Transcript Highlights:

• The filing deadline for the April 2025 election did fall on December 31, 2024.
• I can go on and on about the offices that file in April.
• For example, if you file for a recorder of deeds or collector of revenue, you have to file a bond.
• And a lawsuit was filed. One judge attempted to shut down... And a lawsuit was filed.
• And who knows, I might be filing today against him.

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the bill to the inactive file.
• We're going to pass and retain on file items 25, 26, and 27. That gets us to file item number 28.
• We will be passing and retaining on file items 29 and 30. That brings us to file item number 31.
• That concludes the Assembly third reading file. That brings us to the Senate third reading file.
• We are going to pass and retain on file items 47 all the way through file item 74.

Summary: The Assembly met with a quorum present after a roll call and prayer, then proceeded through routine journal, procedural, and guest-introduction business. Members recognized several guests, including local district officials, Japanese business leaders, and students/interns, and the chamber also observed remarks about the Texas flooding tragedy during the prayer. The body then moved through the daily file, including second-reading items and concurrence votes on AB 390, which expands the slow-down/move-over law to stationary vehicles, and AB 1478, which allows retailers to absorb mattress recycling fees; both measures had Senate amendments concurred in by recorded vote. The Assembly adopted AJR 12, a bipartisan resolution recognizing Head Start Month and urging Congress and the President to protect and increase Head Start funding. Multiple members spoke in support, emphasizing the program’s role in early education, health, nutrition, and family support, especially in rural and low-income communities; the resolution received 70 ayes and no noes after 69 co-authors were added. The chamber also adopted ACR 96, designating a portion of Highway 101 in Humboldt County as the Patty Berg Memorial Highway, and SCR 50, which calls for state review of climate adaptation and maladaptation criteria to improve climate resilience planning; both measures passed without opposition. On the consent calendar, the Assembly added co-authors to ACR 81 and adopted the second-day consent calendar and remaining consent items, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The body also approved a motion to return AB 529 from engrossing and enrolling to the Senate for further action. The session concluded with numerous adjournment-in-memory tributes, most notably for Rincon Tribal Council Chairman Bo Mazzetti and former legislative secretary George Steffes, followed by a moment of silence for each and adjournment until Monday, July 14 at 1 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• The secretary will read the Senate file numbers.
• The secretary will read the Senate file numbers: Senate Files 1360, 823, 1158, and 505.
• The Senate files have been given their second reading.
• will read the Senate file numbers Senate file<00:07:47.240><c> numbers</c><00:07:47.520><c> 1360</c>
• Senate files have been given 505 the Senate files have been given their<00:07:54.599><c> second</c><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> have Senator Liur with Senate File 557. have Senator Liur with Senate File 557. and<00:36:16.720
• </c><01:07:43.480><c> 676</c> issues, section one of Senate File 676 issues, section one of Senate File
• further</c><01:37:21.360><c> criminalize</c> Senate File 371 will further criminalize Senate File 371
• As others Senate File 371 as amended.
• </c><02:00:04.400><c> and</c><02:00:04.920><c> then</c> police report filed and then police report filed

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Staff recommends we file this report. Without objection, we will file this report.
• Staff recommends we file this report.
• We will go ahead and file this report.
• Staff recommends we file these reports.
• And was this report filed? We need to file this report, okay.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

Summary: The committee approved the February 12 minutes and then received updates on delinquent municipal water and sewer reports, noting substantial progress in bringing cities back into compliance. Several items were deferred at the request of local officials, including Fargo’s municipal accounting code report, Jericho’s misuse of street funds matter, Biggers, Holly Grove, Gilmore, and several private water and sewer reports lacking proper responses. The committee also filed a number of reports with no questions or with resolved findings. A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on repeat audit findings and management responses. The City of Strong’s mayor described corrective steps on undeposited funds, improper use of solid waste funds, unsupported spending, IRS payroll tax issues, accounting controls, restricted fund transfers, and budget overruns; the committee commended the city’s efforts and filed the report. Calhoun County’s report, involving improper county spending for an appreciation banquet and altered receipts in the collector’s office, was also filed after discussion about educating local officials on constitutional spending limits. Other reports filed included Salem, Briarcliffe, Compton Water Association, and Montgomery County Regional Public Water Authority, while several private water reports were deferred or referred to prosecutors and the Attorney General. The committee reviewed a major regional solid waste management districts report, with significant findings for Pulaski County and Faulkner County involving unapproved payroll items, missing documentation, vehicle and cell phone use, lack of competitive bids, and weak internal controls; Benton County had fewer issues, and several districts had no findings. On motion, the Pulaski County report was deferred so district representatives could answer questions. The committee also heard from Nevada County, where unauthorized withdrawals and interlocal landfill agreement problems were discussed; the county judge said the issues were being corrected, and the report was filed. Later, the committee heard from the City of Grubbs about long-standing IRS debt and from Cross County Rural Water System about overdue audit posting and water quality problems; both witnesses described corrective efforts and ongoing funding or infrastructure projects, and the committee filed the reports after extensive discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• The first bill is House File 3540. That's my bill.
• Thank you for allowing me to introduce House File 3522.
• House File 3522. Um, House File 3522 is House File 3522.
• The final bill on our agenda is House File 3544.
• </c> File 3544. File 3544.

Bills: HF3540 , HF3522 , HF3544

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: veterans rights, employment discrimination, human rights, Minnesota laws, protected classes, veterans, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs, Secret War in Laos, SGU veteran, Hmong veterans, Laotian veterans, honor guard, military funeral honors, state veterans cemetery, burial eligibility, veterans home, temporary closure, state active service, National Guard

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Senate file Senate file 1967.<00:09:56.399><c> And</c><00:09:56.640><c> then</c><00:09:57.120><c
• </c><00:10:40.720><c> Muhammad's</c> Senate file 3177 Senator Muhammad's Senate file 3177 Senator Muhammad's
• And this is his bill, Senate File 229.
• </c> Senator Umu Baiton's bill Senate file Senator Umu Baiton's bill Senate file 2361. 2361. 2361.
• </c> economic development Senate file economic development Senate file 1832DE<00:16:08.800><c> change

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• are file and use.
• are file and use.
• </c><00:42:45.920><c> are</c> credit insurance property filings are credit insurance property filings
• :13:45.040><c> paperwork</c> &gt;&gt; Please file the appropriate paperwork &gt;&gt; Please file the
• ><01:14:10.640><c> and</c> &gt;&gt; File the appropriate paperwork and &gt;&gt; File the appropriate

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate File 219, which deals with e-bikes.
• </c> Senate File 219 be taken from the table? Senate File 219 be taken from the table?
• Um, Senate<00:21:42.159><c> file</c> Senate file Senate file um,<00:21:44.960><c> uh,</c> Senate File
• As proposed, Senate file Senate file file file 2530<00:35:26.079><c> dedicates</c><00:35:26.560><c> a
• </c> Senate file 3405 is in front of us. Senate file 3405 is in front of us.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:08:05.240><c> 2970</c> appropriation bills, Senate Files 2970 appropriation bills, Senate Files
• </c> and 3035, both in 2023 and Senate File and 3035, both in 2023 and Senate File 2978<00:08:12.000>
• </c> 2023, which was Senate File 3035. 2023, which was Senate File 3035.
• Just to file those dismissals.
• filing that that was after I had filed filing that that was after I had filed the<01:15:48.719><c> bill

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm here to support House File 9.
• </c><00:34:36.359><c> 9</c> testify in opposition to house file 9 testify in opposition to house file
• </c> house file house file 9<00:37:06.560><c> the</c><00:37:06.680><c> chamber</c><00:37:07.240><c> and
• </c><00:54:12.200><c> 9</c> opposes the portions of house file 9 opposes the portions of house file 9
• </c> ask legislators to oppose house file ask legislators to oppose house file five<01:01:39.160><c>

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Just so, as a road map, so that you know that today we will be hearing Senate File 1151 and Senate File
• That will also be followed by Senate File 1325 from Senator Cek, and Senate File 775 from Senator Putnam
• , and Senate File 1335 from Senator Pappas, Senate File 1145 from Senator Muhammad, and Senate Files
• Senate File 1325 from Senator Cek, and Senate File 775 from Senator Putnam, and Senate File 1335 from
• Senate File 1145 from Senator Muhammad, and Senate File 1187 and 1276 from our own Senator P.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House File 1912, our goal is 15 minutes. House File 1105, our goal is 10 minutes.
• Then House File 1100, 20 minutes, and then approximately 35 minutes for House File 2057.
• um 1912 our goal is 15 minutes file um 1912 our goal is 15 minutes house<00:01:20.400><c> file</c><00
• file file 2057<00:01:32.200><c> and</c><00:01:32.640><c> um</c><00:01:33.000><c> with</c><00:01:33.200
• </c> moves at house file moves at house file 1912<00:14:00.800><c> before</c><00:14:01.199><c> the</c

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And some of the exceptions: you may say you can't file this in Dunklin County.
• It needs to be filed in Cape Girardeau County or somewhere like that.
• It needs to be filed in Cape Girardeau County or somewhere like that.
• I file an expungement.
• when someone files at, you know, a different suit?

Committee: House Financial Institutions

Summary: The Committee on Financial Institutions heard House Bill 2863, which would clarify Missouri’s trust “no contest” clause law under the Missouri Uniform Trust Code. Representative Cameron Parker said the bill was brought forward by the Missouri Bar to clean up and clarify existing law without changing its substance. Testimony from trust and estate attorney John Chalas and the Missouri Bar supported the measure, explaining that it would refine procedures for seeking court guidance, protect nominal defendants, preserve beneficiaries’ ability to challenge bad-faith trustee conduct, and clarify the effect of prior rulings. No opposition was offered, and the hearing on HB 2863 was closed. The committee then heard House Bill 2967, which would create the Missouri expungement fund to support technology and system maintenance for expungement-related work, including the statewide court automation system and the Missouri criminal history records system. Representative Parker described the bill as a framework to help handle growing expungement demands, including marijuana-related and clean slate expungements. Committee members asked about funding sources, the one-third allocation among agencies, whether personnel costs could be covered, and whether the fund should include language on interest and biennial sweeps. Eric Cheneings of the Judicial Conference testified in favor, saying the bill is largely a housekeeping measure that recognizes the ongoing, coordinated nature of expungement work and the need for stable funding. He noted that the bill’s proposed dedicated fund would help avoid annual lapses and support continuing maintenance of sealed records, while leaving funding source decisions to the legislature. No one testified in opposition, and the hearing on HB 2967 was also closed.

Transcript Highlights:

• They have already filed a response with the court.
• Uh, I know that, uh, the House has filed a bill today.
• I have not filed any man I am aware of the map that's obviously that the the house is filed.
• So I don't know if I'm going to file that bill or not.
• I don't know if I'm going to file another bill.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We will be going in file order.
• We will pass and retain on file items number 14 and 15, which brings us to file item number 16: Assembly
• We are going to pass and retain on file items 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, which gets us to file item 31.
• You're going to pass and retain on file item 27, 28, 29, 30, which gets us to file item 31. 28, 29, 30
• We will pass and retain on file item 37, which brings us to file item 38: AB 234 by Assembly Member Calderon

Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees. On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0. The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.

Transcript Highlights:

• How many tax filings does FTB typically get filed here in the state of California?
• , my employer files my monthly wage statements with the state, and everyone else—the banks are filing
• do does FDB typically get a How many tax filings do, does F2B typically get filed here in the state
• the cal file so for the past three years we've been averaging about one hundred thousand uh cal file
• , my employer files my monthly wage statements with the state and everyone else, the banks are filing

Summary: The subcommittee heard May Revision proposals from the Department of Food and Agriculture, the Government Operations Agency, the Department of Technology, and the Franchise Tax Board, with public comment to come later and all items held open. CDFA presented funding for the animal care program implementing Proposition 12, including a one-time $5.2 million General Fund transfer to the Ag Fund and $2.8 million ongoing, and the LAO recommended approval while noting the Legislature should revisit the funding once litigation and federal preemption questions are resolved. CDFA also proposed ending state oversight of industrial hemp and moving to the federal USDA program by January 1, 2028, with an $8.3 million General Fund transfer to cover startup and transition costs; the LAO supported the transition. Additional CDFA items included $204,000 ongoing and one position to preserve agricultural statistics reporting after USDA reorganization, and trailer bill changes to clarify the department’s 5% indirect cost cap; both drew no objections from Finance or LAO. The Government Operations Agency and Cradle to Career items focused on implementing the new federal Workforce Pell program. Finance described trailer bill language establishing state eligibility processes, with the California Student Aid Commission as the authorizing entity in consultation with the Workforce Development Board, and proposed $1.3 million one-time General Fund for Cradle to Career to build data linkages. The LAO urged caution because federal rules were just finalized and said more information was needed on workload, costs, and whether existing data systems could support the work. Senators raised policy concerns about limiting the program to public institutions and about aligning the proposal with broader workforce and labor goals. The committee also briefly discussed SB 53/Cal Compute, with GovOps saying no appropriation had been provided for its consortium work, and Finance saying the administration was not proposing funding at this time. The Department of Technology presented a $30 million operational backstop for the Middle Mile Broadband Initiative, intended to cover any shortfall if expected revenues from the Golden State Net third-party administrator do not materialize in time. The LAO initially recommended rejection over broad spending authority, then suggested amendments with stronger reporting and legislative review; committee members questioned the revenue assumptions, oversight, and whether the request could recur. CDT also sought $1 million for Poppy, the state’s GenAI digital assistant, to expand secure statewide use; the LAO had no concerns, and members asked about data security, model bias, training restrictions, and possible local-government use. Finally, FTB proposed realigning CalFile resources after the federal Direct File program was discontinued, retaining three ongoing positions and returning the rest of the funding and positions to the General Fund; the LAO said the reduced scope was reasonable, and members discussed keeping the free filing system user-friendly and ready for future federal changes. The committee also heard the administration’s digital pre-written software tax proposal, which would extend sales tax to electronically delivered software and SaaS beginning January 1, 2027, generating an estimated $450 million General Fund in 2026-27 and $900 million ongoing, plus local revenue. The LAO supported modernizing the tax base but recommended broadening the proposal to include more digital products while considering a business-use exemption or reduced rate, and flagged a newly added video game exemption as a revenue downside. Senators generally supported the goal of raising revenue and aligning California with other states, but questioned the local revenue distribution and equity effects, and one senator said they would not support expanding the tax to books, music streaming, and similar consumer products. All items were left open without votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate File 2077 is here with return to the Senate.
• File 3629, which is um related to the File 3629, which is um related to the Department<00:18:35.840><
• </c><00:30:47.360><c> Delete</c> file number 4492 as follows. Delete file number 4492 as follows.
• </c> language that is currently in House File language that is currently in House File 4492<00:31:23.279
• </c> final passage as amended to House File final passage as amended to House File 4492. 4492. 4492.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> to testify in opposition to Senate File to testify in opposition to Senate File 2373,<00:08:08.600
• , Senate File 2373 Unfortunately, Senate File 2373 introduces<00:09:39.000><c> a</c><00:09:39.040><c>
• </c><00:10:51.760><c> 2373,</c> work on Senate File 2373, work on Senate File 2373, uh<00:10:54.080><
• The Senate<00:40:22.280><c> files</c><00:40:22.800><c> 2370</c> Senate files 2370 Senate files 2370 is
• Senator Kupec moves that Senate file<00:48:26.480><c> 4640</c> file 4640 file 4640 be<00:48:29.040><c

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, this bill just requires that if a person has either, when they file for a driver's license or file
• Um, this bill just requires that if a person has either, when they file for a driver's license or file
• </c> use this this only filing system. use this this only filing system.
• Um they can file a termination report.
• Uh secretary filed by another candidate.

Committee: Joint Elections

Keywords: Elections - Room 210; 29 January, 2026: 2:30 PM, 925, all