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• Last legislative session in 2021.
• base appropriations bill. in both the House and the Senate to finance that.
• I can't speak to legislative intent.
• Yes, we request that letter for any potential legislation.
• So based upon that legislative request, we went and we answered that in the February 2nd letter.

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• </c><00:52:10.800><c> have</c> piece of money that appropriators have piece of money that appropriators
• ... ...legislative.
• See, this year it was requested, but somehow it didn't get in the appropriations bill.
• ,</c><01:30:08.239><c> but</c> See, this year it was requested, but See, this year it was requested,
• Um, so the appropriations bill.

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• We'll move to the legislative analyst. John Trotter, Legislative Analyst's Office.
• out of 23,000 requests.
• Legislative analyst, any comments?
• John Char, Legislative Analyst's Office: As we continue to review this proposal, John Char, Legislative
• Moved to the Legislative Analyst's Office. Joanne Charter, Legislative Analyst's Office.

Summary: The Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services heard an overview from the California Department of Aging on the state’s Master Plan for Aging, including progress at the five-year midpoint, local aging and disability action plans, HCBS gap analysis, workforce work, and stakeholder engagement. The Legislative Analyst’s Office noted the department’s budget was relatively flat but flagged federal H.R. 1 pressure on nutrition-related programs. Members discussed how H.R. 1 and broader federal and state budget pressures could affect older adults through other programs, even where the Department of Aging itself had no direct cut. The committee also heard a stakeholder request from the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging for $62.3 million to support Older Californians Act services, with Finance cautioning that any added ongoing spending would worsen out-year deficits. The committee then reviewed several Department of Aging proposals, including HICAP modernization to add paid counselors and reduce reliance on volunteers, and senior meal program oversight for virtual congregate/to-go meals under AB 1476. Members also discussed the status of area agencies on aging in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties, including a new RFP process in the Central Coast and the need to protect service continuity during transitions. Finance clarified that remaining modernizing Older Californians Act nutrition funds can still be used through June 2029. The Department of Social Services presented a series of items. These included new federal Medicaid Access Rule implementation for IHSS grievance and critical incident systems; housing and homelessness programs for CalWORKs Housing Support, HDAP, Home Safe, and Bringing Families Home, with testimony that one-time funds are expiring and service levels will likely decline; permanent position authority for housing and homelessness administration; a facility management system to replace aging licensing systems; home care services branch solvency and regulations; child care centers in multifamily housing; the Seizure Emergency Response Act; licensing during emergencies and disasters; and the Family Preparedness Plan Act. The committee also heard a detailed exchange about the Autumn Oaks facility in Tulare County, where Senator Grove raised concerns about 53 complaints and the handling of unsafe conditions; CDSS said it is reviewing the matter and has authority to take administrative action even after a license surrender. No votes were taken, and items were held open.

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• My committee clerk, Lisa Barnett; office manager, Denisha Honda; and my legislative aides, Shan Earing
• Senate President, may I request that their names be entered into the Senate Journal at the appropriate
• </c><00:01:59.880><c> request</c><00:02:00.200><c> that</c> President may I request request that President
• may I request request that their<00:02:00.439><c> names</c><00:02:00.799><c> be</c><00:02:00.960><c>
• </c><00:02:03.399><c> time</c><00:02:03.799><c> so</c> Journal at the appropriate time so Journal at

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• Boyd, would a motion be more appropriately to finance or to be more appropriately to the floor?
• to finance or to be more appropriately to finance or to be more appropriately<00:14:37.920><c> to</c
• </c> appropriately to the floor? appropriately to the floor? Uh<00:14:39.560><c> Mr.
• </c> Will this legislation solve the problem? Will this legislation solve the problem? No. No. No.
• c> this appropriation section this appropriation section um indicate indicate indicate uh Um, okay.

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• >> Yes, it was the first request.
• We had planned to request it if she appeared before the committee, but she did not, so we made the request
• </c><00:10:26.320><c> I</c> federal legislation. I federal legislation.
• request request in<00:14:26.320><c> this</c><00:14:26.560><c> subpoena</c> in this subpoena in this
• </c> right here in the subpoena request. right here in the subpoena request.

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• </c> consent request? consent request?
• </c> piece of legislation addresses that. piece of legislation addresses that.
• </c> to support this piece of legislation. to support this piece of legislation.
• Speaker, I request the yeas and nays. >> The yeas and nays have been requested.
• </c> here to Congress for us to appropriate. here to Congress for us to appropriate.

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• First up, we're going to do HCR 59 and HR 55, requesting the Department of Accounting and General Services
• HCR 60 and HR 56 request the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in coordination with appropriate
• HCR 183 and HR 178 request that the Department of Taxation and the Economic Research Organization at
• HCR 61 requests a study examining how certain other jurisdictions produce fiscal notes.
• Nobody indicated they'd be present, but we did receive comments from the Legislative Reference Bureau

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• I respectfully urge your support to advance this legislation and appropriate funding to operationalize
• I respectfully urge your support to advance this legislation and appropriate funding to operationalize
• I respectfully urge your support to advance this legislation and appropriate funding to operationalize
• I respectfully urge your support to advance this legislation and appropriate funding to operationalize
• </c><00:55:30.119><c> and</c><00:55:30.359><c> appropriate</c> advance this legislation and appropriate

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• Yes, Aaron Henrickson, Legislative Budget Board.
• Just saying it should be contingent upon the legislation.
• step in addition to the $1 billion appropriated in 2023.
• As you probably know, our legislative...
• of students or direct appropriations of the university.

Bills: SB1, HB500, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1184, house, all

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• This legislation lifts standards without expanding government.
• We did not receive any of those requests.
• And we all believe in that, even as legislators.
• or the state attorney has submitted a request to... ...where we have submitted a request, or the state
• attorney has submitted a request to destroy the machines.

Bills: S0468, S0822, S1234, S1260, S1580, S1706

Keywords: animal cruelty, reporting, veterinary, protection, liability, regulation, community association, management certification, Florida Statutes, certified manager, association governance, building permits, inspections, offsite construction, local government, housing, property regulation, construction standards, state of emergency, emergency response

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• It is absolutely appropriate that we named this airport after him. appropriate that we named this airport
• We felt at the state level the branding was appropriate.
• So they would be requested and provided in the same manner that any other public record request would
• When I think about the legislation we pose here, I always hope that this legislation is to help the everyday
• When we, I think about the legislation that we pose here, I always hope that this legislation is to help

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins. Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed. Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.

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• I guess it's just the appropriation process.
• What type of funding associated with that do we, as legislators, need to appropriate in reference to
• I would like to move favorable when appropriate.
• This legislation is also about their success.
• Today's legislation closes that gap. We are very supportive. Today's legislation closes that gap.

Summary: The House Education Committee met on March 18, 2026, with 11 members present and adopted prior meeting minutes without objection. The committee first heard HB 649 by Rep. Brass, which would create a statewide common application portal for dual enrollment. Supporters from the Pelican Institute and the Board of Regents said the bill would simplify enrollment, reduce paperwork for counselors and families, and improve awareness of dual enrollment options. Members asked about nonparticipation by institutions and access for nontraditional students; the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then took up HB 807 by Rep. Brass, which would establish the Workforce Instructor Capacity Investment Program within LCTCS to help recruit and retain instructors for high-demand workforce programs. Testimony from River Parishes Community College, Dow, and the Louisiana Chemical Association described instructor shortages as a bottleneck for training workers for major industrial projects, and said employer-sharing models and apprenticeships have been successful. An amendment expanded eligibility to include LSU Eunice and Southern University at Shreveport, and the committee adopted the amendments. After debate about whether the state needed a new fund versus using existing systems, the bill was reported favorably by a 13-1 roll call vote. Next, the committee heard HB 285 by Chairman Bacala, which authorizes school boards to cooperate with banks and credit unions to operate branches in high schools as part of financial literacy programs. Bacala said the bill clarifies statutory authority, and an amendment added banks to the original credit union language. Members discussed ethics, exclusivity, student access, and whether the branches could market products; supporters from LABI and financial industry groups said the programs improve hands-on financial education. The bill was reported with amendments without objection. The committee also considered HB 28 by Rep. Owen, which adds a BESE-level appeal for certain teacher certification applicants affected by administrative or contractor errors. Owen described a case in which applicants paid for certification programs but were denied because of a mentor-signature issue, and said the amendment would require BESE or its designee to act within 30 days. Department of Education staff said the Teacher Certification Appeals Council had already granted extensions rather than outright denials in the affected cases, but the committee advanced the bill after a 9-4 roll call vote. Finally, the committee began HB 268 by Rep. Carver, which would strengthen career exposure requirements for students by tying activities more closely to high-wage, high-demand jobs and adding an annual exposure requirement in K-5; testimony emphasized early workforce awareness, and discussion focused on keeping the requirements manageable for schools.

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• Item number three: SB 1041 by Nilo, with a motion of due pass to Appropriations.
• And at the appropriate time, we will be able to consider it.
• So I respectfully request your support on SB 1089.
• And so, of course, once we would appropriate... ...to enact the process.
• Item number seven, SB 1309 by Rubio, with the motion of do pass as amended to appropriations.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills focused on mental health access, preventive care, health care costs, detention oversight, and daylight saving time. SB 989 would streamline Care Court referrals by allowing first responders to ask county behavioral health agencies to review and file petitions; supporters, especially firefighters and families, said the current process is too burdensome, while Disability Rights California and other opponents argued Care Court is coercive and unproven. SB 1089, as amended, would direct CalRx/HHS to help distribute GLP-1 medications more broadly and more affordably; the author described her own experience with the drugs, and the bill drew support from medical and life sciences groups with no opposition. SB 1309 would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for medically appropriate lung cancer screening follow-up care; cancer advocates and survivors strongly supported it, while health plans and insurers opposed it as costly and said the bigger problem is low initial screening rates. The committee also heard SB 1284, which would require DHCS to report large employers whose workers are enrolled in Medi-Cal and estimate taxpayer costs, framed by supporters as a transparency measure about corporate reliance on public coverage. SCR 7, urging permanent standard time for health reasons, passed with support from medical groups and no opposition. SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, would create statewide inspection and enforcement standards for large involuntary residential facilities, including private immigration detention centers and certain youth facilities; supporters cited unsafe and inhumane conditions, while county probation officials objected to duplicative oversight for secure youth treatment facilities. The committee took votes on each measure, and the bills and resolution advanced, with SB 1309 and SB 1284 moving on amended and the others also reported out; the consent calendar was approved as well.

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• Chairman, the legislation in front of you is about accountability.
• And that's what this legislation is all about.
• I believe that that really enhances the legislation.
• I did not, but it is request legislation from the Uniform Law Commission.
• This legislation does not accomplish any of the goals stated in its preamble, and legislators must reject

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• I did not request sessions on the fly.
• </c> legislate things like this. legislate things like this.
• I don't get those requests.
• </c> legislation. It's not mandatory. legislation. It's not mandatory.
• And if that municipality, after an engineering study and after appropriate action by the legislative

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• This draft was requested at the last meeting.
• Well, you were a lawyer and you were a legislator.
• To give you an idea, we had 1,754 requested in 2025.
• And then I also just want to thank all of you, all the legislators, last legislative session.
• And we have a copy of that model legislation.

Summary: The committee first approved the December 16 minutes and then heard a presentation from Dr. Ramona Danielson on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their economic and public-system impacts. She explained that ACEs are population-level risk indicators, not individual diagnostic tools, and said higher ACE exposure is associated with more chronic illness, mental health challenges, child welfare and justice involvement, and lower workforce participation. She cautioned that precise dollar estimates are difficult because of the many interacting factors across the life course, but said the direction of the impact is clear and that evidence-based interventions and protective factors can reduce harm. Members asked about definitions of a “healthy family,” same-sex couples, divorce, substance abuse, trends in ACEs, and home visiting; she emphasized supportive relationships, protective factors, and the importance of positive childhood experiences. The committee then heard from Allison Mahoney and Missy Barranco, along with a recorded family story from Abby, about evidence-based home visiting programs in North Dakota. Abby described how Healthy Families North Dakota supported her family after a premature birth and NICU stay by providing weekly in-home coaching, developmental screenings, postpartum mental health check-ins, referrals, and parenting support. The presenters explained that home visiting is voluntary, relationship-based, and usually begins prenatally or shortly after birth, with referrals coming from hospitals, WIC, pregnancy navigators, human service zones, self-referrals, and other community partners. They said North Dakota currently has four main evidence-based models operating through 12 organizations, with Healthy Families available in all 53 counties, though only a fraction of eligible families are served. Funding was described as a patchwork of federal MIECHV/Title IV-E, Medicaid, state and tribal funds, philanthropy, charitable gaming, and other grants; members discussed whether the Legislature or agencies should expand support and how to improve outreach and sustainability. Finally, the committee received a memorandum on artificial intelligence and sexual exploitation, focusing on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfakes, sextortion, and chatbot-related risks. The report summarized federal and state law, including North Dakota’s existing computer-generated image provisions, the federal PROTECT Act, the Take It Down Act, and recent federal executive orders on AI policy. Members discussed the need for child-safety protections, the limits of executive orders, and broader concerns about AI’s effect on critical thinking and misinformation. The committee then heard from BCI Special Agent Cassidy Halsef, who said AI is already driving a sharp rise in child exploitation cases in North Dakota, including AI-generated explicit images of real minors and school-based incidents involving mass-shared manipulated images. She said investigators are seeing more cyber tips, more difficult forensic work, and lasting harm to victims and families, and urged stronger legal penalties, specialized training, victim services, and prevention education in schools and communities.

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• Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
• Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96, I request you now...
• request that we open the roll for co-authors.
• Respectfully ask for your aye vote, and at the appropriate time, Mr.
• I think I see some future legislators up there. Welcome.

Summary: The Assembly convened in Sacramento, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. After routine procedural motions, members voted to withdraw SB 106 from committee for third reading and to suspend the rules so AJR 25 could be taken up immediately. AJR 25, authored by Assembly Member Bonta, urged Congress to restore and extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired on January 1, with supporters arguing the lapse would sharply raise premiums for millions of Californians, including veterans, working families, and other vulnerable residents. Opponents, led by Assembly Member DeMaio, argued the resolution blamed federal action for California’s high health care costs and said state mandates and spending choices were the real problem. The resolution was adopted 58-4, and Assembly Member Addis was added as a joint author. The chamber also took up H.R. 76 on affordable homeownership, presented by Assembly Member Schultz and supported by Assembly Member Wicks, who emphasized the importance of homeownership for wealth-building and noted ongoing efforts to expand programs such as CalHome. H.R. 79, by Assembly Member Valencia, recognized February 2026 as Unclaimed Property Month; supporters highlighted the large amount of unclaimed property held by the state and encouraged residents to search for funds owed to them. Both resolutions received broad support, with co-author rolls opened before final adoption. The second-day consent calendar, including ACR 127 on National School Counseling Week, was adopted 64-0. Members also heard a lengthy adjournment in memory from Assembly Member Soria honoring Pablo Rodriguez, a Central Valley organizer and civic leader remembered for his work with United Farm Workers, Communities for a New California, and AB 1441 on the Merced County Independent Redistricting Commission. The Assembly observed a moment of silence for Rodriguez, welcomed his family and colleagues, and then adjourned until Monday, February 9, at 1 p.m.

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• We would also like to acknowledge that there was a request for more legislative oversight in the selection

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• Absent objection, Senate File 14 has been rereferred to committee number two, appropriations. request
• . appropriations. appropriations.
• That's appropriate.
• There's a mechanism to do it through Management Council that's appropriate if LSO requests it.
• So, Mr. appropriate if LSO requests it. So, Mr.

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