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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/24/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today it's my pleasure to provide you with an update on our adopted cleaning and repair standards, as
  • Next slide, please. specifically cleaning strategy for specifically cleaning strategy for discovering
  • </c><01:03:18.880><c> interval</c><01:03:19.319><c> minimums,</c> include cleaning interval minimums,
  • </c><01:10:48.159><c> and</c> set up to do that light cleaning and set up to do that light cleaning and
  • </c><01:13:28.159><c> and</c> stand up to our cleaning and stand up to our cleaning and repairs.<01:13
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environmental Quality Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Environmental Quality

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the policy advocate with the Coalition for Clean Air.
  • There are many people, and many older people, who need clean water.
  • A lot of people need clean water because it is very contaminated.
  • Jennifer Clary with Clean Water Action, in support.
  • Sophia Afakoa with the Coalition for Clean Air in support.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on environmental, climate, transparency, water affordability, recycling, and refinery transition issues. SB 1087 would modernize SB 375 regional climate and transportation planning by extending planning cycles, clarifying target-setting and review processes, and reducing time spent on modeling and CEQA-related work; it drew strong support from MPOs and environmental groups with some opposition from clean air, housing, and industry advocates concerned about VMT, housing impacts, and agency authority. SB 1239 would require CARB to update its standardized regulatory impact assessment when major regulations are materially changed; manufacturers and business groups supported the transparency measure, while the chair opposed it as adding delay and inefficiency to rulemaking. SB 1125 would create the framework for a statewide low-income water rate assistance program; it received broad support from utilities, environmental justice groups, local governments, and community members, and the committee advanced it on a 3-1 vote. SB 1180 would set rules for spending from the plastic pollution mitigation fund created by SB 54, with broad support from environmental justice and conservation groups and opposed-unless-amended positions from industry groups seeking tighter limits and more oversight; it advanced on a 3-0 vote. SB 1161 would require CARB to present household-level cost impacts of regulations in plain language, and it advanced on a 4-0 vote despite late opposition from environmental groups. SB 955, updating beverage container recycling and redemption requirements, passed 5-0, and SB 1259, requiring refineries to disclose cleanup liabilities and decommissioning information to aid long-term planning, drew strong support from environmental and local government witnesses but firm opposition from petroleum, labor, and business groups; the committee began discussion but the transcript cuts off before a final vote on that bill.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environmental Quality Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Environmental Quality

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the policy advocate with the Coalition for Clean Air.
  • A lot of people need clean water because it is so contaminated.
  • Jennifer Clary with Clean Water Action, in strong support.
  • Jennifer Clary with Clean Water Action, in support.
  • Sophia Afakoa with the Coalition for Clean Air in support.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/23/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have public insurance claims.
  • Um, also have public insurance claims.
  • ><c> that</c> Previous testimony has claimed that Previous testimony has claimed that mistctomies<03:
  • These are not safe or reversible treatments as claimed.
  • </c> there's no data to support that claim. there's no data to support that claim.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Secondly, we note that the Department of Taxation had asked that refund claims be filed by April 20th
  • then, so we would hope that there would be at least a method to do some kind of protective refund claim
  • then, so we would hope that there would be at least a method to do some kind of protective refund claim
  • if this legislation could be fast-tracked and passed as soon as possible, and if we could get the claims
  • </c> possible and if we could get the claims possible and if we could get the claims filed<00:14:00.360
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of tax, budget, and policy bills. On SB 325 and SB 326, the Tax Foundation testified and the committee later recommended passage with amendments. SB 721, SB 1278, and SB 1465 also drew Tax Foundation testimony focused on technical corrections and effective-date issues; SB 1278 was strongly supported by the Hawaii Restaurant Association and other restaurant and business groups, who argued the bill should extend tax relief to the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund because it served the same purpose as earlier COVID relief programs. A bar owner also testified in support, describing severe pandemic-related losses and lack of government assistance. The Department of Taxation asked about the estimated fiscal impact of SB 1278, which was stated to be about $16.8 million and not including interest. The committee also considered SB 1464 through SB 1470, with the Tax Foundation supporting most of the conformity and tax measures and opposing SB 1465 as unnecessary. SB 1464 was recommended for passage unamended, SB 1465 with amendments, and SB 1466, SB 1467, and SB 1470 unamended. SB 1362 and SB 1363 were deferred so the administration could explore moving funds within the existing budget instead of using emergency appropriations. SB 1044 was amended to create a condominium loan program and special fund to finance essential repairs and improve insurability of condominium properties, with loans repaid over 20 years and the fund eventually sunsetted. The committee also acted on several other measures: SB 533 was amended to remove an appropriation and require a local investor-owned utility to support schools affected by a planned public safety power shutoff program; SB 1117 was amended to define electric motorcycles and prohibit operation by those under 18; SB 1186 was amended to move a food-production working group to the Agribusiness Development Corporation and remove an appropriation; SB 1391 was amended to require a one-to-one match of state funds with private donations; and SB 1669 was amended with committee-report language noting concerns about jurisdictional definitions and board qualifications. Later, the committee recommitted SB 933 and SB 938 to Ways and Means after adopting proposed SD1 versions. Most measures were adopted unanimously, often with members voting no with reservation.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • First on our agenda today is House Bill 1295 HD2, relating to clean energy.
  • I support the clean energy bill.
  • energy bill being the newly clean energy bill being the newly chairman<00:01:44.960><c> of</c><00:01
  • So the recommendation is to pass as is. 1295 relating to clean energy um the 1295 relating to clean energy
  • </c><00:43:57.119><c> energy</c> available for our clean energy available for our clean energy aspirations
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1295 HD2, relating to clean energy, and then on Senate Concurrent Resolution 140 and Senate Resolution 158, which seek an Article V Convention of States application. HB 1295 drew brief supportive testimony from listed supporters and one witness who said the bill would help future generations and address pollution, runoff, watershed planning, and cleaner energy alternatives. No committee action or vote was taken on the clean energy bill during the portion provided. Most of the hearing focused on SCR 140 and SR 158. Supporters argued the resolutions would let states, including Hawaii, propose constitutional amendments to address federal overreach, fiscal responsibility, deficit spending, term limits, and the balance of power between Washington and the states. Several supporters said state legislators are closer to the people and that Article V gives states a legitimate role in proposing amendments; some also cited debt, executive orders, and the need for long-term reforms. One witness from Convention of States Action said the movement is active nationwide and that the convention process would still require ratification by 38 states. Opponents, including representatives of Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Common Cause, Americans for Democratic Action Hawaii, and individual testifiers, warned there are no real guardrails on a convention and that it could open the door to broader constitutional changes. They said the effort is unnecessary, risky, and potentially harmful to environmental protections, social safety net programs, and civil rights, and argued that federal action is sometimes needed during recessions and emergencies. Committee members asked questions about whether the proposal was merely procedural and whether the states should act without Congress; the discussion ended with continued questioning, and no vote or final committee action is shown in the excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But, she said, only about 15% of claims run through that system.
  • , and dispute claims with DHS.
  • </c><01:41:09.080><c> that</c> those were the number of claims that those were the number of claims that
  • claims?
  • Okay, thank you. the mco's claims go ahead Mr chair and the mco's claims go ahead Mr chair and committee
Keywords: 1183, house
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Select Committee on Gaming, May 14, 2026 - AM

Select Committee on Gaming

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also to clean up some language in the last pass legislation in one area that needs to be addressed, or
  • So I hope we'll look into this as a potential area that we could uh clean up.
  • </c><01:09:22.159><c> Uh</c><01:09:22.880><c> or</c> area that we could uh clean up.
  • Uh or area that we could uh clean up.
  • You're one entity, but you're claiming two tracks.
Keywords: 916, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • that they're okay and extremist claims that they're okay and extremist claims that they're okay let's
  • that they have automatic from claiming that they have automatic from claiming that they have automatic
  • to affiliate more with assert a claim to affiliate more with assert a claim to affiliate more with one
  • it's proponents of the bill may claim it's proponents of the bill may claim it's for women's safety
  • to follow Jesus when people who claim to follow Jesus when people who claim to follow Jesus and quote
Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environmental Quality Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Environmental Quality

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't slow or weaken CARB's clean air and climate work.
  • Bill McGovern with the Coalition for Clean Air, in opposition.
  • Dillum McGovern, Coalition for Clean Air, opposed. Okay, thank you. All right.
  • We do if we invest in clean energy. That won't happen today. Not today.
  • Invest in clean energy? That won't happen today. Not today. Not today.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 872 by Senator McNerney, which would dedicate $150 million annually each for Central Valley subsidence repairs and Delta levee improvements. The author and supporters, including Restore the Delta and State Water Contractors, described the bill as an urgent, bipartisan effort to protect State Water Project conveyance serving 27 million people, prevent levee failure, and safeguard billions in state assets. Support came from a broad coalition of water agencies, labor, environmental groups, and local governments; there was no opposition testimony. Because the committee was operating without a quorum at the time, the bill was heard as a subcommittee item and no final vote was taken then. The committee then took up SB 981 by Senator Niello, which would require CARB to include cost-of-living impacts in its existing economic analysis for major regulations. The author argued the bill would improve transparency by showing effects on gasoline, electricity, food, housing, and business costs, while supporters from agriculture, manufacturing, business, propane, and restaurant interests said it would help lawmakers understand affordability impacts. Opponents, including the Coalition for Clean Air and the Union of Concerned Scientists, argued it would add red tape, delay rulemaking, and require CARB to make speculative predictions. The chair and other members expressed concern that the bill was redundant, burdensome, and too narrow because it singled out CARB rather than addressing affordability across state government; no vote was taken in the excerpt. SB 887 by Senator Padilla would require large data center projects to undergo CEQA review, but offer streamlined treatment for projects meeting strong environmental, labor, and community-benefit standards. Supporters, including TURN, IBEW Local 569, and several environmental and local-government groups, said the bill would protect communities from high energy and water use, cost shifting, and pollution while still allowing responsible development. Opponents from the Data Center Coalition, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council, and others argued the standards were overly prescriptive, potentially unattainable, and would drive investment out of California. After a quorum was established, the committee voted 3-1 to pass SB 887 as amended to the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, with the bill kept on call. Finally, SB 1008 by Senator Ochoa Bog would renew the CEQA exemption for California Public Utilities Commission-ordered closure of at-grade rail crossings, which had expired at the start of 2025. Union Pacific and other supporters said the measure would restore a long-standing safety tool and help eliminate redundant crossings more quickly. With no opposition testimony, the committee approved the bill unanimously, 4-0, and kept it on call.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • It supports reliable, clean baseload power without duplicative or conflicting local regulation.
  • We have an opportunity to invest in clean energy that we know works right now.
  • And I have a question for you: Is this not considered clean energy? Yes, ma'am. Okay.
  • The EPA standards for this clean-burning fuel have not been renewed.
  • They wanted to build a new one that provided vegetables, that was clean, that was nice.
Summary: The committee took up several energy, transportation, and land-use bills. HB 2428, dealing with county and ADEQ authority to issue voluntary permits certifying emission reduction credits for mobile and non-road sources, received neutral testimony from ADEQ and support from Maricopa County; the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed the bill 10-0 with a due pass recommendation. HB 2145, which expands who may request certain gasoline fuel reformulation actions and is contingent on EPA approval, also passed on a 5-4 vote after brief staff explanation and no amendment. The committee then considered HB 2331, a strike-everything amendment requiring electric utilities to ensure 85% of generating capacity serving retail load comes from “reliable resources” by 2030. Supporters, including the sponsor and Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued it would protect affordability and grid reliability by favoring dispatchable power; opponents, including the Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action, said it would effectively favor fossil fuels, raise costs, and limit cleaner resources. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 6-4. HB 2795, which would bar counties from using zoning to block small modular reactors once federal permitting conditions are met, drew strong support from the sponsor and industry advocates who framed it as pro-property-rights and pro-nuclear, and opposition from county, city, and environmental groups who raised preemption, local control, safety, waste, and siting concerns; it passed 6-4. The committee also passed HB 2340, which allows the Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee to evaluate proposed generating facilities along with transmission lines, on a 5-4 vote. HB 2400, an emergency measure to suspend the motor vehicle fuel tax in Areas A and C during part of the year and replace the lost revenue through state highway funding, drew opposition from cities and counties over transportation funding impacts but support from the sponsor and some members focused on gas affordability; the Griffin amendment was adopted and the bill passed 6-4. Finally, HB 2401 was introduced as a requirement for ADEQ to conduct a biennial review of available fuel formulations and their air-quality impacts in Areas A and C, but the transcript ends before testimony or action on that bill is completed.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-02-26 - 3:30PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm cleaning... His love, heaven and earth, can, can, can sing all the music [singing] in my soul.
  • I'm<00:02:38.480><c> cleaning</c> I'm cleaning I'm cleaning His<00:02:41.360><c> love</c> heaven<00:02
  • No storm can shake my inmost while to [singing] that rock I'm cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, since love
  • rock</c><00:04:14.640><c> I'm</c> while to [singing] that rock I'm while to [singing] that rock I'm cleaning
  • cleaning cleaning since<00:04:18.000><c> love</c><00:04:18.720><c> will</c><00:04:18.959><c> rule</c
Keywords: 926, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 2, 2025 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Or an off flavor that would be associated with a line that has not been appropriately cleaned.
  • , mop the floors, clean the beer lines, print the menus, fix the TV, and work 40 hours a week as a heavy
  • But we're cleaning our tanks. We're cleaning our kegs.
  • We're cleaning our floors, our walls, our tap lines.
  • I clean my tap lines every week because I want a consistent product that has the same high quality that
Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and took up one bill, House Bill 499, which would allow malt beverage manufacturers producing less than 31,000 gallons annually to sell and deliver directly to vendors. The sponsor and several craft brewery owners and industry advocates testified in support, arguing the measure would help small breweries reach local restaurants, improve quality control, create jobs, and serve as a bridge into the three-tier system for businesses too small to attract distributors. Opponents, including the Florida Beer Wholesalers Association, argued the bill would undermine the three-tier system, weaken accountability and tax collection, and create risks for consumer protection and market fairness. During debate, several members said they supported the bill as a small-business measure while noting they remained protective of the three-tier system. Some members raised concerns about tax tracking and long-term distributor contracts, but others said the bill appeared limited enough to preserve the existing system while giving small breweries a chance to grow. The committee then voted on the bill and it passed, with one recorded no vote. After the bill vote, the subcommittee revisited prior questions about Department of Lottery Secretary Davis’s travel reimbursements. Members reviewed updated documents showing more than $50,000 in travel reimbursements from January 2021 through November 2024, including about $27,840 tied to Orlando destinations, and expressed concern that some reimbursements may have covered commuting between Tallahassee and Orlando. The chair said the information would be sent to Secretary Davis for an explanation, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill offers a modest and reasonable step toward protecting safe and clean water accessibility for
  • This bill offers a modest and reasonable step toward protecting safe and clean water accessibility for
  • drinking water, but this does not help that, so I We don't have clean drinking water, but this does
  • We bring out hundreds of volunteers monthly to clean up and support the Yuba Seta area.
  • I am here to offer my support for 1319 on behalf of CNPS, Clean Water Action, Mono Lake Committee, Clean
Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of water, parks, transportation, species protection, and fisheries bills. AB 430 would require the State Water Resources Control Board to publish an economic and environmental impact study when emergency water regulations are extended over multiple years; the author and supporters from agricultural and water groups said it would add transparency without limiting emergency authority. AB 1139 would expand a CEQA exemption to let county park agencies open existing roads and trails for non-motorized recreation, with supporters emphasizing access to nature and opponents warning about impacts to sensitive habitat, tribal resources, and fire risk. AB 929 would temporarily exempt small community water systems and managed wetlands from certain SGMA pumping reductions and fines; supporters said it would protect vulnerable communities and wetlands, while farm and water coalition opponents argued it would undermine basin-wide groundwater management and shift burdens to other users. AB 1225, creating an Accessibility Advisory Committee for State Parks, drew broad support and passed unanimously. The committee also heard AB 514, which would encourage local water suppliers to develop emergency water supplies for drought and service interruptions; it passed with broad support, though one member cautioned against using scientific research as a loophole. AB 550 would let developers seek incidental take permits for species under consideration for listing, aimed at reducing delays for clean energy projects; environmental groups supported the goal but asked for clearer standards, limits on using research as mitigation, and a fee provision, and the bill passed as amended. AB 697 would authorize an incidental take permit for the State Route 37 interim project in Solano and Marin counties, balancing congestion relief and habitat restoration; supporters stressed long commutes and urgent restoration deadlines, while opponents raised climate, sea-level-rise, and tribal concerns. The bill passed, with some members noting they would continue to work on the measure. Other measures discussed included AB 975, which would give Sutter County a narrow, temporary exemption from streambed alteration agreements for certain damaged small bridges and culverts; county officials described repeated flood damage and long permitting delays, and the bill passed as amended. AB 1056 would phase out transferability of set gillnet permits after 2027, allowing only a final family transfer; supporters framed it as a gradual response to bycatch concerns, while fishing industry opponents said it would unfairly target an existing fishery and set a bad precedent. The committee also took up AB 1146, described by the author as a response to politically motivated water releases; supporters from conservation and water organizations backed the bill. Several bills were voted out to Appropriations, some were left open for later action or add-ons, and the committee repeatedly noted it was working through the agenda without a quorum early in the hearing.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Elections Committee Jul 2nd, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, I'm Trent Lange, President of the California Clean Money Campaign.
  • Trent Lang, thank you very much, from Clean Money, California, and David.
  • Susan Satterholm, San Francisco, California, Clean Money Campaign.
  • I'm a California Clean Money volunteer in support.
  • I'm a California Clean Money volunteer in support.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House passes environment and natural resources finance bill, SF2077 5/5/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • mention from the base budget is an air appropriation increase, which we had to do to comply with the Clean
  • And we all love our parks, our environment, value clean water and clean air.
  • It provides for clean and safe drinking water, making it so that we don't have to drink PFAS out of our
  • We just owe it to our constituents to pass this bill, to give them the clean water and air that they
  • water and air um to give them the clean water and air that<00:08:08.639><c> they</c><00:08:08.800><c
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Applicable to claims for benefits for compensation for certain medical conditions brought on by certain
  • Members, you remember this bill. by representative vote relating to initial claims under the.
  • New York is currently the... only state that has laws providing that a claim arising from the security
  • from asserting a claim. thereby promoting judicial economy.
  • mine who actually was running for floor ErdoÄźan State Senate, his parents received a phone call claiming
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Mar 10th, 2025

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • for up to 30 months after the health insurance payment of a claim.
  • Psychologists for up to 30 months after the health insurance payment of a claim.
  • section of 627, and it adds provision to 6141, which applies the overpayment provision to the HMO claims
  • , as well as within that same amendment. ...provision to the HMO claims, as well as within that same
  • amendment, and that same provision, it's making sure that those claims are applied on or after January
Summary: The committee heard and acted on six bills. SB 480, by Senator DeSigley, would allow a narrowly tailored nonprofit agricultural organization to offer health coverage to its members, especially farmers and ranchers, outside the Florida Insurance Code; supporters said it would improve affordable access in rural areas, while the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network warned the plans would not have to cover preexisting conditions or comply with ACA protections. An amendment aligning the bill with the statute for nonprofit religious organizations was adopted, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1226, also by Senator DeSigley, would create a regulatory framework for pet insurance and wellness programs; it drew no opposition and was reported favorably. SB 988, by Senator Truenow, would revise securities exemption and filing requirements under Florida’s Invest Local exemption law; a strike-all amendment clarifying terms, fingerprinting, and related compliance provisions was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably with the committee substitute. SB 944, by Senator Davis, would correct an omission in the law governing insurance overpayment claims so the 12-month limit applies to psychologists and HMO claims, with an effective date tied to January 1, 2026; the Florida Psychological Association supported the measure, and it was reported favorably with committee substitute after an amendment. SB 756, by Senator Burton, would remove the age-8 diagnosis cutoff and age cap for mandated insurance coverage for autism services, update the autism definition to the current DSM, and also repeal age caps for Down syndrome diagnosis; disability advocates and provider groups supported the bill, and it passed as amended. SB 1078, introduced on behalf of Senator McLean, would streamline permitting and inspection procedures for certain fire alarm and sprinkler projects, set deadlines for local agencies, limit extra documentation demands, and restrict enforcement of local ordinances not properly submitted; fire industry representatives supported the compromise amendment, some senators questioned local flexibility and permitting delays, and the bill was reported favorably after the amendment was adopted. The committee also approved a motion allowing staff to make technical and conforming changes and then adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Item 1, SB 739, ArreguĂ­n, related to the California Clean Mile Standard and Incentive Program.
  • And SB 739 updates the original 2018 Clean Miles Standard targets to reflect the realities of what's
  • We have met every EVMT target since the Clean Miles Standard took effect, electrifying our platform at
  • California's Clean Miles Standard targets were set using 2018 data before a global pandemic reshaped
  • Benjamin Lou, and I'm the clean air advocacy manager for the American Lung Association.
Summary: The Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee met with several bills on the agenda, beginning with SB 739 (Arreguín) on the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program for transportation network companies. The author and supporters from Lyft, Uber, and TechNet said the bill would update EV miles traveled and greenhouse gas targets to reflect current market conditions, add flexibility for CARB and the CPUC, and protect drivers from losing platform access while also creating a path for future electrification. Opponents including the American Lung Association, Sierra Club California, and NRDC argued the bill would weaken a program meant to accelerate EV adoption and should retain stronger targets. Members discussed affordability, charging infrastructure, and the need to balance climate goals with feasibility. The committee approved SB 739 as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations, later recording a 9-0 vote when the roll was completed. The committee then heard SB 1190 (Grove), the “Safe Passage for Youth Act,” which would regulate private youth transport services used for out-of-state residential placements. The author and sponsor testimony described abusive practices such as nighttime pickups, blindfolds, restraints, and emotional trauma, and said the bill would require CPUC permitting, TrustLine background checks, training, parental consent, and bans on certain practices. Support came from youth and disability advocates, with no opposition testimony. The bill was moved on a due pass as amended recommendation and later passed 9-0. SB 1191 (Ochoa Bogh) would extend the sunset for California High Cost Fund A and B universal service programs that help provide affordable telephone service in rural and high-cost areas. Supporters from rural telecom companies and industry groups said the funds are essential for maintaining service, 911 access, and emergency communications in remote communities. There was no opposition, and the committee advanced the bill on a due pass recommendation; it later passed 9-0. The consent item, SB 985 (Strickland) on the 911 emergency system, was also approved. Finally, the committee heard SB 1246 (Cortese) on autonomous vehicles and emergency response. The author and supporters from SEIU California and the California Professional Firefighters said the bill would require AV companies to provide incident response, notify local jurisdictions during system failures, ensure U.S.-based remote drivers, and prevent public safety workers from having to manage AV breakdowns. Industry opponents argued the bill intrudes on federal vehicle standards, gives local governments enforcement authority they should not have, and could create overly broad notification and response requirements. Members raised questions about local control, response times, and whether the bill was premature given existing DMV regulations. Despite those concerns, the committee passed SB 1246 on a due pass as amended recommendation, later recording a 7-1 vote. The committee then recessed and returned to complete roll calls before adjourning.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jan 15th, 2026

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Caleb Weiss and I'm the Clean Energy Associate at Environment California.
  • I'm here to express our strong support And the Clean Energy Associate at Environment California, I'm
  • energy deployment and the establishment of commitments to shift its energy supply further towards clean
  • I'm Molly Kroll with American Clean Power, California.
  • We are decarbonizing our economy and building our clean energy future.
Keywords: 988, house, all