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• Sideshows and street takeovers are blocking roads. I rise to present AB 1588.
• Sideshows and street takeovers are blocking roads, shutting down bridges, and putting residents, businesses
• In 2017, California's Workforce Development Board launched the High Road Training Partnership Initiative
• on three core principles: job quality, equity, and climate resilience, together considered the high road
• AB 2634 aligns high road funding requirements with California's vision for a true high road workforce

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.

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• HB 1026 by Morales of Merrick Maverick relating to the maintenance of certain roads near the Texas-Mexico
• Education HB 1065 at Derazio relating to the classification of employees by a company license holder
• Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs, HB 1069 by Turner relating to the classification

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• committee on public education HB 1026 by Morales of Maverick relating to the maintenance of certain roads
• HB 1065 by DeRozio relating to the classification of employees by a company license holder under the
• HB 1069 by Turner Relating to the classification of certain construction workers in the eligibility of

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Um, does Vermont really want to go down this road again?
• really want to go down this road again? really want to go down this road again?
• money on energy now and down the road. money on energy now and down the road.
• <03:07:23.680> system developed a hazard classification system developed a hazard classification
• :31.400> hazard The classifications include high hazard The classifications include high hazard

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House first suspended the rules briefly to make announcements, including welcoming former representative Doug Gage to the gallery. It then returned to House Bill 211 on data brokers and personal information, where the Appropriations Committee explained a $50,000 appropriation to the Secretary of State for a consultant-led study on an accessible deletion mechanism for consumers to delete personal data held by data brokers, with interim and final reports due in 2027 and 2028. The committee reported a 9-0-2 vote in favor, and the House agreed to the Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s amendment and ordered third reading. Floor debate on H. 211 focused heavily on the bill’s deletion and exemption framework. Supporters argued the bill is needed to give Vermonters meaningful control over their data and to prevent data brokers from commingling information for unrelated uses. Opponents warned the bill could conflict with existing federal frameworks such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, and could make credit, banking, insurance, fraud prevention, and identity verification harder. In response, the sponsor said the bill uses use-case-based exemptions rather than broad entity-level exemptions, noted testimony from banks, insurers, a data broker, a former data broker employee, and the Attorney General, and said no constitutional concerns were raised. The House ultimately adopted the amendment and advanced the bill. After H. 211, the House moved to House Bill 577, establishing the Vermont Prescription Drug Discount Card Program. Committee reports from Health Care, Ways and Means, and Appropriations were read into the record, and the Colchester member described the bill as a way to lower prescription drug costs by joining the multi-state Array Rx program. The bill would let any Vermont resident obtain a free discount card for FDA-approved prescription drugs, with claimed savings up to 80% on generics and 20% on brand-name drugs. The House then proceeded to second reading on H. 577.

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• And for other land classifications, including school trust land, the DNR would need to calculate the
• 07.359> trust classifications, including school trust classifications, including school trust
• I'm here today because my farm does not currently qualify for agricultural classification.
• We've paid thousands in permitting fees because of our current classification.
• because of our current classification. because of our current classification.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You'll see we are taking the phase-in of the new PDPM classification system, but not the rest of the
• system but not the uh classification system but not the rest<00:05:58.080> of<00:05:58.320>
• It provides for the transition from the RUG case-mix classification system to the new PDPM case-mix classification
• case mix classification system for PDPM case mix classification system for nursing nursing nursing facilities
• Um, so the months down the road.

Bills: HF2434

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• I want to emphasize that we really need to accomplish the compensation and classification improvements
• And here comes every attorney in every agency classification saying, "Well, I'm just going to go over
• One question on your auditor for the classification and comp study: we did the entire state for $750,000
• Their classification in the tiers of the three-tiered system.
• There's a need for, whether it's fixing houses or bathrooms, whether it's just getting, well, roads are

Bills: SB372, SB1224, SB1232, SB1264, SB1330, SB1381, SB1441, SB1450, SB1589, SB1618, SB1936, SB1980, SB2011, SB2030

Keywords: SB372, firearms, gun rights, lawful carry, concealed carry, open carry, handgun license, Oklahoma Self-Defense Act, weapons policy, gun law, school safety, private school, public school, college campus, university campus, technology center, courthouse, government buildings, municipal buildings, county courthouse

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• law treatment so Senator kind of like law treatment so Senator kind of like law enforcement on the road
• the judicial enforcement on the road the judicial enforcement on the road the judicial system has a
• safely and with the respect our road safely and with the respect our road safely and with the respect
• you're ma'am this is when you're you're you're ma'am this is when you're you're you're driving down the road
• in Alabama and driving down the road in Alabama and driving down the road in Alabama and you've got

Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14

Keywords: SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, municipal magistrate, circuit court clerk, criminal procedure, court administration, docket cleanup, warrant audit, law enforcement notification, domestic violence, sex offense, weapons offense, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, felony-related charges

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• and not just on the type classification and not just on the type of<00:09:05.839> information
• I guess I was thinking more confidential service versus an actual employee classification, and maybe
• <00:14:24.120> and<00:14:24.279> maybe<00:14:24.480> you employee classification
• and maybe you employee classification and maybe you can<00:14:24.880> clarify<00:14:25.880>
• based on the existing classification based on the existing language<00:19:28.480> in<00:19:28.559

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• What's the type of classification is?
• We can't kick the can down the road any longer given the federal climate.
• We can't kick the cat down the road not.
• So, we've been kicking this can down the road all this time.
• Now, it's down the road all this time.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1783, which would expand public-private partnership options for charter school facilities. The Department of Education offered comments, the Charter School Commission and SFA supported the bill, and Hawaii Technology Academy, Hawaii Kids, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, HGA, Aloha Project, and several individuals testified in support, while UPW opposed it. Supporters said charter schools need faster and more flexible ways to address severe facility shortages and high costs, and SFA described the bill as a pilot model that could leverage developer partnerships and state contributions, citing Maryland as an example. Members asked whether the bill was limited to charter schools; DOE said the language could be read to include other public school facilities, but if focused only on charter schools, DOE was less concerned. The Charter School Commission also described an existing public-private preschool model through Parkway Village Preschool and PACTED. The committee then took up HB 1778, which would establish a CIP database for school facilities. SFA supported the bill, saying it would create a more disciplined, transparent basis for funding decisions by documenting facility condition, needed repairs, classification, and timing. DOE initially said it rested on its comments, then responded to questions by saying it already maintains deferred maintenance lists, uses systems such as Maximo, CPT, GIS, and finance software, and sends legislators project-status letters twice a year. DOE said it is working on improving its outward-facing dashboard and integrating its systems, but questioned whether the bill would add value beyond existing tools. Members emphasized the need for a publicly accessible, real-time transparency tool, while DOE said it was still evaluating its current systems and was not yet seeking funding for a new IT program. For HB 2344, creating an Independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission, DOE said it wants to remain part of any consolidation process to keep students and education central, while SFA said the bill is timely and framed it as a restructuring response to changing conditions and possible federal funding cuts. SFA compared the proposal to the federal BRAC process for military base closures and said Hawaii has the same enrollment as in 1961 but many more schools, arguing that the state needs a more deliberate approach to school closures and land reuse. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about several sections, including unclear references to administrative support, a governor-approval sequence, a possible conflict with existing statutes governing closed-school disposition, and a missing section number. Testimony on HB 2345, which would establish a geographic CIP district, began with DOE in opposition; DOE said the bill would duplicate existing work, add confusion by creating two agencies doing the same thing, and spend money inefficiently because district project coordinators and project lists already exist.

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• Why am I excluded, even though I have to pay taxes, and I'm excluded from this classification because
• And now you're creating the classification of people. And this is declassifying people.
• Chair, would be under the scenario you just said, let's not have classifications.
• Under the scenario you just said, let's not have classifications.
• And if you want to look, just look to the road to nowhere in McKinley County.

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• Their unit is trying to help them use technology to achieve their work and to make the roads safer.
• I think they're quick answers. a road that you in fact may not, you know, have the legislature agree,
• Then moving on to the proposals related to health care, specifically the medical classification model
• Gen AI for safer and smarter roads.
• Gen AI for safer and smarter roads.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision proposals for labor, public safety/judiciary, and transportation, and no votes were taken. In Part A on labor, the Employment Development Department reviewed proposals for EDD Next document management system funding, updated UI loan interest costs, disability insurance and paid family leave benefit and administration adjustments, WIOA funding changes, UI administrative and benefit changes, school employee benefit adjustments, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical correction tied to EDD Next. PERB discussed funding tied to AB 28 and AB 1, including litigation-related workload and new jurisdiction over legislative employees. DIR presented proposals for legal unit reclassifications, two major IT modernization projects, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COIA reappropriation, and trailer bill language on electronic assessment payments and the DWC director salary cap. CalHR proposed additional funding for a consolidated employee assistance program contract, and CalPERS and CalSTRS presented budget adjustments tied to investment costs and state contribution changes. Members focused heavily on UI debt and interest payments, asking the administration for a plan to reduce the outstanding loan and relieve employers. Finance said no specific repayment plan was included in the May Revision, while LAO said the state’s UI tax structure is structurally insufficient and that any debt payoff should be paired with tax-system reform. Senators also questioned EDD Next costs and timelines, PERB’s caseload and staffing needs, and DIR’s emerging technologies unit, with LAO noting that the unit would appear focused on physical workplace safety rather than broader AI labor issues. CalHR said the new EAP contract would consolidate services, improve access to clinicians, and lower costs relative to the current model. CalPERS defended higher external management fees as part of a strategy to pursue higher net returns, while some members pressed for more transparency about private investments; CalSTRS said it was not prepared to address investment-strategy questions at this hearing. Public comment in Part A was dominated by advocates urging support for an immigration enforcement emergency relief fund, along with comments supporting the Jails to Jobs proposal, the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, and additional PERB funding. The chair noted that many of the immigration-related requests might fall under other committees and said staff would follow up. In Part B, Finance and LAO outlined judicial branch and DOJ May Revision items, including funding for court interpreter services, appellate court security, lactation room implementation delays, courthouse construction reappropriations, and DOJ budget increases. LAO recommended approving the language-access proposal with a report on reducing interpreter cost growth and reducing the General Fund backfill for state court facilities by $10 million on an ongoing basis.

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• What's the down-the-road obligation that the state would have?
• the road the road phases<01:13:13.520> obligation<01:13:14.199> that<01:13:14.360>
• <01:13:17.360> that<01:13:17.679> design have to the down the road that design have
• What's the down-the-road obligation that the state would have?
• is how this new faculty classification is how this new faculty classification will<01:20:10.520>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Committee on Higher Education and Agriculture heard Senate Bill 1158, which would authorize general obligation bonds and appropriations for a controlled environment agriculture research and demonstration facility at the Magoon Research and Teaching Site in Manoa. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive from the University of Hawaiʻi, Department of Agriculture, Farm Bureau, Maui County, MetroGrow Hawaiʻi, and other agricultural groups, who said the project would strengthen food resilience, support year-round production, create clean jobs, and provide a demonstration site for urban vertical farming. University representatives said the project would include demolition of an existing condemned building, a research and lab component, and a multistory vertical farm, with an estimated cost of $6 million and a projected two-year build time. Members questioned whether Manoa was the best location, whether the project fit the university’s broader strategy, and whether the request would displace other priorities. The University said the site is tied to SEAR activities, close to students and faculty, and intended to support hands-on training and commercial-scale production. In response to concerns about soil testing and stakeholder needs, the University said it would restart the soil testing lab using internal funds, though not as part of this bill, and would request additional staff for efficiency. The committee then recessed and later reconvened in decision-making, where the chairs recommended and the committee adopted amendments to SB 1158, including a name correction and deferral to July 31, 2050, and the bill passed with amendments. The committee then took up Senate Bill 663, relating to the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and SEAR research and experiment stations. The University testified that the stations are important for locally relevant agricultural research but are short staffed, with 34 positions down since 2005, and that the bill requests eight new positions, including agricultural technicians and four county community coordinator positions, to improve station operations, community engagement, and workforce development. The Farm Bureau supported the measure, saying the positions are needed to revamp extension services and that Manoa is an appropriate urban location for the vertical farming component. Members questioned why vacant or existing positions could not be used instead of new ones, and the University explained that some listed vacancies reflected old federally funded positions or inaccurate counts, promised a written update, and said it was working to fill current openings. No final vote on SB 663 was reached in the portion provided.

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• should<00:15:41.519> help<00:15:42.360> down<00:15:42.600> the<00:15:42.759> road
• 00:15:43.319> like<00:15:44.440> uh<00:15:45.440> laying should help down the road
• like uh laying should help down the road like uh laying out<00:15:46.360> general<00:15:47.319
• created and maintained by classification created and maintained by the<00:37:59.560> agency<00
• Folks in Crystal, Rochester have a right to know why a road project got delayed or a school funding deal

Bills: HF25, HF1, HF428

Keywords: pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices

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• I just, as I read this, when it says a zoning classification, I'm thinking in our cities they are pretty
• <01:13:41.000> and protective of those classifications and protective of those classifications
• Each time that there was this bump in the road when it comes to that same question has popped up, and
• <01:21:24.600> when<01:21:24.679> it there was this bump in the road when it there
• was this bump in the road when it comes<01:21:25.000> to<01:21:25.159> that<01:21:25.560

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• :14:04.240> the and trying to trim them back from the and trying to trim them back from the road
• <00:14:06.240> You're road. Okay. Thank you so much. You're road. Okay.
• Uh, so I understand that there's differences in the security classifications, as the director has explained
• And so, um, I think we can work on what that looks like and changing security classifications or having
• or having some security classifications or having some real<00:24:26.480> procedure<00:24:26.960

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety heard several resolutions, including HCR 944/HR 90 to request a gubernatorial proclamation designating Hawaii as a Purple Heart state on August 7, 2025; HCR 205/HR 197 urging Maui County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a permanent replacement for the Kulani Hakoi Bridge; and HCR 164/HR 159 urging counties to maintain an electronically accessible list of hurricane refuge shelters. No one testified on the first two measures. On the hurricane shelter resolution, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the intent and requested a wording change from “special needs” to “access and functional needs.” The committee then heard HCR 70, which asks the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to expand personal and professional development programs to include community service programs. Director Tommy Johnson said DCR supports the intent and described existing community service work lines at Kulani, the women’s correctional facility, and Wawa, including tasks such as pothole repair, tree trimming, and school grounds work. In response to questions, he said participation depends on inmate eligibility, volunteer status, and whether the work would interfere with programming; inmates must have no serious misconducts in the prior year and no escape attempts. He also explained that some work lines are tied to security classifications and facility type. The committee spent the most time on HCR 153/HR 148, which requests DCR to incrementally reduce the number of inmates housed in private out-of-state facilities. The ACLU of Hawaii strongly supported the resolution, arguing that private prisons are unsafe and that Hawaii should bring incarcerated people home. The ACLU cited federal findings and actions against private prison contractors, conditions at the Saguaro facility in Arizona, and the need for in-state rehabilitation and oversight. Director Johnson also supported the measure in principle but said population levels, security classifications, and available in-state facilities limit how quickly people can be returned. He said DCR provides annual reports on inmates eligible to return and suggested more frequent reporting could be considered. Committee members discussed benchmarks, quarterly reporting, parole, and reintegration services, and the ACLU argued that other states have reduced or phased out private prison use through sentencing reform, parole changes, and reintegration programs. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• There are other classifications within the department you can come into, but I said we really need the
• So we're on the road a lot.
• It is extremely hard to hire for that job classification, so a lot of facilities have no food service

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• You don't Fund asphalt; there's a sign in the middle of the road saying the road ends.
• The reason is, when you look at our three job classifications that have the most people, and then you
• And you look at their three most populous job classifications, that's where you see the comparison on
• And yes, I know it's about the classification of the position. But thank you, Mr.
• We know that our appeals, by the time they get to us, we're the last stop in the road for an appeal.

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• Members, this is a bill we heard previously relating to the classification of employees of a company
• All right, members, this is a road naming bill, so we'll probably send this to local and city calendars
• Drivers without an active license, regardless of the region, are on the road without the need to be.
• authority to tow a vehicle under those circumstances, increasing the risk of other vehicles on the road
• There are different classifications of agencies because we have so many types of law enforcement agencies

Bills: HB5097, HB5513, SB523, SB857, SB964, SB1101, SB2143, SB2332, SB2383, HB 1108

Keywords: criminal history, background checks, government code, licensing, information access, rural law enforcement, child care grants, community support, law enforcement retention, advisory committee, SB 523, Texas driver’s license, alternative address, residential address, confidential address, address confidentiality, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Transportation Code, Section 521.1211