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• Often RVs are illegally rented from individuals who have engaged in predatory practices, often referred
• Often RVs are illegally rented from individuals who have engaged in predatory practices, often referred

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met and first took up AB 1091 on consent, which passed without discussion. The committee then heard AB 647 by Assemblymember Gonzalez, a cleanup/clarifying bill related to last year’s AB 630 pilot program for Los Angeles and Alameda Counties allowing local agencies to dispose of low-value, inoperable RVs that are public safety or environmental hazards. The author and supporters said the bill would clarify which local jurisdictions can use the pilot and help address abandoned RVs, while opponents argued it was a premature expansion that could destroy people’s only shelter and create a patchwork of local rules. Despite the opposition, the bill was approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 1421, which would create a research and information process around California’s long-term transportation funding challenges and possible road user charge or mileage-based funding options. The author and sponsor argued that declining gas-tax revenue from more fuel-efficient and zero-emission vehicles is making the system less stable and less equitable, and that the bill would support a transparent, research-driven transition without imposing a new tax. Many local government, labor, business, and industry groups testified in support, while no opposition speakers came forward during the hearing. Members raised questions about equity, rural drivers, privacy, double taxation, and whether any future revenue would be dedicated to transportation infrastructure; the author said the bill was intended to inform future decisions, not set a tax policy now. AB 1421 passed on a 12-1 vote and was re-referred to Appropriations, and the committee then adjourned.

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• Often RVs are illegally rented from individuals who have engaged in predatory practices, often referred
• Often RVs are illegally rented from individuals who have engaged in predatory practices, often referred

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the cost of uncompensated medical care to people, foreign nationals in this country that are here illegally
• How much is the burden to taxpayers to fund health care for people that are in this country illegally

Bills: HB18 , HB742 , HB754 , HB1644 , HB2187 , HB1887 , HB 1275 , HB37 , HB1503 , HB1699 , HB1700 , HB2735 , HB1741 , HB1731 , HB1675 , HB18 , HB37

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, trafficking prevention, medical assistant training, health care facilities, hospital compliance, clinic compliance, anti-retaliation, whistleblower protection, employee reporting, good faith report

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• And so our program is supporting the separation and the removal of the illegal removal of human waste
• c> is</c><00:10:06.600><c> um</c> Our program is supporting the separation and the removal of the illegal

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard House File 1120, the follow-up “Keep It Clean” bill from Representative Andrew Myers, which would create grant funding for local governments and organizations to improve garbage removal and related clean-water programs, especially around frozen lakes and winter recreation areas. Myers said the earlier Keep It Clean effort to enforce litter laws on frozen lakes had already reduced garbage in the water, and he framed this bill as a way to expand that success with additional resources. Testifier Robin Dwight of the Upper Red Lake Area Association and Keep It Clean Coalition described growing problems with trash and human waste on ice, said the coalition now has 60 members representing more than 10,000 lakes, and explained that local programs use dumpsters and separation systems to manage waste. Tom Johnson of the MPCA and Assistant Commissioner Bob Myers of the DNR both testified in support, saying improper disposal of human and solid waste is a real and growing problem and that the public education campaign has changed behavior on the ice. Members asked about the bill’s results and funding needs. Representative Pelz asked for more context on the coalition’s impact, and Dwight said the group has been active for about three years and recently launched a survey to gather more data on infrastructure needs for wheelhouse users. Representative Fiser asked what dollar amount would be needed, and Myers said the bill seeks general fund dollars, with a rough ideal range of one to two million dollars, though he emphasized he wanted to work with the committee on the final amount and funding mechanism. The discussion also noted a second related bill with a $10 wheelhouse fee as another possible funding option. No opposition testimony was presented. After discussion, the chair renewed the motion to lay over House File 1120 for possible inclusion in a future bill, and the bill was laid over.

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• They found that the data suggests there had not been, as of 2023, a substantial recapture of illegal
• But if you're a 16-year-old kid and you're betting on sports right now illegally, and the state comes
• people who mentioned a huge number of people who are<01:31:52.880><c> doing</c><01:31:53.440><c> illegal
• offshore thing but if are doing illegal offshore thing but if you're<01:31:55.800><c> a</c><01:31:55.960
• </c><01:31:59.960><c> we</c> betting on sports right now illegally we betting on sports right now illegally

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Can you help us monitor that and possibly make it illegal?
• to fund for that has become the question because the insurance policy doesn’t provide that risk transfer
• it just that in cases of...” the question because the insurance policy doesn't provide that risk transfer
• Looking ahead, we are focused on closing the RFP, assessing the proposal, and transferring the Bitcoin
• Details about the BIF and legislatively mandated transfers are found on page 7 of your slide packet.

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• The bill that it's trying to make illegal is the parts about smoking in public is already illegal.
• But if you're somebody who is caught in possession of it, that is not illegal. It is 2025.
• So, I'm certain there's nothing illegal.
• But if you're that is still illegal.
• </c> of it, that is not illegal. It is 2025. of it, that is not illegal. It is 2025.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• If you look at law firms, I mean, it's illegal for a non-lawyer to own a law firm, but a doctor can't
• It's actually illegal for independent doctors to offer cash prices to Medicare patients because of the
• integrated, But it's one that we need to understand because, you know, there are intergovernmental transfers
• It's not illegal. Right? Well, in some cases, but yeah, primarily, mostly it's. Right.

Committee: House Health Care Affordability, Select

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• However, due to elopement issues, he was then transferred to Lufkin.
• .. on behalf of 3.75 million Texas children who would benefit from the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer
• in fact, Senator Hinojosa, you carried it here in the Senate, in the House to regulate and make it illegal
• The physical work involved, such as transferring individuals, often adds to the risk.
• Despite being promised a transfer into a supervised independent living program, I was denied due to the

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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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• While this bill is not making ACR illegal, we are making it to where the consumer must opt in versus
• It requires kiosk operators to implement practices or policy to reduce risk and fraud and illegal activity
• reduce risk and practices of policy to reduce risk and fraud<00:37:42.280><c> and</c><00:37:42.400><c> illegal
• </c><00:37:43.440><c> It</c><00:37:43.560><c> requires</c> fraud and illegal activity.
• It requires fraud and illegal activity.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Electioneering in the polling place is still illegal. Thank you.
• Electioneering in the polling place is still illegal. Thank you, Senator.
• elction earing in the polling place is elction earing in the polling place is still<01:35:41.159><c> illegal
• </c><01:35:41.880><c> thank</c> still illegal thank still illegal thank you<01:35:43.600><c> thank</c

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Making arrests for abalone and spiny lobster poaching and illegal suction dredging.
• decommissioning plan was released by FERC in 2020, and in 2021, they approved Pacific Corp's license transfer
• Domoic acid, we don't even know for sure how it's getting transferred into the crabs.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Summary: The Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture held its annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum, focusing on the state of California fisheries and the environment. Secretary Wade Crowfoot and CDFW Marine Region Manager Dr. Craig Schumann described the sector as economically important but under pressure from drought, climate change, wildfire, warm oceans, and federal uncertainty. They highlighted progress under the state salmon strategy, including barrier removal, habitat restoration, flow protections, hatchery modernization, and technology improvements, while noting that salmon closures in recent years reflected the state’s driest period on record. Schumann reported 2025 commercial landings of about 217 million pounds worth $212 million, led by market squid, Dungeness crab, groundfish, and spiny lobster, and said the state’s marine protected area network had received international recognition. He also discussed salmon season openings, in-season management, hatchery release strategies, parentage-based tagging, kelp restoration planning, domoic acid closures, and expected future opportunities for rebuilt groundfish stocks such as yelloweye rockfish and cow cod. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to the Klamath River dam removal and salmon recovery. CDFW’s Crystal Robinson reviewed the project timeline, from the 2002 fish kill through dam decommissioning and full barrier removal in October 2024, and said fish returned to historic habitat within days. Yurok Chairman Joseph James, Karuk Chairman Russell “Buster” Attebery, and Dr. Craig Tucker described the dam removal as a historic tribal and state partnership and emphasized that salmon are central to tribal culture, food, and sovereignty. They said the river is already showing recovery, including the return of spring-run Chinook above Upper Klamath Lake for the first time in over a century, but stressed that continued restoration, funding, and protection of cold-water tributaries like the Scott and Shasta Rivers are still needed. Speakers also raised concerns about federal efforts to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act and rewrite the Klamath irrigation biological opinion, and urged the state to remain actively involved. The committee discussed AB 263 and AB 2218, which relate to minimum stream flows and Indigenous water rights, respectively. Members also questioned the agencies about Sacramento River salmon management, Shasta Reservoir cold-water releases, enforcement capacity, and federal disaster funding delays. Crowfoot and Schumann said the Sacramento remains the state’s most important salmon river and that the Bay-Delta Plan update and hatchery and flow actions are critical to recovery. They said marine enforcement remains limited, with about 50 officers covering the 1,100-mile coastline, and relies on technology, federal partnerships, and public tips. The committee indicated it would follow up on the federal biological opinion rewrite and on salmon-related policy issues. The final panel addressed the 2026–27 Dungeness crab season outlook. CDFW’s Joanna Grable said the season will be shaped by the “four horsemen” of whales, domoic acid, meat quality, and fleet dynamics, and warned that warm ocean conditions and a possible strong El Niño could increase domoic acid risk and whale entanglement concerns. She said the department will likely take a conservative approach, including possible season delays or gear reductions, while using new tools such as crab evisceration authority. PCFFA Executive Director Lisa Damrosch argued that the fishery has been built too much on fear and litigation, but acknowledged that RAMP now provides a framework to avoid a repeat of the 2016 crisis while still protecting whales and supporting fishing communities.

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• Making arrests for abalone and spiny lobster poaching and illegal suction dredging.
• decommissioning plan was released by FERC in 2020, and in 2021, they approved Pacific Corp license transfer
• Domoic acid, we don't even know for sure how it's getting transferred into the crabs.

Committee: Senate Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Um, are these would this kind of a blanket law allow for that proliferation of illegal throw net, or
• provision that once a program is established, some amount of the special fund balance should be transferred
• provision that once a program is established, some amount of the special fund balance should be transferred

Bills: HB1602 , HB2246 , HB1707 , HB2216 , HB2594 , HB2595 , HB2155 , HB2113 , HB2207 , HB1832 , HB2015 , HB2152 , HB2548

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

Keywords: agriculture, grant specialist, financial support, farmers, Hawaii, federal grants, grant administration, revolving fund, department of agriculture and biosecurity, grant compliance, transportation, reimbursement, food security, local production, sustainability, agricultural loans, financing, Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii agriculture, loan portfolio

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• Should I refer to folks as illegal immigrants, unauthorized aliens, undocumented non-citizens, or some
• Should I refer to folks as illegal immigrants, unauthorized aliens, undocumented non-citizens, or some
• that are not getting any or getting very little financial aid, that we are then giving priority to illegal
• are then then then giving<00:10:24.040><c> priority</c><00:10:24.640><c> to</c><00:10:25.360><c> illegal
• </c><00:10:25.880><c> immigrants,</c> giving priority to illegal immigrants, giving priority to illegal

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That means I would call it unlawful or illegal structure. That's okay. That's not included in this.
• </c> will call say unlawful or illegal will call say unlawful or illegal structure.<00:24:27.440><c>
• These are for the people that do illegal dumping and a lot of things.
• These for the people that<00:26:56.880><c> do</c><00:26:57.200><c> illegal</c><00:26:57.520><c> dumping
• dumping and a lot of that do illegal dumping and a lot of things.<00:26:58.799><c> He</c><00:26:58.960

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures. SB 1296 HD1, relating to disaster recovery, would exempt reconstruction of lawfully constructed structures damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster from special management area permits under certain conditions. OPSD, DLNR, the County of Maui, Front Street Recovery, and the Grassroot Institute supported the bill, saying it would speed rebuilding after disasters like the Maui fires; one witness noted the bill would not cover shoreline parcels unless amended, and members asked about the five-year rebuild window, the meaning of “lawfully constructed,” and whether unlawful structures were excluded. Testimony was also heard on SB 1413, which would allow the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to dispose of abandoned property in federal public housing projects after notice and within five days; HPHA said the bill would help address illegal dumping and clarify procedures. SB 31 HD1, concerning discriminatory restrictive covenants, was briefly described and had support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and comments from the Uniform Law Commission, with no in-person testimony. The committee then heard SB 1341, which would add HEMA and the Office of Homeland Security to agencies allowed to review energy industry information and would expand the program’s emergency-management purpose. The Hawaii State Energy Office supported the measure, saying the data is important for emergency response and fuel-supply planning. SB 10008 HD1 would authorize counties to adopt ordinances enforcing accessible parking space requirements and clarify county enforcement of EV-related parking provisions; the Disability and Communication Access Board strongly supported the accessible-parking provisions, saying current enforcement is weak, while noting section three on EV spaces is already largely in statute and could be struck if the committee preferred. Tina Yamaki of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in opposition. Finally, the committee heard SB 1028 SD1 HD1, which would eliminate fees, fines, and court costs for offenses committed by minors, discharge existing related debt, limit community service for minors to 72 hours, and repeal certain penalties tied to minors and their parents or guardians. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council, Community Alliance on Prisons, and DebtFree Justice Hawaii supported the bill, arguing that youth fines burden families, worsen poverty, and disproportionately affect Native Hawaiian youth. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments, raising possible constitutional title issues because the current draft incorporates material from HB 129 and includes sections that may relate more to restitution or curfew than to fines and fees; supporters responded that the title is sufficient and cited case law. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• It is illegal because dissemination currently in Minnesota of non-consensual sexual deepfakes is illegal
• </c><00:21:30.919><c> because</c><00:21:31.159><c> dissemination</c> phone is illegal because dissemination
• phone is illegal because dissemination currently<00:21:32.279><c> in</c><00:21:32.400><c> Minnesota<
• </c><00:21:35.279><c> fakes</c><00:21:35.919><c> is</c> sexual deep fakes is sexual deep fakes is illegal
• but they can download these apps illegal but they can download these apps on<00:21:39.120><c> their<

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota to prioritize deportation of non-citizens illegally
• federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota to prioritize deportation of non-citizens illegally
• Enforcement in Minnesota to prioritize deportation of non-citizens illegally in the United States and
• <01:14:33.719><c> them</c> on and he has summarily fired them on and he has summarily fired them illegally
• he also has the so-called uh illegally he also has the so-called uh Doge<01:14:39.600><c> uh</c><01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• capturing most of the revenue because our planning department has done a stellar job enforcing on illegal
• 00:25:11.799><c> with</c><00:25:12.000><c> enforcing</c><00:25:12.559><c> on</c><00:25:12.919><c> illegal
• </c> a stellar job with enforcing on illegal a stellar job with enforcing on illegal vacation<00:25:13.840
• </c><00:25:31.320><c> uh</c> um units that may be operating uh um units that may be operating uh illegally
• and they're very quick and illegally and they're very quick and Swift<00:25:33.559><c> to</c><00:25:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Bills: SB1432 , SB2024 , SB2043 , SB2060 , SB2069 , SB2153 , SB2259 , SB2319 , SB2321 , SB2338 , SB2360 , SB2396 , SB2405 , SB2407 , SB2544 , SB2550 , SB2552 , SB2578 , SB2580 , SB2607 , SB2614 , SB2671 , SB2800 , SB2805 , SB2816 , SB2835 , SB2877 , SB2892 , SB2928 , SB2934 , SB3063 , SB3199 , SB3233 , SB3325 , HCR8 , HCR10 , HCR11 , HCR13 , HCR14 , HCR18 , HCR19 , HCR22 , HCR24 , HCR31 , HCR32 , HCR33 , HCR35 , HCR54 , HCR62 , HCR63 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HCR82 , HCR83 , HCR85 , HCR91 , HCR93 , HCR94 , HCR96 , HCR98 , HCR102 , HCR104 , HCR105 , HCR106 , HCR110 , HCR111 , HCR116 , HCR117 , HCR118 , HCR121 , HCR122 , HCR123 , HCR124 , HCR125 , HCR127 , HCR128 , HCR137 , HCR139 , HCR140 , HCR141 , HCR144 , HCR146 , HCR162 , HCR165 , HCR166 , HCR173 , HCR178 , HCR179 , HCR180 , HCR181 , HCR182 , HCR185 , HCR189 , HCR191 , HCR192 , HCR193 , HCR194 , HCR200 , HCR202 , HCR6 , HCR36 , HCR42 , HCR43 , HCR44 , HCR53 , HCR57 , HCR61 , HCR64 , HCR69 , HCR84 , HCR101 , HCR103 , HCR107 , HCR112 , HCR126 , HCR136 , HCR154 , HCR161 , HCR175 , HCR186 , HCR187 , HCR188 , HCR197 , HCR203 , HCR204 , HCR206 , HB1870 , HB1588 , HB2429 , HB2386 , HB2583 , HB2361 , HB2270 , HB2137 , HB1643 , HB1682 , HB1692 , HB2078 , HB1553 , HB1667 , HB1700 , HB1728 , HB2293 , HB2096 , HB1959 , HB1511 , HB1961 , HB1858 , HB1897 , HB2088 , HB2093 , HB2279 , HB2314 , HB2505 , HB2433 , HB963 , HB1705 , HB1550 , HB469 , HB1334 , HB1710 , HB1737 , HB1753 , HB1881 , HB2309 , HB1713 , HB1741 , HB2062 , HB463 , HB1839 , HB1664 , HB2455 , HB2417 , HB1898 , HB1573 , HB1768 , HB1962 , HB2101 , HB1782 , HB2033 , HB1518 , HB1642 , HB1752 , HB2097 , HB2282 , HB1696 , HB1823 , HB1886 , HB2152 , HB2413 , HB2503 , HB1875 , HB1519 , HB1509 , HB1628 , HB1810 , HB1990 , HB2023 , HB2540 , HB1679 , HB1888 , HB2576 , HB2592

Keywords: Kalaupapa, Kalawao, Molokai, Maui County, county consolidation, Hansen's disease, leprosy, Department of Health, DOH, patient residents, former patients, public health, transition planning, jurisdiction transfer, county governance, historical preservation, cultural preservation, environmental remediation, community input, Kalaupapa Settlement