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• </c> &gt;&gt; What do you think would be a fair price &gt;&gt; What do you think would be a fair price
• testify online or in person wishing to testify on<00:40:03.920><c> HB182?
• </c> Anyone online or in person wishing to testify on HB 2086?
• Anyone online or in person wishing to testify on HB 2025?
• Anyone online or in person wishing to testify on HB 1620? >> Aloha.

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation heard several vehicle and traffic safety measures. HB 2347, which would require the director of transportation to adopt rules allowing mobile vehicle safety inspections, drew support from DOT and individual testifiers who said it would add convenience and efficiency for passenger vehicle owners. Committee members questioned how home or driveway inspections would handle safety standards such as headlight checks and whether added convenience would come with higher costs; DOT also said it would follow up on inspection fees and audit procedures. HB 182, which would exempt motorcycles and passenger cars from safety inspections, received opposition from DOT, the Hawaii Police Department, and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, with Grassroot Institute in support. HB 2022, which would equalize county and state annual vehicle registration fees, was opposed by the Hawaii Transportation Association because it would raise costs that would likely be passed on to consumers. The committee also took testimony on HB 1708, which would make operating a vehicle under the influence at a high intoxication level a class C felony and add probation requirements. Prosecutors, police, DOT, and the Honolulu customer services department supported the bill, while the Public Defender’s Office opposed it, arguing that it would increase court workload, require more defense resources, and create collateral consequences, including possible immigration impacts. Several witnesses and members discussed a proposed HD1 that would change the bill to a graduated penalty structure, making a first offense a misdemeanor and a second offense a felony, while also addressing deferred pleas and DUI deferrals. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office supported the bill’s intent but warned that Oahu lacks a reliable electronic or telephonic warrant system, which could lead to more refusals and additional court impacts. HB 2086, which would amend negligent injury in the first degree to include injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers, received support from DOT, county prosecutors, police, and the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office. Honolulu’s prosecutor supported the bill but recommended against the attached HD1, saying the current drafting better preserves negligent injury as a lesser included offense and avoids blending it with a separate statutory scheme. HB 2154, which would create a framework for intelligent speed assist technology and require a report to the legislature, was supported by DOT, county police, Smart Start LLC, AAA Hawaii, and others, with the Alliance for Automobile Innovation offering comments and proposed amendments. A testifier described the bill as a way to prevent repeat speeding by limiting vehicles from accelerating beyond the speed limit. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• A UC Santa Cruz study found employers raised prices, cut staffing, and replaced workers with technology
• Santa Cruz study found employers raised prices, cut staffing, and replaced workers with technology.
• , and online sales are also a big problem in the state.
• And I also just want to recognize how important it is to be dealing with the online part because it is
• This legislature, because, as was just put so wonderfully, the price is too high.

Committee: House Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:

• Do we have any online? No one online. Public testimony is closed. Gentlemen, what's your pleasure?
• No one online. Public testimony is closed. Gentlemen, what's your pleasure? Moved and seconded.
• of a of a bus establishes a base price of a of a bus or<00:14:31.760><c> various</c><00:14:32.160><c
• Do we have anybody online? >> Uh, could you ... Welcome, everybody. >> Do we have more than one?
• Do we have anybody online? online? online?

Bills: HB0150

Committee: Senate Appropriations

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• And online. Oh, and online. Oh, here it is. Okay, here it is.
• So we have two in support and two against online.
• And we have two individuals online. Felice Rael.
• And we have two online against Ms. Sharon Luna. And we have two online against Ms. Sharon Luna.
• Anyone online in favor or opposed? Okay, we'll take that one briefly.

Bills: SB154 , SB187 , SB193 , SM3

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:

• And what we just got through—anybody watch us online? Screen? Has anybody seen us before?
• And you did say, I can't remember who spoke about it, but you did say that there was an online option
• Often these small businesses have higher prices and larger national franchises.
• Often these small businesses have higher prices and larger national franchises.
• So the prices are cheaper versus, like, local businesses that are making handmade, homemade goods.

Committee: All GIRLS STATE

Transcript Highlights:

• We have one online. Sam, online. Morning, Chair Taylor and members of the committee.
• We have our other two folks online. We'll start with Caterina LaMarche. Hi, thank you.
• And online, we have Preston McCollum.
• And on—sorry, sorry, sorry—online we have Dustin Bonskard to close out this panel.
• We have, for this panel, the other two folks online.

Bills: SB6011

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: court security, bailiffs, threat assessment, judicial safety, law enforcement

Transcript Highlights:

• That is 4% of the sales price of the house. So I'll just use $300,000 as the sales price.
• sales price in this area is $297,000.
• The column on the right would equal housing at a price that's a price above where you would probably
• I still want to assume a small price reduction in the price of the raw land piece.
• So that's how he came up with that price.

Committee: House Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• online as well.
• We need help and new laws to keep children safe online.
• Thank you. ...to keep children safe online.
• Plus, we cap our prices to keep our homes affordable, so Habitat cannot simply raise prices to absorb
• The mid-priced, affordable to mid-priced homeownership is just not market-friendly... ...affordable to

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with most of the discussion focused on public safety, consumer protection, and youth harms. AB 1557 by Assemblymember Papin would clarify e-bike motor power limits and set lower speed-related standards for Class 1 and 2 e-bikes. Supporters, including the California Police Chiefs Association, cities, the California Medical Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, argued the bill would reduce severe injuries and deaths among young riders. Opponents from People for Bikes warned it could conflict with federal law, create legal uncertainty, and disrupt the bicycle market. The author and committee members acknowledged industry concerns and urged continued work on the bill. AB 1770 by Assemblymember Garcia would place large health care service plan arbitration under California Department of Justice oversight and require compliance with the California Arbitration Act. Supporters described cases where patients were forced into private arbitration with little transparency or accountability, arguing the bill would make the process fairer and more neutral. Kaiser Permanente and the Civil Justice Association of California said they were still reviewing amendments and had not settled on a final position. Committee members expressed sympathy for the personal stories shared and encouraged continued negotiations. The committee also heard AB 2075, which would require fire suppression equipment to be kept closer at hand during brush work, and AB 1864, which would require screening of gene synthesis orders to prevent misuse for bioterrorism. AB 2075 was presented as a response to a Ventura County wildfire, with support from the Ventura County District Attorney’s office and no opposition heard. AB 1864 was backed by the author, Stanford biosecurity expert Dr. Milana Trout, and Encode AI, while Biocom opposed unless amended and California Life Sciences remained neutral. Members discussed implementation details and the role of the Department of Public Health. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to AB 1709, which would set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts on platforms with harmful features and create an e-safety advisory commission. Supporters, including youth advocates, parents, medical groups, and Common Sense Media, said addictive design features are harming children’s mental health and safety. Opponents, including EFF, the ACLU, TechNet, and other civil liberties and industry groups, argued the bill is overbroad, raises First Amendment and privacy concerns, and could limit access to important online communities. Despite those objections, the bill was moved forward after committee discussion, with members emphasizing the need to protect children while continuing to work on carveouts and implementation details.

Transcript Highlights:

• Are your investigators aware of any price, I believe it's, the price is different at the cash register
• With respect to price fixing and price gouging, I'm not currently aware of...
• With respect to price fixing and price gouging, I'm not currently aware of specific complaints related
• That's what surveillance pricing means.
• I'm told we have a couple of district attorneys online.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Summary: The committee first heard an Aging and Long-Term Services Department budget presentation comparing the LFC and executive recommendations. The main differences were in the Aging Network, Adult Protective Services, Program Support, and Long-Term Care Division, especially the executive’s proposed $10 million infusion into the Kiki Savadra Senior Dignity Fund and $6.2 million for expanding New Mexico Care. LFC staff explained that the committee recommendation was lower in general fund and fund-balance use, while the executive emphasized rising senior population needs, meal and transportation costs, and the cost savings of keeping older adults at home. The secretary also reviewed the department’s special requests, including the conference on aging, outreach, emergency preparedness, and the Kiki fund, and described New Mexico Care’s growth, its evaluation results, and the department’s plan to separate Kiki into its own accounting fund. Members largely focused on senior services, rural meal delivery, transportation, caregiver support, and the Kiki fund. Several members urged stronger support for non-metro aging providers and for New Mexico Care, citing its role in keeping seniors out of nursing homes and the program’s reported savings and outcomes. Questions also covered eligibility, background checks for caregivers, respite care, dementia and Alzheimer’s screening, and whether Kiki funds can support home modifications such as ramps. The committee then voted to adopt the LFC recommendation with one executive language change: adding the executive’s page 14 language allowing an additional 12.5% distribution for initial payments to aging network providers at the start of FY27. Representative Dow opposed the motion. The committee then moved to the Attorney General’s budget. LFC staff explained that the office’s budget relies heavily on the Consumer Settlement Fund, with both recommendations reducing general fund revenue while increasing settlement-fund use, and that performance measures were in consensus. The Attorney General said the office was not seeking more general fund, but wanted greater ability to use funds it recovers. He highlighted major consumer and public safety work, including litigation against major social media and AI platforms, a case involving Snapchat and child exploitation/extortion, the statewide crime gun intelligence center, efforts to address oilfield theft, work on missing and murdered Indigenous persons, and efforts to protect federal funds coming into New Mexico.

Transcript Highlights:

• I can barely afford to buy a house at today's prices.
• DMV-issued driver's license or identification card to seamlessly register to vote online.
• We use our online voter registration system. I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• Virtually everyone here pledges to try to do all we can to lower housing prices.
• Unelected bureaucrats that voted to increase gas prices, no, they don't deserve a raise.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

Transcript Highlights:

• And then we also are one of the national leaders in online learning at the K-12 level, and I am going
• We align to national standards for quality in online programs.
• Chairman, Senator, you know, I don't have the prices from private programs.
• The entry-level price is lower than our cost per enrollment.
• So the children in the school, then, the online school, they're not using the chat.

Committee: Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:

• It's an online platform.
• </c> online sports betting. online sports betting.
• Connecticut has both online sports betting and online casino legal in those states.
• </c><01:07:57.920><c> and</c><01:07:58.040><c> online</c> both online sports betting and online both
• </c> online gambling, other others have not. online gambling, other others have not.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:

• of pricing the honesty of communication of pricing and<02:09:47.040><c> price</c><02:09:47.360><c> setting
• </c> airline pricing these days? airline pricing these days?
• </c> pricing. And I ask for an I vote. pricing. And I ask for an I vote.
• </c> us would pay the same price. us would pay the same price.
• And if price without a baseline price.

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• A copy of this order of business is on your desk and online.
• , other than the MSRP price.
• other than the MSRP price.
• other than the MSRP price.
• other than the MSRP price.

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• For workers who remain employed, paychecks have not kept up with rising prices.
• For workers who remain employed, paychecks have not kept up with rising prices.
• sometimes employers or firms eat some of those prices, sometimes they pass them on.
• With all that being said, California has the highest grocery prices in the nation.
• We've got folks running marketing online.

Committee: Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Transcript Highlights:

• Where are we, and what is actually coming online?
• Where are we and what is actually coming online?
• It has impacted prices in California. It has impacted prices in the rest of the U.S.
• gas prices.
• But we need those truck prices to go down, so it's less incentive and less price and makes it better.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules first handled several routine actions, including approving three governor’s appointments not required to appear: Anthony Surich as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, Craig Snelling J.D. to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and Nicholas Mueller to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission. The committee also approved referral of bills to committees, all by 4-0 votes. It then took up appointments requiring testimony, beginning with Jereen DiAdamo to the State Water Resources Control Board. DiAdamo focused her remarks on safe drinking water, groundwater sustainability, conservation, and Bay-Delta restoration. She said the number of Californians without safe drinking water has fallen from 1.6 million to 800,000 since 2019, credited the SAFER program, technical assistance, and mandatory consolidation authority, and described ongoing work on failing and at-risk systems, domestic well mitigation, SGMA implementation, and the Bay-Delta Plan. Senators pressed her on audit follow-up, measurable goals for reducing the remaining unsafe systems, funding uncertainty, and concerns from environmental and tribal groups that the board has favored water users over ecosystem protections. Supporters from water, agriculture, business, and local agencies praised her collaborative style and consensus-building, while opponents argued she had not done enough to protect the Delta and called for new leadership. The committee ultimately voted 4-0 to advance her appointment to the full Senate. The committee then heard from Sivagunda Gunda for reappointment to the California Energy Commission. He highlighted progress on grid reliability, zero-carbon generation, and planning for California’s energy transition, including transportation fuels, building electrification, and the eventual retirement of Diablo Canyon. Senators questioned him about the future of Kern Energy and small refineries, the state’s transportation fuels plan, fuel imports and costs, and whether California can retire Diablo Canyon by 2030 without harming reliability. Gunda said the state is planning as if Diablo Canyon retires in 2030, that current resource additions make reliability manageable, and that affordability and market coordination remain key issues. The committee then voted 4-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate, and the hearing recessed afterward.

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• And Jeff Behrwald is not online. So that concludes the speakers.
• And Jeff Beirwald is not online. So that concludes the speakers.
• I signed on online, so I'm ready to testify. No, I just guess there was a bump in there.
• We will go online now to Catherine Cuddy.
• We will go online now to Catherine Cuddy.

Bills: SB5821 , SB6004 , SB6010 , SB5941

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy

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• Ensuring that all animal shelters are posting their adoptable animals online, we can ensure that those
• Additionally, posting online helps animal rescues know who's available and where their help is needed
• Allowing the seller to charge a higher price for an inferior product.
• For the cheaper price, this is this is tax money that is absolutely lost revenue to the state.
• In addition to disparate pricing, our community's faith disparate service quality.

Committee: House Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:

• You're potentially saving the plans more on a higher price drug?
• You're potentially saving the plans more on a higher price drug?
• It has been posted online and is in your folders.
• However, when it comes to the question of using a net price versus a WAC price, this bill uses WAC.
• One, WAC price is known. You know what the WAC price is. Everyone can see the WAC price.

Committee: House Insurance

Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on April 1 with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 938 by Rep. Turner, which would overhaul pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation by setting a flat administration fee, requiring dispensing fees and NADAC-based reimbursement, mandating rebate pass-through, giving the Department of Insurance access to PBM data, and creating a reverse-auction process for PBM procurement. Turner said the bill is intended to level the playing field for independent pharmacies, improve transparency, and reduce hidden PBM practices. The committee adopted amendment set 1444 without objection, and Turner said additional conceptual amendments were still being worked on. Supporters included independent pharmacies and the PBM Accountability Project; opponents included union plan representatives, benefits consultants, and PBM/insurance industry witnesses who warned of higher costs, ERISA preemption problems, and likely litigation. After extended questioning on cost, preemption, and vertical integration, the committee reported HB 938 with amendments. The committee then considered House Bill 870, also by Rep. Turner, dealing with formulary placement and cost-sharing for generic drugs and biosimilars and limiting certain utilization management practices. Amendment set 1540 was adopted, revising and tightening technical definitions. Turner and a representative of the Association for Accessible Medicines argued the bill would help lower-cost generics and biosimilars gain market share and reduce patient costs, citing examples such as insulin and Humira biosimilars. Opponents from Louisiana Blue said the bill would force coverage based on wholesale acquisition cost rather than net cost, would raise premiums for fully insured members, and would mandate coverage of drugs that are not always the lowest net-cost option. Rep. Jordan again raised ERISA and preemption concerns, and committee members discussed whether the bill would interfere with tiering and plan design. After closing comments and a motion by Rep. Glorioso, HB 870 was reported with amendments, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• :15.120><c> and</c> the geographic information systems and the geographic information systems and online
• :03:16.319><c> of</c><00:03:16.440><c> us</c><00:03:16.599><c> use</c><00:03:17.080><c> today</c> online
• maps that many of us use today online maps that many of us use today the<00:03:18.239><c> 300</c><00
• It can bring down the cost of an $88,500 survey down to $2,500, and when the price goes down, people
• goes down people are and when the price goes down people are more<00:06:39.199><c> likely</c><00:06:

Summary: The committee took up House File 1478, a bill to continue and expand a grant program for locating Minnesota’s public land survey system (PLSS) monuments and survey corners. The author explained that many of the state’s 325,000 PLSS monuments have unknown locations, which contributes to boundary uncertainty, lawsuits, and inaccurate land records and taxation. The bill, as described, would add criteria for counties, allow tribes to access the program, and continue funding it. The committee also noted Senate authors and bipartisan support for the measure. An A1 amendment was offered by Representative Fryberg to put the bill in the desired form, and it was adopted without objection. Testifiers from the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors and county surveying offices supported the bill, saying better monument location improves maps, property transfers, land management, and tax accuracy, while reducing disputes and lowering survey costs for landowners and public projects. One testifier said the work is important but often underappreciated; another emphasized that more monuments can make surveys much cheaper and more accurate. Committee members expressed support for the bill’s goals, with several indicating they would sign on. The chair repeatedly referenced uncertainty around the budget forecast and said the committee would have to consider practical fiscal realities. In the end, Representative Fryberg renewed his motion, and House File 1478, as amended, was laid over for possible inclusion.