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• Jeff Eaton, Hope Community Church of Frankfurt, Kentucky, and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance
• If you have one in your community, you're very fortunate.
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• </c><00:28:03.520><c> in</c> him, his family, and our community in him, his family, and our community
• He led with across the community.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 04:45 Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20 Report of Committees 07:05 Orders of the Day 08:23 HB 214 08:33 HB 416 12:26 HB 281 16:20 HB 134 18:13 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15 ConC/Rules Report 42:29 Floor Amendments 44:27 Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14 Adjournment 46:40, 958, all

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• Like, for that home and community-based services waiver, it's about eight years average.
• You can also visit a local office or one of those community partner sites.
• Data analysts who are looking, using modern technology and artificial intelligence.
• So I'll start with community-based care.
• Our existing areas where community-based care currently operates on the map, the area.

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• with the least amount of resources and only by serving those do we keep our community our whole community
• . communities, the health of our individual community members, I should say, is really about the health
• I mean, I think the business community should also be involved in these conversations, too.
• That would be in our rural communities, our communities that already have very limited... resources in
• terms of access to health care and hospitals that would be in urban communities.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And now we have several communities—dozens, actually—across our state that are feeling this pain.
• Our communities once again need an intervention. They need help from our state government.
• Our gateway communities cannot afford to go down.
• We need to keep going forward in these gateway communities.
• Our president has put many people in LGBTQ communities at severe risk.

Summary: The Senate considered a supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments focused on education, health, transportation, and tax administration. Senator Kennedy spoke in support of increasing funding for DTA caseworkers to improve SNAP access and reduce errors, citing food insecurity and staffing shortages, but then withdrew the amendment by unanimous consent. Senator O’Connor’s amendment providing $500,000 for Free Period to supply menstrual products in public schools was adopted, as was Senator Miranda’s $1 million METCO transportation and student support amendment. Senator Collins withdrew an amendment to extend paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance to graduate student workers. Other adopted amendments included funding for Bridgewater Middle School water filtration, Randolph High School restroom improvements, Uffum’s Corner Health Center, and NeighborHealth’s student pharmacy technician program. Several amendments were debated and rejected after standing votes. Senator Tarr proposed oversight and reporting requirements for the Group Insurance Commission and the MBTA deficiency fund, as well as a 90-day notice requirement for tax-code decoupling with major fiscal impacts; all were opposed and not adopted. Senator Rodrigues and Senator Crighton argued that the GIC and MBTA already have oversight mechanisms and need flexibility, while Tarr argued the measures would improve transparency and fiscal discipline. Senator DiDomenico withdrew a Chapter 70 education funding amendment after speaking about declining enrollment, school funding losses, and the need to protect gateway city districts; he also used the opportunity to reaffirm support for gender-affirming care funding. Senators Collins and others echoed concerns about school funding inequities and the need for future action. The Senate also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Arthur H. Tobin, a former Quincy mayor, state representative, state senator, and longtime clerk magistrate of Quincy District Court, with a detailed tribute to his public service and military record. After all amendments were resolved, the Senate substituted the new draft, ordered the bill to a third reading, and then passed House No. 5280 to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 35-4. The chamber then agreed to adjourn until the following Monday at 11 a.m., with the clerk directed not to print a calendar.

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• IN THE COMMUNITY.
• THERE IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR HOSPITALS WITH CERTIFIED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD TECHNOLOGY TO
• HE IS WITH PREMIER COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE. ELODIE DORSEY. OKAY. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
• DOCTOR TEMPLE ROBINSON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. HEALTH CENTER DOCTOR ROBINSON.
• HOW ARE YOU REACHING THOSE AREAS WHEN YOU ARE IN THE DIFFERENT, NOT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The evolution of technology classrooms.
• We cannot remove technology from it.
• These policies align school community.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• technology when applying for a search warrant.
• It gives an impression to our communities and the children who live in our communities, who grow up seeing
• Now you have an upset community that does not feel represented.
• And when they go back into their communities, that we're giving the approval for those communities to
• or those communities.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Welcome to all members, witnesses, and community partners.
• They believe they’re important to their personal lives and communities.
• Nonprofits truly are of, by, and for the communities we serve.
• with the Registry and receive communications from the Registry via email.
• with the registry and receive communications from the registry via emails.

Summary: The joint Senate and Assembly Select Committee on the nonprofit sector held a hearing focused on the importance of California’s nonprofit sector and how state systems can better support it. Chair and co-chair remarks emphasized that nonprofits are essential to the state’s economy and public services, especially as federal cuts and administrative burdens increase pressure on organizations that deliver health care, food assistance, homelessness services, disaster response, and other safety-net functions. CalNonprofits CEO Jeff Green described the sector’s size and complexity, citing roughly 110,000 nonprofits in California, about 1.4 to 1.5 million nonprofit workers, and major concerns about funding uncertainty, delayed reimbursements, and federal threats to nonprofit funding and nonpartisanship. He said many organizations are being forced to use reserves, reduce services, or take out loans while waiting for state payments. The Little Hoover Commission presented findings from its study of state grant and contract administration, arguing that nonprofits often subsidize state services because of late payments, insufficient advance funding, and inadequate reimbursement for overhead. The commission recommended requiring advance payments, expanding prompt-payment protections, matching federal indirect-cost rates, standardizing emergency contract amendments, creating an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment, reducing duplicative reporting, moving to electronic payments, improving feedback to unsuccessful applicants, and using longer grant periods. Committee members expressed support for these ideas and discussed shifting state contracting culture toward outcomes and better coordination. The commission also noted that SB 1240, which would create the Office of Nonprofit Empowerment, and SB 1366, related to payment delays, align with its recommendations. The Attorney General’s Charitable Trusts Section then outlined its rollout of a new online filing system for charities and charitable fundraisers. Elizabeth Kim said the system, launched in stages beginning in 2024, is intended to replace paper filings, reduce incomplete submissions and bounced checks, and speed processing; the final phase is expected to cover renewals, delinquency, raffles, professional fundraisers, dissolution, and complaints. Committee members asked about staffing impacts and complaint handling, and DOJ explained that complaints are reviewed based on allegations, public filings, and, when needed, requests for additional information. A final panel featured Matt Gonzalez of Nonprofit New York, who described New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services as a model for reducing contract backlogs, increasing advance payments, and improving coordination through ombudsman-style support and chief nonprofit officers. Public commenters from the California Alliance of Child and Family Services, SEIU, and CalNonprofits urged support for stronger state-nonprofit partnerships, transparency, and modernization of contracting systems. No formal vote was taken; the hearing concluded after testimony and public comment.

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• The idea was to be totally integrated with the local community.
• Not only for that community, but it is important for the installation.
• NOT ONLY FOR THAT COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE INSTALLATION.
• It really is a city unto itself that is a partner with the community around it.
• firefighting is, and the services that, of course, are extended to the communities.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with ceremonial opening proceedings, approved the prior journal, and then moved through a series of calendar actions, including discharging and substituting identical companion bills from committee and restoring several bills to the Third Reading Calendar after reconsideration. The chamber also took up a supplemental budget calendar and a controversial supplemental budget extender, with Senator O’Mara questioning the delay in final budget negotiations, the size of the extender, table targets, and unresolved policy issues such as auto insurance reforms, SEQRA, New York for All, and CLCPA changes. Senator Serrano responded that negotiations were ongoing and that the extender was a clean measure to keep state government functioning. The budget extender bills were then passed, with Senator Weik voting in the negative on one of them. The Senate also adopted a resolution memorializing May 4, 2026, as 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Day, and hosted Major General Scott Naumann and other Fort Drum leaders and soldiers for remarks on the division’s deployments, readiness, economic impact, and requests for continued state support on items such as microreactors, health care, DMV services, dining facilities, airports, and mineral-related development. The Fort Drum resolution drew extensive bipartisan praise from Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Minority Leader Ortt, Senator Scarcella-Spanton, Senator Ashby, Senator Walczyk, and others, who emphasized the division’s military history, its role as a major employer and economic driver in Northern New York, and the sacrifices of service members and their families. Several senators highlighted individual soldiers in attendance and their service records, while the resolution was opened for co-sponsorship and adopted. The Senate also recognized a visiting child author, Thomas Ortiz, who was introduced for publishing a book encouraging kindness and friendship. After the ceremonial segment, the Senate returned to regular business and passed a series of bills on the calendar, including measures affecting environmental conservation, executive law, public service, education, public authorities, real property tax, criminal procedure, election law, and civil rights. Some bills drew negative votes from a bloc of senators, particularly on the environmental, criminal procedure, election, and civil rights measures, but all listed bills were ultimately passed. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.

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• We have HTDC, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, in support.
• We have HTDC, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, in support.
• We have HTDC, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, in support.
• Our immigrant community puts into our economy about $11 billion every year.

Committee: House Economic Development & Technology

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology met on March 12, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures. On SB 9, the Hawaii Food Industry Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation testified in support, and there were no questions or objections. On SB 148, the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs offered comments, and a member of the public testified in support of combining boxing and MMA oversight into a single combat sports commission, with amendments to preserve safety standards and separate or distinct treatment for the two sports. Committee discussion focused on whether proposed requirements were primarily safety-related or cost-related, how to handle smaller events, and whether a one-year implementation delay was necessary; the department said many safety provisions already exist in the MMA program, that it was open to continued discussion on costs, and that it needed time to combine rules and appoint new commissioners. The chair suggested possible amendments to account for event size and to reduce burdens on smaller events. The committee then heard SB 816, which drew extensive testimony on providing legal representation for immigrants in immigration proceedings. Supporters included the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission, ACU Hawaii, the Refugee and Immigration Law Clinic, the Legal Clinic, Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights, the Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Pride at Work Hawaii, and others. Supporters argued that immigration cases can be as serious as criminal cases, that counsel is essential for due process, and that representation improves outcomes; several also emphasized the economic importance of immigrants to Hawaii. One supporter noted a suggested amendment to include training for attorneys and partners doing deportation defense and asylum work. Opposition came from a Navy veteran who argued the bill would use state resources for a federal issue, create inequities, and impose fiscal burdens. The chair noted 69 testimonies in support and 44 in opposition, and later an additional supporter brought the total to 70 in support. No vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The committee also heard SB 125, with the Department of Economic Development, the Agreed Business Development Corporation, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association in support, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii offering technical comments about complicated nested definitions in the bill. Testimony on SB 125 focused on updating the Enterprise Zone Program so local manufacturers selling directly to retail could qualify, along with value-added products and certain health-related sectors. Finally, on SB 732, the State of Hawaii Creative Industries testified with comments, raising concerns about county permit-fee waivers, implementation timing, and the bill’s lack of a carry-forward provision for the film tax credit. The witness said uncertainty in the credit was already causing productions to delay coming to Hawaii and urged stability to support the industry and local workers. The committee then moved on to additional testimony on the measure.

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• You know, uh, we've had one of those shootings here that, uh, is extremely difficult for your community
• Act to ensure that the physical condition and capacity, so the size, uh, educational stability, technology
• Those students were a member of the community. Contributing to the learning of others.
• Um, I think it's dangerous to be passive in a world of growing technology when we can be using that to
• We, we, we need a deeper pool, a deeper bench of folks who understand New Mexican communities to do this

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• And taking away our voice is actually going to hurt not only the communities but us.
• Hello, Katie Valenzuela, on behalf of Communities for a Better Environment, in support.
• We want to make sure our communities are safe. And this bill helps to do that.
• We want to make sure our communities are safe. And this bill helps to do that.
• We want to make sure our communities are safe. And this bill helps to do that.

Committee: House Labor and Employment

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Like for that home and community-based services waiver, it's about 8 years average.
• organizations through our community partner and SNAP outreach programs.
• Um, they can also visit a local office or one of those community partner sites.
• So I'll start with community-based care.
• Um, on the next slide, there are 3 different stages of implementation for community-based care.

Committee: House Human Services

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• Uh, we also have approximately 1,800 adjunct and community faculty.
• Uh, we also have approximately 1,800 adjunct and community faculty.
• </c> approximately adjunct and community approximately adjunct and community faculty.<00:43:55.440><c
• /c><00:49:05.200><c> member</c> year, another community faculty member year, another community faculty
• Cloud Technical and Community College for the past 16 years.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So that's 27,000 lives who could be helping to protect our communities as active members in their community
• So that's 27,000 lives who could be helping to protect our communities as active members in their community
• , these narrow communities as defined?
• We do use CalABLE for some things like assistive technology to help him learn to communicate, but primarily
• But there's quite a bit of tension in the assistive technology to help him learn to communicate, but

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met and announced that, under its suspense-file rules, every bill on the agenda would be referred to suspense because each had a fiscal impact. The chair also reminded attendees to submit position letters in advance for inclusion in the bill analysis. A quorum was established and the committee then heard six bills, all of which drew support testimony and no opposition testimony in the room. AB 814 would exempt law enforcement pensions from state income tax to encourage retired peace officers to remain in California and support recruitment and retention. AB 918 would create a targeted income tax exemption for pay earned by local first responders deployed under mutual aid during declared emergencies, with supporters saying it would help sustain disaster response and reward extraordinary service. Both bills were backed by police and public safety organizations and were referred to suspense. AB 976 would create a nonrefundable tax credit for small retailers in disadvantaged communities to help pay for security equipment in response to retail theft and violence; members discussed whether the bill should be broader and how it related to Proposition 36 and crime policy. AB 984 would allow state tax deductions for contributions to CalABLE accounts, with testimony from CalABLE representatives and families describing the program as an essential savings tool for people with disabilities. AB 1282 would create a deduction for out-of-pocket medical expenses up to $5,000 through 2030, and AB 838 would raise California’s renter’s tax credit from $60/$120 to $2,000 for eligible filers. Each of these bills was also referred to the suspense file, and the committee then adjourned.

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• We and the angling community are in strong support of HB 184.
• We are a 40-year-old community development finance institution and nonprofit that has helped nearly 8,000
• private investments, supports local construction jobs, and helps workers put down roots in their community
• this LED money is in House Bill 2 for a very important purpose there at New Mexico Institute of Technology
• this LED money is in House Bill 2 for a very important purpose there at New Mexico Institute of Technology

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up several House bills, mostly related to funding for conservation, housing, education health insurance, and public projects. HB 184 as amended made technical fixes to the Conservation Legacy Permanent Fund and Investment Fund to prevent trapped balances and improve distributions to the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund; public testimony from conservation groups strongly supported it, and the committee voted due pass. HB 200 as amended created an incentive program for starter-home construction and homebuyer assistance; supporters said it would help low- and moderate-income buyers, address the shortage of starter homes, and support local builders, and the committee adopted an amendment striking the appropriation because funding was already included in House Bill 2 before voting due pass. The committee then considered a substitute for HB 47, the school employee health insurance “80-20” bill. The substitute kept the 80% employer contribution but added statewide participation in NMSIA, removed waivers, added reference-based pricing, and expanded oversight to control costs and stabilize the risk pool. Supporters, including school employees, unions, and educator advocates, said it would improve recruitment and retention and reduce take-home health costs; the committee approved the substitute and moved do pass on the substitute while not passing the original bill. The committee also approved HB 63, authorizing NMFA Water Project Fund loans or grants for 113 water projects recommended by the Water Trust Board, and HB 64, which appropriated $13.3 million from the Public Project Revolving Fund for drinking water, local planning, and cultural affairs facilities. HB 48, a straight appropriation already included in the budget, was tabled. The meeting ended after those actions, with no opposition recorded on the final motions.

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• Cal is slow with the California Community Foundation in support.
• So anything we can do to continue protecting community is important.
• So anything we can do to continue protecting community is important.
• and evidence of need to ensure undercounted communities and invisible communities are not excluded simply
• Callisloe with the California Community Foundation in support.

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• These are the backbone people of our community. That's a joke.
• Will they cut community college?
• Will they cut funding to support our community?
• We want our communities to get help when they need it. They pay taxes in our community.
• We want our communities to get help when they need it. They pay taxes in our community.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• </c> the puzzle pieces and the technological the puzzle pieces and the technological development<04:49
• Maine and California are technology.
• </c> independent owners in small communities. independent owners in small communities. and<04:56:01.600
• You won't have to build up community.
• So, follow up, community in the area.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So the Kevens lawsuit resulted, um, from, um, Identifying the systemic issues, the lack of community-based
• The best thing we can do for our community is to be there less and less and less.
• They are the most over targeted members of our community.
• and help others to also bring justice to those in their community.
• Um, one is the advancement of technology and the ability to get convictions from it.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee