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• Sure, you can have an ADU, but it has to be at least 850 or 1000 square feet, um, which is common practice
• Again, we are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and for your commitment to a process that values

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:

• , sure, you can have an ADU, but it has to be at least 850 or 1,000 square feet, which is common practice
• Again, we are grateful for the opportunity to collaborate and for your commitment to a process that values

Bills: HB407 , HB871 , HB882 , HB2011 , HB3572 , HB3578 , HB4038 , HB4866 , HB4897 , HB4978 , HB5380 , HB5555 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , SB673

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• So what does that mean for practical purposes is that at a preliminary hearing, a prosecutor does not
• It requires collaboration and precision in a state as geographically diverse as California.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through routine procedural business, including dispensing with the reading of the prior journal, re-referring several bills, and approving committee scheduling requests. There was also a point of order from Assemblymember DeMaio asking about a possible Governor’s message regarding Medi-Cal, but the chair said no formal message had been received at the desk. The main floor debate centered on AB 321 by Assemblymember Schultz, the Better Informed Decisions Act, which would allow courts to consider reducing certain “wobbler” offenses from felonies to misdemeanors later in the criminal process if new evidence emerges. Supporters argued it would improve fairness, transparency, and efficiency by letting judges make better-informed decisions; opponents said it would weaken felony accountability and conflict with voter intent on public safety. The bill passed on a 46-5 vote. The Assembly also adopted ACR 47 by Assemblymember Chen, declaring March 16–22 as National Surveyors Week, with 63 co-authors added and the resolution adopted by voice vote. AB 387 by Assemblymember Alanis, which expands jury duty exemptions to include probation officers, passed 64-0. On the consent calendar, ACR 46, HR 9, HR 22, and SCR 17 were adopted with unanimous votes, and the Assembly adjourned until Monday, March 17 at 1 p.m.

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• for service professionals for expenses related to the purchase of a home, conditioning loans on practice
• A natural leader, Billy can [Speaker not identified] consistently demonstrates generosity and collaboration

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• We've learned better practices from the refiners and how to make a cleaner, safer fuel.
• Our team has been working in collaboration with the author, staff, with proponents, with opposition for
• has been significant work in ensuring the overall permitting regime has smoothed and become more collaborative
• The meaning here is, is the one-in-ten planning standard that we have as a general practice for the industry
• process as we speak, and we look forward to the opportunity to have that dialogue with FERC and collaborate

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard SB 1259, which would require refineries to provide advance closure and remediation planning information, and SB 1425, which would authorize the High-Speed Rail Authority to create a permit process for encroachments in its right of way. The committee also held an informational hearing on California electricity reliability and the future of the Strategic Reliability Reserve. The chair opened by noting the hearing room change, testimony limits, and that the committee would proceed without a quorum at first, then later established quorum for votes. On SB 1259, Senator Blake Spear argued the bill would give communities and state agencies needed information to plan for refinery closures, cleanup, and land reuse, comparing the requirement to estate planning. Supporters, including Benicia City Councilmember Carrie Birdseye and UC Santa Barbara professor Ranjit Schmook, said the bill would help communities facing refinery closures avoid being left without information and better prepare for redevelopment and remediation. Opponents, including the Western States Petroleum Association, the State Building and Construction Trades Council, and business groups, argued the bill could send negative market signals, create conflicts with federal reporting, and potentially accelerate refinery closures. The committee passed SB 1259 on a 7-3 vote, later reopening the roll and recording additional votes before moving it out as amended to Appropriations. On SB 1425, Senator Cortese and sponsor Robert Pearsall said the bill would help the High-Speed Rail Authority manage utility, broadband, drainage, and vegetation encroachments along the project corridor and reduce delays. Labor and construction groups supported the measure as a way to add certainty and speed project delivery. Utilities and local agencies, including LADWP, Southern California Gas, Southern California Edison, PG&E, and others, opposed unless amended, saying the bill needed clearer language on emergencies, existing agreements, and potential impacts on their own rights of way and service obligations. After discussion about emergency language and utility coordination, the committee passed SB 1425 as amended to Appropriations on a 10-3 vote. In the oversight hearing, CEC, CPUC, CAISO, and DWR officials reported that California’s summer reliability outlook is better than in prior years, with substantial new procurement, storage, and demand-response resources added since 2020. They said the state is projected to meet its summer reliability standard and has not needed a flex alert for three straight years, but cautioned that extreme heat, fire, hydro conditions, and federal policy uncertainty still pose risks. Officials emphasized that the current Strategic Reliability Reserve remains important as a backstop, while longer-term planning must address rising demand from electrification and data centers and the eventual retirement of emergency resources.

Transcript Highlights:

• We've learned better practices from the refiners and how to make a cleaner, safer fuel.
• Our team has been working in collaboration with the author, staff, with proponents, with opposition for
• has been significant work in ensuring the overall permitting regime has smoothed and become more collaborative
• The meaning here is, is the one-in-ten planning standard that we have as a general practice for the industry
• process as we speak, and we look forward to the opportunity to have that dialogue with FERC and collaborate

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We have a worldview, a belief system, and a set of cultural practices that connects us deeply to this
• So in addition, we also collaborate with the Plaque Power on evaluating the alternative water supplies
• very familiar with the technologies and we already have the, you know, industrial partners for collaboration
• believe those dollars are now being reverted because they never did get the permits to put it into practice
• it generates the workforce development we train our students, and it also, um, encourage us to collaborate

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• And in California, before the digital age, expungement in practice was as good as sealing, with guilty
• all of the conversations I've had with many of you on the floor about this hot topic, to ongoing collaboration
• It is also noting that there are practical exemptions in our bill for situations such as a vehicle with
• I would like to thank my colleagues from Santa Cruz and West Hollywood for their collaboration and expertise
• I want to thank the author for her collaboration and partnership.

Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file of bills. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules for AB 1219, followed by consideration of numerous measures on housing, veterans, education, elections, energy, wildfire prevention, public safety, and consumer affordability. Several bills drew bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly, including AB 878 on safety accommodations for survivors of violence, AB 948 on school district facility maintenance, AB 81 and AB 88 on veterans’ mental health and student aid, AB 640 on school board fiscal training, AB 660 on housing permit timelines, AB 1048 on workers’ compensation billing disputes, AB 1119 on dual credentialing, AB 1172 on inhalable anti-seizure medication access, AB 1227 on wildfire prevention, AB 1285 and AB 696 on lithium-ion battery safety, AB 1417 on offshore wind transparency, AB 1530 on disaster recovery assistance, and AB 353 on affordable home internet. Some measures drew opposition or more divided votes, including AB 704 on sealing certain misdemeanor records, AB 1249 on early voting access, AB 1280 on thermal energy incentives, AB 1448 on offshore oil protections, AB 380 on price gouging, AB 402 on Cal Grant increases, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification, and AB 1084 on expedited gender-change and name-change court orders. The Assembly also granted reconsideration on AB 435, a child passenger safety bill, and passed it after debate on the five-step safety-seat standard. The floor debate featured recurring themes of affordability, housing, wildfire preparedness, election access, veterans’ services, and public safety. Supporters of the election bill AB 1249 argued it would simply add a Saturday early-voting option in non-VCA counties, while opponents raised concerns about verification and county staffing. AB 30, authorizing E15 gasoline in California, was presented as an urgency measure to lower fuel costs and passed unanimously on the urgency and the bill. AB 1466 on groundwater disputes was also taken up, with the author arguing it would reduce frivolous litigation and better represent all water users; the vote was 42 ayes and 17 noes. After completing the file, the Assembly recessed for lunch, later returned, and continued with additional file items, with many measures passing on strong bipartisan votes.

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• Uh, you know, our students deserve this, and you know we will work collaboratively together so that we
• Our project team is here, recognizing the collaborative effort that we've continued to engage in these
• out, but if we are going to delay things as we get that figured out, I don't think that is a good practice
• with the ability to make a formal appeal to the PSFA by May 15, 2025, which has been historical practice
• It's also important that they are collaborative partners with us relative to this data set itself.

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• They ensure that their products are not only of the highest quality, but also support local farming practices
• They actively engage with educational programs, mentor young agriculturalists, and collaborate with organizations
• The innovation team finds and tests new commercial technologies and collaborates with companies to adapt
• THE INNOVATION TEAM FINDS AND TESTS NEW COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COLLABORATES WITH COMPANIES TO ADAPT
• year tens of thousands of firefighters and E.M.S. join top experts to train with and share best practices

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It establishes clear rules for permissible services, prohibited practices, and transparency requirements
• Tab 12, CS for SB 998 on physician assistant and advanced practice registered nurse services.
• Physician assistant and advanced practice registered nurse services. You're recognized.
• This bill allows physicians to utilize advanced practice registered nurses to certify deaths and This
• bill allows physicians to utilize advanced practice registered nurses to certify death and file death

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The committee took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1422 on unmanned aircraft systems. The bill increases penalties for flying drones over critical infrastructure, prohibits drones equipped with weapons or explosives, creates a first-degree felony for drones carrying a weapon of mass destruction, and includes a law enforcement exception. A lay-filed amendment by Senator Pizzo warning against the use of force to shoot down drones was debated but failed, and the bill was then reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SB 846 addressing notary public fraud in immigration-related services, SB 650 on hazardous walking conditions for school transportation, SB 922 on employment agreements including non-compete and garden leave provisions, and SB 1820 on motor vehicle manufacturer and dealer relations, covering performance measures, retaliation, and franchise termination standards. Several bills focused on education, health care, and disability issues. SB 540, the Evan B. Hartzell Act, would require disability history and awareness instruction across grade levels; it drew emotional testimony from the bill sponsor, family members, and supporters, and was reported favorably. SB 998 would allow advanced practice registered nurses to certify deaths and file death certificates in hospice settings under physician protocol, and SB 1412 would modernize home health agency rules by expanding administrative flexibility and contract service use; both passed. SB 1736 would allow direct support professionals and relatives to administer insulin in group home settings for individuals with developmental disabilities, and it was also reported favorably. The committee also advanced several regulatory and court-related measures. SB 1650 expands Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including allowing designation based on conduct in a single case and extending the look-back period, while SB 1652 creates a public records exemption for certain stricken non-criminal court filings; both were approved. SB 1076 on roofing contractors was amended to require continuing education for roof-to-wall connections and then passed, and SB 1078 on fire prevention was amended with stakeholder-agreed language before being reported favorably. SB 1080 on local government land regulations, after multiple amendments and significant debate over agricultural enclaves and local control, was also approved. Other major measures included SB 818 on utility relocation, which creates a relocation fund funded by a portion of communications services tax revenue and was supported by multiple industry and local-government groups after a compromise amendment; SB 868 on social media use by minors, which would require a decryption mechanism for law enforcement access under subpoena and prohibit disappearing messages for minors, remained under discussion as the transcript ended. The committee also heard SB 96, a claims bill for Jacob Rogers against the City of Gainesville, and reported it favorably after testimony that the city would pay the settlement amount.

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• </c><00:11:40.639><c> with</c><00:11:40.920><c> other</c> $300,000 in collaboration with other $300,000
• in collaboration with other North<00:11:41.560><c> Carolina</c><00:11:42.079><c> Roan</c><00:11:42.639
• Collaborating with Georgia Southern University's Center for Irish Research and Teaching, said by Howard
• </c><03:56:30.760><c> and</c><03:56:31.000><c> international</c> best practices and international best
• </c><04:07:59.880><c> of</c> procurement management practices of procurement management practices of

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• They're interested in the practice of elections in Minnesota.
• They're interested in the practice of elections in Minnesota.
• They're interested in the practice of elections in Minnesota.
• Momberg did a fantastic job showing the collaboration efforts between local units of government.
• </c><01:19:29.239><c> efforts</c> showing the collaboration efforts showing the collaboration efforts

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I think it's a collaboration. All right. Thank you so much. That's it, Chair. Thank you. Okay.
• I<00:13:18.880><c> think</c><00:13:18.959><c> it's</c><00:13:19.120><c> a</c><00:13:19.440><c> collaboration
• </c> &gt;&gt; I think it's a collaboration. &gt;&gt; I think it's a collaboration.
• I complained about the tax practices there.
• </c> I complained about the tax practices I complained about the tax practices there.<01:35:31.040><c

Bills: HB1977 , HB1764 , HB1934 , HB2533 , HB1790 , HB2181 , HB1870 , HB2140 , HB2468 , HB2358 , HB1588 , HB1688 , HB1986 , HB2030 , HB2195 , HB1949 , HB1695 , HB1950 , HB2094 , HB2115 , HB2297 , HB2336 , HB2416 , HB2049

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: maternal health, infant health, mobile application, Medicaid, healthcare access, state programs, music education, public concerts, Hawaii State Library, cultural collaboration, music accessibility, libraries, education, reading programs, early childhood, nonprofit, community engagement, teacher retention, Hawaiian language education, special needs schools

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• Under current law, the current practice would be that they actually have to have some effect of it that
• </c><01:23:32.639><c> would</c><01:23:32.840><c> be</c><01:23:33.000><c> they</c> the current practice
• would be they the current practice would be they actually<01:23:33.440><c> have</c><01:23:33.560><c>
• Given that this is one of the few, I mean, we're kind of like a good collaborative committee, I think
• Given that this is one of the few, I mean, we're kind of like a good collaborative committee, I think

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Medications, behavioral supports, and practical supports.
• The next best practice is public health.
• And then my fifth best practice model is methadone.
• My primary care practice, ...mentioned that you integrate with your practice, that behavioral health
• My primary care practice My primary care practice of 23 years has been with a federally qualified health

Committee: House Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force

Summary: The task force meeting opened with a brief organizational update, including new leadership, roll call, and an explanation of the task force’s statutory duties: to study current and future drug and substance use in Missouri, explore solutions, draft or modify legislation, and report recommendations on prevention and treatment. The chair outlined the summer hearing plan, which would feature field experts, with future sessions expected to cover alternative therapies such as psilocybin and ibogaine and testimony from the Department of Mental Health. Members were encouraged to think about legislative ideas and policy recommendations for the upcoming session. The first major testimony came from Dr. Rachel Winograd, who described Missouri’s overdose crisis as evolving into a “fourth wave” marked by fentanyl mixed with animal tranquilizers such as xylazine and medetomidine, along with methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs. She said overdose deaths have declined for a third straight year, with preliminary 2025 data around 1,200 deaths, but emphasized that the crisis remains severe. Her main recommendations were to focus on demand reduction rather than repeated supply crackdowns, expand evidence-based treatment—especially methadone and buprenorphine—broaden naloxone access, and improve practical supports like housing, transportation, and case management. She also said peer services are valuable but should not be used as a substitute for clinical care, and noted that Missouri Medicaid generally covers evidence-based treatment but reimbursement for peer recovery services remains a gap. Dr. Heidi Miller, the state medical director at the Department of Health and Senior Services, reinforced the call for integrating substance use disorder care into whole-person health care. She highlighted the state naloxone standing order, which supports more than 11,000 Medicaid naloxone prescriptions annually, and urged five best practices: integrating SUD treatment into primary care, maternal health, general medical training, EMS initiation of buprenorphine after overdose, and expanded methadone access. She also argued for team-based reimbursement, stronger parity enforcement between behavioral health/SUD and physical health, and caution in regulating emerging substances so policy does not outrun the science. Dr. Doug Burgess of University Health in Kansas City echoed the integration theme, arguing that Missouri’s system is too fragmented and that patients are often stabilized and then left to coordinate their own next steps. He compared ideal SUD care to the coordinated response used for heart attacks, with seamless transitions from emergency care to inpatient treatment, rehab, and outpatient follow-up. He said treatment courts can be effective when they are well coordinated and informed by addiction science, and he stressed the importance of discharge planning, peer recovery coaches, information-sharing, and maintaining Medicaid coverage during justice involvement. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• Um, there are no places to work collaboratively and be in community with our classmates.
• Um, there are no places to work collaboratively and be in community with our classmates.
• regenerative farming practices.
• regenerative farming practices.
• regenerative farming practices.

Bills: HF4266

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: higher education, state grants, financial aid, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium, summer 2026, 1183, house

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• Um, but you know, OPSD or whoever the regular—I'm sorry, I've been, when I was practicing, it was OEQC
• This has been a practice I feel like we're enabling them to continue.
• feel like we're enabling them to continue<01:13:45.280><c> that</c> continue that continue that practice
• work to see the sooth collaborative work to see the sooth mahalo<02:00:04.719><c> thank</c><02:00:04.960
• zero, moving one of the paragraphs for clarity and adding other entities that are encouraged to collaborate

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures. SB 1602 would appropriate funds to DLNR for monitoring wells for the Koho aquifer system; DLNR and HHFDC supported it, and written testimony from several organizations and individuals was also in support. Members asked whether monitoring wells are a statewide function rather than a county function, and staff confirmed they are done statewide. The second bill was an administration measure clarifying that criminal water pollution enforcement remains with the Department of Health rather than DLNR. The Attorney General’s office said it was a cleanup clarification and that DOH has stronger enforcement powers and better testing capability; DOH and DLNR supported it, and there was no opposition noted. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1074 on environmental impact statements. The bill would let previously authorized or permitted commercial activities continue for up to one year while an agency determines whether environmental review applies after a challenge, and would allow permit renewals during that review. DLNR said it stood on written comments and suggested aligning the bill with similar House language. Supporters, including several ocean tourism and Maui business representatives, argued the bill would provide certainty and keep families and small operators working while environmental review is completed, especially in the wake of the Lahaina fires and ongoing business losses. Some supporters said the measure should be narrowed with a sunset or limited to recently renewed permits. Opponents, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and other environmental advocates, argued the bill was overly broad and could weaken HEPA/NEPA-style environmental review, especially for fisheries and other commercial activities. They said the bill could be used as a “Trojan horse” to avoid review and that DLNR could resolve the underlying disputes more quickly through settlement or existing exemption processes. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• So for those reasons and our support of practical...
• For those reasons, and our support of practical immediate steps forward, we respectfully urge an aye
• The Chair has done a great job in collaboration with the author of getting this right-sized, not doing
• estate license, which is not subject to discipline or oversight by the Department of Real Estate for practices
• For many years in Berkeley, we work collaboratively with policymakers, stakeholders, and even developers

Committee: Senate Housing

Summary: The committee heard SB 866, which would require jurisdictions that do not receive HAP grants to include homelessness data, strategies, and regional coordination in their housing elements. The author and supporters said the bill would close a gap in planning and create more consistent, data-driven local responses to homelessness. Opponents, including the League of California Cities and several cities, argued the bill would impose costly and duplicative reporting requirements on small jurisdictions, require data cities cannot control, and should instead be aligned with existing regional planning processes. Members raised concerns about burden on small cities, but also emphasized the need for statewide, standardized homelessness planning. The committee then heard SB 967, which would allow jurisdictions to count qualifying interim housing toward a portion of their acutely low-income RHNA obligations, with safeguards against double counting and reporting requirements for moved units. Supporters said interim housing is a faster, less expensive way to get people indoors and should be incentivized as a bridge from encampments to permanent housing. Opponents, including housing law experts and advocacy groups, argued the bill would blur the line between temporary shelter and permanent housing, weaken obligations to build deeply affordable housing, and create a two-tier system for the lowest-income Californians. After discussion, the committee passed SB 967 on a due pass motion to Appropriations, with several members voting aye and the bill held on call for absent members. The committee also considered SCR 131, a resolution calling for a coordinated state effort to end unsheltered homelessness and prioritize a broader set of interventions, including interim housing, prevention, and permanent supportive housing. Supporters described unsheltered homelessness as a moral and public health crisis and urged stronger state alignment and funding. One member explained an abstention based on concerns that the resolution’s language could be read as endorsing more funding without clear metrics or evidence of effectiveness. The author said amendments had already narrowed the language and was open to further changes. The resolution was adopted on a motion, with the roll held open for absent members. Finally, the committee heard SB 1238, which would strengthen oversight and transparency for homeowners associations and HOA management companies, including disclosures, reserve-fund protections, and a fiduciary-duty provision. The author and supporters said the bill would protect homeowners from mismanagement and improve financial clarity in common interest developments. Opponents from community manager and HOA groups said managers are administrative agents, not decision-makers, and objected especially to imposing a fiduciary duty to individual homeowners. Members generally supported the bill but flagged the fiduciary-duty issue and reserve-fund language as areas for further review, noting that some amendments had been agreed to and others would be addressed later in the process.

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• So for those reasons and our support of practical...
• For those reasons, and in support of practical, immediate steps forward, we respectfully urge an aye
• The chair has done a great job in collaboration with the author of getting this right size, not doing
• estate license, which is not subject to discipline or oversight by the Department of Real Estate for practices
• For many years in Berkeley, we worked collaboratively with policymakers, stakeholders, and even developers

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: 987, senate, all