in just a moment.
• Senator Fairley, do you close? I close. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Bills: HB2947 , HB3276 , HB3513

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

Keywords: truancy, school attendance, parent responsibility, education code, community service, criminal record nondisclosure, juvenile board, Moore County, appointments, juvenile justice, county legislation, 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Seeing no one, I'll turn it back over to the author to close.
• And I'll turn it back over to close.
• I'll turn it back over to close. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• I'll turn it back over to close. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• But I now represent, I think at last count, close to 24 cities.

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Basically, the health bill, this is regarding the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, and close
• It allows them to close out the projects and address any gaps in funding. Move adoption.
• Chair is preparing to close; declare the vote. 29-0, nay. Mr.
• Chair is preparing to close. Declare the vote. 28 aye, zero nay. Mr.
• Chair is preparing to close. Pro Tem Moore, aye. Hill, aye. Hill, aye. Miller, Sterling.

Bills: HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4059 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142

Committee: House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund

Summary: The committee considered a series of bills largely focused on reappropriating and closing out ARPA-related funds, transferring interest earnings, and filling funding gaps in existing state projects. Measures included funding for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, juvenile services in Rogers County, rural hospital rebuild projects, DHS-related projects for Boys and Girls Clubs and the YWCA, water and wastewater projects through the OWRB, ALS grant limits for OSDH, pandemic relief accounting, administrative costs for ARPA projects, pediatric cardiology and OSU-related projects, rural industrial park and port water/wastewater gaps, and emergency response grants through the Department of Emergency Management. Most of these bills were presented by Rep. Newton, Chairman Caldwell, Speaker Hilbert, Rep. Osborne, Rep. Hill, and others, with committee substitutes adopted without objection where noted. One bill, House Bill 4028, drew the most discussion. It would extend the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments. Members questioned the lack of program-specific evaluation data, including return on investment, jobs created, and how much of the tax deduction had actually been used. The sponsor said the program had helped grow Oklahoma venture capital and that he would seek better data, but argued the sunset should be extended for now. The bill passed 23-6. Another extended exchange centered on House Bill 4063, which combined measures related to placing state questions on the August ballot, including HJR 1024 and a bill tied to House Bill 1440. Members raised concerns about single-subject issues, ballot timing, voter turnout, and whether combining the measures limited legislators’ options. The Speaker defended the approach as election-related and noted prior precedent. The bill passed 23-6. The remaining bills were approved overwhelmingly, generally by votes of 27-0, 28-0, or 29-0, and were reported out with due pass recommendations before the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Native children are still overly represented in the California child welfare system at a rate close to
• In fact, the Department of Social Services has stated in its prevention plan that a primary purpose of
• I mean, I will invite the author to close. Yeah, absolutely.
• And I'll invite the author to close. Yeah, I just want to thank everybody for the support.
• All right, I'll invite the author to close. I want to thank you, Mr.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard four bills and one consent item. AB 1574 by Assemblymember Chris Rogers would expand tribal access to prevention and diversion services aimed at keeping Native youth out of foster care. Supporters, including tribal representatives and child welfare advocates, said the bill would help address the overrepresentation of Native children in foster care and strengthen culturally relevant, tribally run services. There was no opposition, and the committee passed the bill 6-0 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The committee then heard AB 1618, also by Assemblymember Rogers, which would require California to continue a household food insecurity survey if the federal government does not. Supporters from End Child Poverty California, AARP, food banks, and county and local government groups said reliable data is needed to track hunger, target services, and respond to expected federal cuts to food assistance. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. AB 1688 by Assemblymember Carrillo would require notice to additional attorneys when there are allegations of abuse or neglect in a foster placement, including attorneys for parents and other children in the same home. The author and the Children's Law Center said the measure would close a safety gap and improve coordination to protect foster youth. Committee members also spoke in support based on their professional experience, and the bill passed 6-0 as amended to the Assembly Public Safety Committee. The committee also approved the consent calendar, including AB 1602, and adjourned after completing its business.

Transcript Highlights:

• Assemblymember Bonta, seeing and hearing no further debate, you may close. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• With that, I close. Thank you, Assemblymember Bonta. The clerk will open the roll for co-authors.
• Clerk will close the roll. There are 72 co-authors added.
• Senator Bonta, seeing and hearing no further debate, would you like to close, Mr. Marazzucci?
• Clerk will close the roll. There are 71 co-authors added without objection.

Keywords: 988, house, all