Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:48:31.440><c> I</c><00:48:31.599><c> hope</c> you all for your testimony.
• I hope you all for your testimony.
• Thank you for the committee, and I really hope something happens.
• ><c> and</c><00:57:25.040><c> I</c><00:57:25.280><c> really</c><00:57:25.520><c> hope</c> you for the
• committee, and I really hope you for the committee, and I really hope something<00:57:26.640><c> happens

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• c> organizations</c> for individuals grants for organizations for individuals grants for organizations
• So right now, the way the state pays for special ed, the high-end case is something used to be called
• school had it not to get through high school had it not been<01:27:39.639><c> for</c><01:27:39.840><
• year</c><03:31:50.439><c> so</c> Debt Service for for that fiscal year so Debt Service for for that fiscal
• </c><04:28:02.800><c> doit</c> liquor for three of these so for doit liquor for three of these so for

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard from the Personnel Appeals Board, which explained that it became an independent state agency after Senate Bill 487 and was presenting its first standalone operating budget. The board described its quasi-judicial role in hearing appeals from classified state employees over disciplinary actions such as warnings, suspensions, and terminations, and said it handles about 25 to 35 cases a year, with some cases lasting longer because of their complexity. Members also outlined the need for a chair and vice chair who are attorneys, the board’s current staffing and space needs, and its plan to move away from reliance on Administrative Services for office support and website functions. The board requested about $353,500 for fiscal year 2026, including startup costs, routine operating expenses, and two new part-time positions: a program director and a paralegal. Members said the budget reflects the new independent status, includes funding for only four board members rather than the authorized five, and is designed to avoid full-time staffing costs and benefits. Legislators asked about the cost per case, the board’s relationship to DAS, whether appeals must go through the board before court, and how often cases are appealed further. The board said appeals must first go through it, that court appeals are infrequent but have increased recently, and that the board’s process is intended to resolve disputes more quickly and less expensively than court litigation. Committee members also asked about the board’s caseload, outcomes, and staffing. The board said that in the prior year there were 22 cases, with four decisions overturned in favor of employees, nine dismissals, and nine settlements, and that many disputes are resolved before reaching the board through a multi-step internal process. A member noted the governor and council had recently approved a new board member and were expected to approve a fifth soon. The discussion ended with questions about the board’s website and records access, which members said would need to be moved from Administrative Services as part of the agency’s transition. The committee then moved to the New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities. The executive director explained that the council is 100 percent federally funded under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and develops a five-year plan to address the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She said the council works with state agencies and advocacy organizations on quality-of-life issues, accessibility, voter rights training, and plain-language or easy-to-read materials, and that 60 percent of its membership must be individuals with disabilities or family members/guardians. She also described the council’s funding structure, including reimbursement to the state for operating costs, and noted that it currently has three full-time and three part-time positions, with no new positions requested but one full-time position being eliminated and replaced after a pandemic-era staffing change did not work out as planned.

Transcript Highlights:

• They have a competition for their high school students.
• </c><01:45:42.960><c> their</c><01:45:43.119><c> high</c> They have a competition for their high They
• 03:55:26.399><c> the</c><03:55:27.040><c> policy</c> hoping for is that the the policy hoping for is
• We are not providing hunter safety for high school credit today.
• hunter safety for high school credit<04:18:18.080><c> today.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you for that witness, but I'm thanking you for the love enough that you had for us to show us your
• Thank you for your work. Thank you for your testimony.
• I would hope that you'd have a way for them to acknowledge, "I have read..." ...and received what has
• I hope I'm working on a bottleneck for the crime lab problem. Session, just saying.
• We thank you guys for what you do, for being here. We're better for it.

Keywords: flooding, emergency response, communication systems, first responders, disaster management, Texas Water Development Board, regional planning, public safety

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on discussions around the recent floods in Texas, specifically addressing emergency preparedness, response coordination, and recovery efforts. Officials from various agencies provided testimonies on the challenges faced during the emergency, including issues with communication systems among first responders. Notably, the need for improved inter-agency communication and technology integration was emphasized, with recommendations for establishing regional communications units for better coordination during disasters. The audience included local government representatives and emergency management partners, who shared insights and experiences from the recent flooding events.

Transcript Highlights:

• CARB has been implementing high-profile ZEV-forward incentive programs for over a decade, including HVIP
• Thank you for your work. Thank you for the input.
• It really helps spin up a virtuous circle that de-risks that investment for a company like High Logistics
• and we hope that that truck will open up other opportunities for us with shippers that we cannot touch
• So, for example, to use it for grid reliability and for savings on ...energy costs.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure focused on California’s EV market, charging infrastructure, and the effects of recent federal actions. The chair opened by emphasizing California’s progress on EV adoption and charging reliability, but also noted ongoing challenges with affordability, access, interoperability, heavy-duty electrification, and federal headwinds. She highlighted interest in technologies such as inductive charging and thanked host organizations and staff before moving to the first panel. State agency witnesses from Go-Biz, CARB, and the California Energy Commission described current programs and priorities. Go-Biz outlined its role in coordinating agencies, supporting permitting, and advancing the state’s ZEV market development strategy and equity action plan. CARB discussed federal attacks on its clean vehicle regulations, litigation to defend waiver authority, and the importance of incentives and regulatory programs such as Advanced Clean Trucks, Advanced Clean Fleets, Clean Truck Check, HVIP, and Clean Cars for All. The CEC detailed its funding and regulatory work on charging and fueling infrastructure, charger reliability, payment methods, roaming, and statewide planning, while stressing the need for more charging in multifamily housing and more public DC fast charging. All three agencies said federal rollbacks and permitting delays are major obstacles, but that California remains committed to expanding ZEV adoption. The second panel featured advocates, local government, utility, and research perspectives. CalETC urged continuous state funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and emphasized the low-carbon fuel standard, multifamily charging, and managed charging. An EV advocacy group proposed a conquest-style state incentive for new and used EV buyers and argued that multifamily housing is a major untapped market, while also favoring Level 2 charging over Level 1 for most home and apartment settings. Los Angeles County and LADWP described large-scale local deployment of chargers, fleet electrification, workforce training, and the need for sustained funding, agency coordination, and streamlined permitting and grid interconnection. UCS recommended prioritizing replacement of older high-emitting vehicles, using fuel policy revenues to support cleaner cars, and expanding bidirectional charging. The chair closed by asking for more discussion on Level 1 versus Level 2 charging and noted the importance of education, affordability, and practical deployment strategies.

Transcript Highlights:

• for themselves.
• Thank you. >> Thank you for that. Thank you for those observations. And also for that question.
• Within it there recommended some options for for consideration there.
• for for the CDC so they can adapt to the model.
• of children that are 2, that accounts for the numbers of children that are winding up in very high and

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:15:55.080><c> the</c> to level the playing field for the to level the playing field for the high-achieving
• I'm just an old principal, principal of a high school for 15 years.
• It's kind of the same for a high school student who, you know, maybe doesn't have the highest GPA but
• </c> old principal, principal of a high old principal, principal of a high school<00:33:15.440><c> for
• a high school kind of the same for a high school student<00:33:54.080><c> who,</c><00:33:54.600><c>

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and different buildings that we will ask for funding for.
• leases for sheep.
• for this talk.
• We've been a high depredation area for 30 years. We had the second, third calves killed in Idaho.
• And for whatever reason, Long Valley is a magnet for wolves.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from University of Idaho representatives on the university’s land-grant mission and its role in federalism, followed by detailed overviews of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Natural Resources. Speakers described the Morrill, Hatch, and Smith-Lever Acts, the university’s history, and examples of research, extension, and workforce training in agriculture, engineering, law, forestry, fire science, and youth programs such as 4-H. They highlighted facilities and programs including research stations, the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, the deep soil ecotron, the Wildland Fire Center, the experimental forest, and the policy analysis group, while also noting the impact of federal and state funding delays and cuts on staffing and research capacity. Committee members asked about several current issues, including quagga mussels, screw worm, chronic wasting disease, and the effects of funding cuts. University officials said they were not actively researching some of those wildlife and livestock disease issues but were willing to help if capacity and funding allowed. They also said budget reductions had caused real losses, including layoffs and reduced programs, and that federal grant delays had disrupted research timelines. The committee also raised questions about conflicts of interest and university employees’ outside work; the university said it has annual conflict-of-interest and conflict-of-commitment training and review procedures. The committee then heard from Bonneville County Sheriff Sam Hulse and the Idaho Sheriffs Association on the federal 287(g) immigration partnership program. Hulse argued that participation should remain voluntary and locally controlled, describing the different 287(g) models, the training and liability concerns, and the distinction between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement. He said Idaho agencies already cooperate with ICE in other ways and that mandatory participation could create staffing, legal, and community-trust problems. Members asked about costs, liability, detention standards, and whether deputies lose local control under task force arrangements; Hulse said the answer depends on the specific model and operation, and he emphasized the need for local discretion. Later, the committee took testimony on the long-running bighorn sheep and domestic sheep conflict affecting western Idaho grazing allotments. Idaho Wool Growers representatives and affected ranchers described the history of state legislation, federal litigation, and the closure of grazing areas after bighorn sheep transplants, which they said cut livestock operations in half and caused major financial and personal hardship. They argued that the state and federal agencies had not lived up to assurances that permittees would be held harmless, and they urged continued attention to the issue. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• But again, reserves for both and projected for FY 25 are above 30%. Mr.
• I'm standing for the question, but just for the history.
• Expansion for three-year-olds where we're making good inroads, as well as investments to ensure high-quality
• for the judiciary, $4.6 billion for public education, and, Mr.
• Thank you for your presentation and high level. Even it kind of big picture, really helpful.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you. fixing what you already have in hands for us, for this kids, for the future.
• Thank you for your time, for listening, and for protecting our rights. I...
• Thank you for your time, for listening, and for protecting our rights.
• Thank you so much, and I hope to hear all the wonderful things you can achieve for our community.
• What works for me... What works for me may not work for someone else.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have 10 best management practices manuals, 9 for commodities, 1 for imperiled species.
• Are there any other questions for, uh, for, uh, uh, Senator Berman, you are recognized for a question
• system, which are important areas for wildlife during high water and home to many wading bird rookeries
• The committee for it.
• The committee for it.

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Summary: The committee meeting began with quorum, member introductions, and an overview of the Agriculture, Environment, and General Government budget process. The chair emphasized using the committee resource book and performance metrics to review the base budget and invited members to identify areas of interest for later discussion. Members were also reminded about appearance forms and speaking procedures. Wes Gregory of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services presented on agricultural best management practices and water policy. He said the office had updated all nine commodity BMP manuals and added a manual for small farms and livestock, expanded enrollment by 742 producers covering 677,000 acres, and used GIS and data analysis to target areas such as the Indian River Lagoon. He also described cost-share projects, a new field application for enrollment and inspections, cross-training staff, and a request for $20 million for regional water quality projects. Members asked about BMP enrollment, compliance, and enforcement; Gregory said noncompliance is uncommon and cases can be referred to DEP. Adam Blaylock of DEP reviewed environmental grant programs, saying the state has appropriated $2.9 billion since 2018 for water quality projects, with about 1,100 projects reducing nitrogen and phosphorus statewide. He described the Water Quality Improvement Grant, Indian River Lagoon, Biscayne Bay, Springs, Alternative Water Supply, and Resilient Florida programs, including a planned public dashboard and a water-quality monitoring portal. Senators asked about the application window, award timing, and the high cost of septic-to-sewer conversions, with Blaylock estimating a blended average of about $35,000 per home. Chief Conservation Officer George Worthing of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission then presented on invasive animal control. He discussed prevention, risk screening, law enforcement at ports, public outreach programs such as the Python Challenge, Lionfish Challenge, and Exotic Pet Amnesty Program, and early detection tools like the Ive Got One reporting system. He also described control efforts for Burmese pythons, tegus, and lionfish, along with research and partner coordination. Members asked about the most harmful invasive species and whether iguanas may be taken; Worthing said iguanas are open for take, subject to other laws. The meeting ended after members briefly identified priorities such as water quality, recreation water quality, sustainability, sea level rise, and septic-to-sewer infrastructure, and the committee adjourned without any formal votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• for their own families.
• I'm all for 100%. So thank you for bringing this measure forward.
• Districts are finding it increasingly hard to recruit high-quality master teachers for mentorship roles
• And thank you for your leadership, for your commitment to strengthening arts education for all of California's
• It says by pairing high school students and college students from the U.S. and Mexico for seven weeks

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We hope it's 1%, but it could be 3, 4, 5, and that could be a large amount of penalties for Texas.
• Finally, some services lack clinically determined daily or weekly limits for high-risk services.
• Policymakers should consider implementing clinically appropriate limits for high-risk services, including
• We want to be rated high for our patients to be able to choose wisely.
• And I know it's a short time here, but I would ask, hope that nobody... ...charging for it.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For those folks who are here for Senate Bill 1241, we are holding it today.
• So this bill does maintain the high standards in place for certified veterinary technicians.
• We should track, and hope that we can track, how this new alternative pathway works for applicants to
• Given the rush to get this amendment done in time for committee today, we hope that we can continue to
• Madam Chair, Senator Carroll, I'm hoping that the six months would provide enough time for us to be able

Bills: SB1021 , SB1144 , SB1164 , SB1178 , SB1181 , SB1241 , SB1247 , SB1286 , SB1415 , SCR1011

Committee: Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Keywords: health profession, regulatory boards, criminal activity, notification, auditor general, investigations, veterinary technicians, certification, education alternative, Arizona Revised Statutes, veterinary education, ALTCS, providers, ownership change, healthcare, Arizona Long Term Care System, naturopathic physician, naturopathic medicine, naturopathic doctor, naturopathic physicians medical board

Transcript Highlights:

• And I hope for your favorable support. Thank you.
• And I missed the opportunity for questions, so I was just hoping maybe you could address this in your
• And I missed the opportunity for questions, so I was just hoping maybe you could address this in your
• But thank you for what you've done to pull the parties together yesterday, and I hope we can continue
• C for CS for SB 13. By your vote, CS for CS for SB 1346 is reported favorably.

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Rules Committee took up a large agenda of bills, with many measures reported favorably after brief explanations, amendments, and testimony. Early bills included CS/SB 658 on lien waivers and releases, which was amended to preserve enforceability despite form differences and then passed; CS/CS/SB 736 on brownfields redevelopment, which drew support from business and redevelopment interests and passed; and CS/SB 1002 on utility service restrictions, which was amended to bar certain building or fire code provisions affecting fuel-source choices and then passed despite opposition from environmental advocates. The committee also advanced CS/CS/SB 1132 on right-to-repair for certain equipment, where manufacturers, dealer representatives, and industry groups warned the bill could undermine dealer networks and existing repair programs, while supporters argued it would improve consumer access and help farmers and equipment owners. The bill still passed. Other measures reported favorably included CS/SB 1378 on restitution for leaving the scene of property-damage crashes, CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign-country controlling interests in health care licensing, CS/SB 772 on school access to glucagon for diabetes emergencies, CS/SB 1400 on removal of nonconsensual altered sexual depictions, and CS/SB 1696 on transportation network company impersonation and transit funding. A major portion of the meeting focused on affordable housing. CS/SB 1730, a follow-up to the Live Local Act, made several changes to zoning, height, density, parking, moratorium, and enforcement provisions, with members raising concerns about parking reductions, attorney’s fees, local control, and impacts in the Keys and other sensitive areas. Supporters said the bill closes loopholes and improves workforce housing implementation, while some witnesses urged additional exemptions for areas of critical state concern. The bill was reported favorably after amendment. Later, the committee considered several bills from Senator Leak, including CS/SB 576 on service of process, CS/SB 606 on public lodging and food service establishments, and CS/SB 1164 on electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices. CS/SB 606 drew substantial debate over whether hotels and extended-stay properties should be able to remove nonpaying guests without treating them like residential tenants; the sponsor said the bill clarifies transient occupancy and removes mandatory arrest provisions, and it passed. CS/SB 1164, which allows email notice delivery by agreement, passed despite concerns from tenant advocates that the bill should include clearer consent and safeguards. The committee also approved CS/SB 1374 on school district reporting of educator arrests and misconduct, CS/SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation sales, and began hearing CS/SB 1690 on surrendered infants, which would authorize infant safety devices or “baby boxes” as a legal surrender option, with supportive testimony from proponents describing crisis situations and the need for anonymous surrender options.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our peers, for example, for end user compute, which is desktop support.
• tech for the school.
• NTIA did set expectations that those were still too high for cost per location, similar to the concerns
• NTIA did set expectations that those were still too high for cost per location, similar to the concerns
• Any feel for that as the schools prepare for utilizing this new system?

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yeah, two questions for Mr. Sealy and one for Ms. Corona. Yeah, two questions for Mr.
• These are high-voltage transformers. What does the supply chain look like for that?
• These are high voltage transformers. What do the supply chain look like for that?
• It's been a high priority for SEIA for several years and that cybersecurity risks can be effectively
• for…” “For timeline purposes, just to think about that, as we're talking about cost allocation for $7.65

Committee: Senate Business & Commerce

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> that for you. that for you.
• Part of it is that there are, um, high standards for that CMS and the federal VA place on the facilities
• </c> for questions today. for questions today.
• </c> uh for the admission process for uh for the admission process for admissions<01:03:25.440><c> and
• What are we doing to get ahead of things as we see those numbers creeping up for our high-risk, our high-needs

Committee: Joint Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, and so I hope that that means that that um High school in Minneapolis probably has 10 social studies
• </c><00:16:58.080><c> for</c> people agree is necessary for for people agree is necessary for for success
• One student for every 539 students for every high school counselor in Minnesota is our ratio.
• One student 539 students for every high One student 539 students for every high school<00:29:09.440><
• Senator Omar for<01:01:36.960><c> Baden.</c> for Baden. for Baden.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We stand in full support of AB 1349, and we hope for its swift approval.
• For this reason, we ask for your no vote. Thank you very much.
• Thank you for making it.
• What I couldn't do is post that ticket for sale before I owned it at an outrageous markup and hope that
• hopefuls in California.

Committee: House Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

Keywords: 988, house, all