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• Second reading Senate File Number 3196. Second reading Senate File Number 1959.
• Second reading Senate File Number 2216. Second reading Senate File Number 2298. Second reading.
• Introduction and first reading of House Files.
• Introduction and first reading of House Files 3240. House Files 3241-3250.
• First reading House Files 3241-3250.

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• I'd like to move House File 2779 to be laid over. Vice Chair Reyer moves at House File 1645.
• I'd like to move House File 2779 to be laid over. Vice Chair Reyer moves at House File 1645. Yep.
• Vice Chair Ryer moves at House House House File<00:20:30.799><c> 1645.</c> File 1645. File 1645.
• Uh, House File 3046.
• Uh, House<01:36:27.840><c> File</c> House File House File 3046.<01:36:30.159><c> Welcome</c><01:36:30.560

Bills: HF2779 , HF1645 , HF1885 , HF1289 , HF1534 , HF2707 , HF1675 , HF3046

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• : House File 1090.
• </c><00:10:04.720><c> here</c> House of the following House file here House of the following House file
• </c> Senate file number 1959 now as amended. Senate file number 1959 now as amended.
• </c> state of Minnesota if Senate File state of Minnesota if Senate File 2216<00:35:27.680><c> is</c>
• Senate File Number 2216.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• File items 44 through 46 shall be continued, and that brings us to...
• File items 44 through 46 shall be continued, and that brings us to our Assembly Third Reading File.
• That's file items 47 through 113. We're going to pass and retain file items 47 through 69.
• We're at file item 71. We're going to pass and retain on 71 through file item 106.
• That brings us to the Senate third reading file. That's file items 114 through 120.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then proceeded through routine journal, procedural, and guest-introduction business. Majority Leader Garcia secured suspension of rules for several procedural matters, including allowing guests in the chamber, moving AB 2568 Johnson out of Appropriations to the second reading file, and setting SB 73 Cervantes for a Public Safety Committee hearing; the rule-suspension motion passed 41-14. The floor also recognized several guest groups, including Placer County Sheriff Wayne Wu and Undersheriff Shane Wright for the sheriff’s office’s 175th anniversary, students from John Muir Charter Schools, youth art contest winners from the 24th District, the Oak Ridge High School cheer team, and students from Casa Grande High School. The Assembly then moved through the daily file, passing and retaining numerous second- and third-reading items. Two resolutions drew floor debate and were adopted by voice vote after coauthor roll calls: ACR 176 by Assembly Member Elhawary, declaring April as Second Chance Month, and HR 109 by Assembly Member Schiavo, recognizing California’s janitorial and cleaning workforce. Supporters of ACR 176 emphasized rehabilitation, reentry barriers, and the importance of second chances for formerly incarcerated people, while also noting the need to remember victims and survivors. Supporters of HR 109 highlighted janitors’ role in public health and the often unseen nature of their work, with members sharing personal experiences in janitorial and service jobs. The Assembly also adopted ACR 119 by Assembly Member Ta, recognizing Black April Memorial Month and the 51st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Speakers described the trauma of the Vietnamese refugee experience, honored those lost during and after the Vietnam War, and praised the contributions of Vietnamese Americans in California. After additional items were passed and retained on the third reading and consent calendars, the House announced its schedule and adjourned until Monday, May 4 at 1 p.m.

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• Bills on the consent calendar: File Item 4, AB 553, Kolaza; File Item 6, AB 607, Rodriguez; File Item
• 8, AB 680, Arens; File Item 9, AB 689.
• AB 680, Arons; File Item 9, AB 689; Blanca Rubio; File Item 10, AB 898; Brian; File Item 11, AB 936,
• On file item. On file item 2, the author presented while we were in a subcommittee.
• File item 1, AB 42, current vote is 7 to 0. File item 2, AB 373, current vote is 5 to 0. Lee? Aye.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard and advanced a series of foster care, benefits, housing, and poverty-related bills. AB 373 would require appointed counsel for nonminor dependents in dependency proceedings to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute counsel’s judgment; supporters said it would respect autonomy for foster youth ages 18 to 21, and the bill passed 4-0, later updated to 6-0 and then 7-0 as absent members were added. AB 42 would exempt merit-based scholarships, grants, loans, and fellowships from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh and align the two programs’ exclusions; student and anti-poverty advocates said it would prevent students from losing benefits when they pursue education, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 534 would encourage transitional housing providers serving foster youth to move from leasing to owning properties by extending contract terms and improving access to financing; witnesses said ownership would improve stability and reduce landlord barriers, and it passed 4-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 562 would require counties below the state average for family placements to use a family-finding checklist and best-practice support; supporters emphasized family-first placements for foster youth, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 661 would direct the Department of Social Services to develop an implementation plan for a permanent statewide guaranteed basic income program; supporters described positive results from pilot programs and the bill passed 5-2, later updated to 7-0. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all without opposition.

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• Second reading of House files. Second reading House File number 2433. Second reading.
• Introduction of first reading of House files 3271 through 3278.
• First reading of Senate files. Message from the Senate.
• : Senate File number 1832, an act relating to state government.
• First reading of Senate files.

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• The following House files have been offered for introduction today.
• : House File 2130, an act relating to public safety.
• : House File 2563, an act relating to legacy.
• </c><00:06:52.000><c> House</c><00:06:52.240><c> file</c><00:06:52.560><c> number</c> House file.
• House file number House file.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> &gt;&gt; Please file the same without objection.
• ><c> paperwork</c> Please file the appropriate paperwork Please file the appropriate paperwork without
• I have the proper paperwork. >> Please file the same without objection. >> So ordered.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Please file the same without objection.
• &gt;&gt; Please file the same without objection. So<00:20:51.440><c> ordered.

Keywords: 958, all

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• At the request of the author, please remove file item A43, AB 1389 Rubio, from the inactive file.
• Please remove file item A43, AB 1389 Rubio, from the inactive file. Thank you. The desk will note.
• Moving to consideration of the daily file and Governor's appointments. File item 51. Senator Reyes.
• All right, any question or debate on file item 51?
• Senator Reyes, file item 52. Thank you, Mr. President.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through several privileges of the floor. Guests and student groups were welcomed, including students from Flore High School’s Law Academy and a fourth-grade class from Holy Spirit School. Senator Blakespear also introduced Brigadier General Nick Brown, commanding general of Marine Corps Installation West and Camp Pendleton, highlighting his military service and leadership. On the floor, the Senate took up Governor’s appointments. Andrew Rakestra’s appointment to the Board of Environmental Safety was confirmed on a 28-0 vote, and Indira Cameron Banks’s appointment to the Civil Rights Council was also confirmed, 28-8. Senators then announced upcoming budget subcommittee meetings on resources, health and human services, judicial branch funding, and state administration. The chamber also heard adjourn-in-memory tributes. Senator Archuleta honored Yoshi Nakamura, a World War II veteran, educator, artist, and community activist whose life included service in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and decades of teaching in Whittier and at Rio Hondo College. Senator Blakespear honored Dr. Rosemary George Strayley, a Peace Corps pioneer and global advocate for education, women, and girls who worked with international organizations and co-founded Run Women Run. The Senate expressed condolences and recognition for both Californians. The session concluded with the desk cleared and the Senate announcing its next meeting date, then recessing until later in the day for an adjournment motion.

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• At the request of the author, please remove file item A43, AB 1389 (Rubio) from the inactive file.
• Please remove file item A43, AB 1389 (Rubio) from the inactive file. Thank you. The desk will note.
• Moving to consideration of the daily file and Governor's appointments. File item 51, Senator Reyes.
• Senator Reyes, file item 52. Thank you, Mr. President.
• Senator Reyes, file item 52. Alvarado Gil? Choi? No. Grove? No. Pérez? Smallwood-Cuevas?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• House files.
• First reading House Files 3116-3166.
• And so what House File 62 is, is just a landing spot.
• House File... okay, so did you want me to do the amendment first?
• Thank you, House File 2067.

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• </c><00:09:28.399><c> with</c> within 30 days of that being filed with within 30 days of that being filed
• </c><00:13:46.880><c> something</c> you why didn't you guys file something you why didn't you guys file
• Well, so we're filing that one again too, and so once it's filed it should trigger that 30 days.
• Well, so we're filing that one again too, and so once it's filed it should trigger that 30 days.
• </c> actually a it's a new newly filed actually a it's a new newly filed complaint<00:26:11.399><c> that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have file item number five. We have file item number five, SB 1302. Thank you.
• Let's have a motion file. Okay, so Senator Strickland moves the consent file. Wahab? Aye. Choi?
• Let's have a motion file. Okay, so Senator Strickland moves the consent file. Wahab? Aye. Choi?
• We're going to go to file item number 1, SB 865.
• File item number 9, SB 3... 10 to 0. That bill is out. File item number 9, SB 1368.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development heard several sunset and policy bills affecting state boards and professional practice. SB 1302 would extend the Board of Registered Nursing for four years and make operational changes such as streamlining renewals, updating simulation and school-approval standards, and allowing certain out-of-state nurse practitioner experience to count toward California recognition; nursing groups supported it, while the California Medical Association raised a concern about the out-of-state NP provision. SB 1303 would extend the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to 2031 and add a fictitious name permit program, term staggering, and other technical changes; it drew support from the board and naturopathic doctors, but the California Naturopathic Association opposed it unless amended to clarify the board’s jurisdiction. SB 1304 would extend the Respiratory Care Board to 2031 and revise respiratory care rules, including LVN practice in certain settings; it was supported by some providers and respiratory therapists, but hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other groups opposed it unless amended to allow LVNs to perform basic respiratory tasks in more health care settings. SB 1363 would extend the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology and update apprenticeship, licensure, and tribal exemption provisions, and SB 1368 would extend the speech-language pathology, audiology, and hearing aid dispensers board while adding a retired license category and continuing-education oversight changes; both were supported and had no opposition. All of these bills were voted out of committee, generally on a 10-0 basis after the committee later established quorum and took recorded votes. The committee also heard SB 865, which would create a California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program within the Office of Small Business Advocate to support large independent multi-day music festivals. The author and supporters argued that festivals like Aftershock and GoldenSky generate substantial tourism, hotel nights, jobs, and tax revenue, and that state support would help keep events in California rather than other states. Opposition focused on the use of public funds during a deficit year and questioned whether profitable festivals should receive a grant subsidy. The bill passed on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Choi opposed. Members also heard SB 1297, which would create regional wildfire public-private partnerships and a financing structure using local commitments, a revolving fund, and state-backed revenue bonds coordinated with iBank to fund wildfire mitigation projects. Supporters said the bill would help address the state’s large wildfire mitigation funding gap by leveraging public and private capital for home hardening, vegetation management, and other prevention work; questions centered on where bond repayment funds would come from, and the author said the bill was still a work in progress and not intended to cost the state. The bill passed unanimously. Finally, SB 993, presented on behalf of Senator Ochoa-Bogue, would restore privacy protections for mental health professionals in correctional and state hospital settings by limiting routine disclosure of identifying information while preserving a complaint process; testimony described safety concerns and staffing impacts, and the bill passed unanimously.

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• a petition, not myself filing a petition, but— We potentially look at filing a petition, not myself
• filing a petition, but the attendance director doing so.
• It files the petition through the prosecutor's office. Yes, sir.
• Barbour County filed zero. They have a different way of approaching it.
• Barber County filed zero. They have a different way of approaching it.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• amendments,</c><00:01:34.799><c> eyes</c> Senate file 7, theft amendments, eyes Senate file 7, theft
• </c><00:01:54.880><c> 11,</c> Message number 196, Senate File 11, Message number 196, Senate File 11,
• President Senate file 16 Mr.
• </c> on general file. on general file.
• It says Senate File 69. It's actually. It says Senate File 69.

Keywords: 916, all

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• ><01:07:40.120><c> 4744,</c> Senate file 4744, Senate file 4744, uh,<01:07:42.200><c> which</c><01:07
• </c> Senator Pappas, Senate File Senator Pappas, Senate File Senate<01:13:39.080><c> File</c><01:13:39.280
• <01:15:01.000><c> 2235,</c> File 2235, File 2235, and<01:15:03.960><c> it</c><01:15:04.120><c> adds</
• That is Senate<01:15:43.920><c> File</c><01:15:44.080><c> 4686.</c> Senate File 4686.
• Senate File 4686.

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The crowdfunding model act would require a notice filing of the forms filed with the SEC or a consent
• </c><00:31:47.080><c> SEC</c> forms filed with the SEC forms filed with the SEC or<00:31:48.480><c> a
• </c><00:42:53.040><c> Thank</c> support House File 743. Thank you. Thank support House File 743.
• </c> I urge you to support House File 743. I urge you to support House File 743.
• vote no on House File 2627. Thank you vote no on House File 2627.

Bills: HF1606 , HF3733 , HF743 , HF2627 , HF4071

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: nudification technology, image rights, privacy protection, sexual exploitation, cybersecurity, recreational camping, utility fees, electricity charges, consumer protection, energy policy, health insurance, insulin, step therapy, diabetes, patient care, prescription drugs, pet shops, animal welfare, dog sales, cat sales

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• Next on our item of business, we have two bills we'll be hearing today: House File 249 and House File
• </c> host file host file 249<00:10:21.040><c> the</c><00:10:21.200><c> biomass</c><00:10:21.800><c> my
• on house file 249 do we have any folks on house file 249 do we have any folks from<00:28:27.039><c> the
• House File 1311.
• </c> you to reject house file you to reject house file 1311<01:02:13.599><c> uh</c><01:02:13.720><c>

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> agenda is House File 2358. agenda is House File 2358.
• File 3496. File 3496.
• I want to begin by File 3496 today.
• With that, House File 3496 is laid over. The next bill on the agenda is House File 3504.
• </c> is House File 3440. is House File 3440.

Bills: HF2358 , HF3496 , HF3504 , HF2169 , HF3440

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: public safety, coercion, criminal penalties, law enforcement, victim protection, HF3496, supervision abatement, earned compliance credit, earned compliance credits, conditional release, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, restitution, willful nonpayment, probation-like supervision, release supervision, community supervision, lifetime conditional release, early termination of supervision

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• House File 719 is a vehicle bill. Thank you, Chair Franson.
• So I move House File 719 be referred to the Ways and Means Committee.
• Uh, now we'll move on to Chair Franson's bill, House File 2486.
• House file 2486 is reer to the prevails.
• The final bill on the agenda today is House File 2484. This is my bill.

Bills: HF719 , HF2484 , HF2486

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: safety, school transportation, infrastructure, capital investment, state bonds, library construction, education funding, early childhood, child protection, funding, bonds, education facilities, 1183, house