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• and prevents budget cuts and reduces pressure for supplemental levies.
• So District 93 resides within my area, and they have a fantastic high-needs program.
• And they’re really, really proud of this program.
• And they love the program that they’ve created, and they want to be able to continue to serve these students
• provide for the application for federal grants and financing programs, and providing an effective date

Keywords: 989, all

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• And I might be stealing my program.
• And again, if if I the bar program.
• And I I'm just, supports this program.
• ><c> and</c> staffing, academic programming, and staffing, academic programming, and student<00:47:56.000
• ><c> more</c> hours early in the morning and two more hours early in the morning and two more in<01:10

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The IDR program creates a process process for plans and providers to resolve the payment on those claims
• TDI uses a proactive approach and early intervention strategy to protect consumers and minimize the risk
• Marshal's Office helps communities prevent, reduce, and investigate fire losses through education and
• We had the help insure program, which we work on with TDI and Mr.
• And what OPIC believes we can do and what you all can help do is encourage prevention. and fortification

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• that is equitable, preventative, and centered on dignity.
• that is equitable, preventative, and centered on dignity.
• is equitable, preventative, and centered on dignity.
• That means we also have the responsibility and capability to mitigate and ultimately prevent the harms
• The board may still review the study and discuss its findings, and nothing in this bill prevents the

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then handled a series of procedural motions, guest introductions, and floor actions. Members approved motions to suspend rules for various purposes, removed some bills from consent, and added coauthors to resolutions. The chamber also adopted a Rules Committee request to place ACR 233 on second-day consent. The body then took up multiple concurrence and resolution items. Among the measures approved were AB 2056 on teacher exchanges with Mexico, AB 2323 on public notice, AB 1778 on controlled substances and testosterone-related scheduling, AB 2692 on common interest developments, H.R. 110 on “food as medicine,” H.R. 117 urging Congress to reform Section 230 to address online harms, SCR 152 designating Dolores Huerta Day, SB 575 reestablishing the Sea Otter Voluntary Contribution Fund, SB 939 simplifying retirement service-credit purchases, SJR 6 urging the federal government to honor infrastructure funding commitments, SB 1165 improving tax compliance for contractors, SB 930 requiring encryption for school exam proctoring services, SB 922 clarifying local road-repair cost recovery tied to public service operations, and H.R. 124 supporting DACA recipients. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition; H.R. 110, H.R. 117, and SCR 152 were adopted by voice vote after adding coauthors. The most contentious item was AB 1923, which would ensure the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act appears on the November 2026 ballot. Supporters argued it protects voters’ right to decide on a qualified local initiative and prevents delay from a county-ordered study; opponents said it overrides local authority and changes the rules to facilitate a tax measure. After debate, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and passed the bill 54-16, sending it to the Governor. The session also included several adjournments in memory honoring Jonathan Gregg Burgess, Jeffrey Mosedo, Brian Haney, Anne Cronin Dunn, and Pastor Darryl Monroe Moore, before the Assembly adjourned until Monday, August 10.

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• Of the four programs, only two, the ERCOT loan program and the completion bonus program, have been set
• leadership skills required to manage the agency and preventing salary compression at the highest pay
• Senator, of course, thank you, uh, Madam Chair, and, and, and Ben, I want to say to everyone listening
• Of this office and, and making sure that you have, um, we talked, you and I talked about your turnover
• And you pulled away from Health and Human Services.

Bills: SB1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met to review Article 8, regulatory agencies, and began Article 9, general provisions, before recessing for floor action. The committee first heard budget presentations from the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC). The PUC budget recommendation was about $5.07 billion in all funds, including an additional $5 billion for the Texas Energy Fund, plus funding for staffing and technology needs tied to contested cases, infrastructure resiliency, and outage mapping. PUC witnesses emphasized the agency’s growing workload, the need for more staff and modern systems, and oversight of the Texas Energy Fund. OPUC’s recommendation was about $6.9 million, with a reduction in authorized FTEs to better match actual staffing; the agency requested additional funding for salaries, expert witnesses, and budget flexibility, and members highlighted OPUC’s role representing residential and small commercial consumers in utility proceedings. The committee then heard from the Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC), whose recommendation was just over $11.2 million. BHEC’s main requests included funding to fill vacant positions, money for continuous National Practitioner Data Bank queries, and a proposed Texas-owned psychology licensing exam in response to concerns about changes to the national exam. Agency leaders also discussed a rider request that would shift responsibility for certain judgments or settlements to the comptroller. Members asked about prior complaint backlogs, and BHEC said those backlogs had been cleared. The Board of Chiropractic Examiners followed, with a recommendation of just under $2.4 million; the board sought support for staffing, training, broadband, and salary retention, and described its work regulating chiropractors and workers’ compensation-related doctors. The Board of Dental Examiners was the last agency heard before the committee recessed. Its recommendation was just under $10 million, and it requested a 10% salary increase for eligible staff, three additional licensing staff, one staff member to handle required background checks, an additional attorney, and an executive director salary adjustment. Dental board witnesses said licensure growth, increased complaints, and low salaries were straining licensing and enforcement operations, even though the agency reported strong performance and high case completion rates. The chair ended the hearing early because the Senate had to return to the floor, and the committee remained in recess.

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• and prevention, protecting intervention and prevention, protecting schools<00:55:26.520><c> and</c><
• includes prevention, intervention, and yes, deals with these weapons that were made for war and the
• includes prevention, intervention, and yes, deals with these weapons that were made for war and the
• includes prevention, intervention, and yes, deals with these weapons that were made for war and the
• Of voting on this comprehensive package that includes intervention, prevention, and harm reduction.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But it doesn't prevent them from sitting down with their attorney and looking at the evidence, does it
• And while I understand, is a proactive measure to prevent revictimization.
• universities that then turned violent and required an intervention from law enforcement.
• But I think the author and the committee staff have done a lot of work already, at this fairly early
• And I think this bill is about protecting people and ultimately preventing that kind of catastrophe from

Summary: The committee met first as a subcommittee because a quorum was not initially present, and it heard several bill presentations. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require courts to issue protective orders for sexually explicit material involving adult victims in criminal cases, limiting copying and dissemination while preserving discovery and trial rights. Supporters, including Aaron and Denise Heskins-Quinn and the California District Attorneys Association, said the bill would prevent retraumatization and close a privacy gap; opponents, including public defenders and criminal defense groups, argued it was overbroad, vague, and could interfere with defense preparation. The committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill’s scope and sent it to Appropriations on a due pass as amended vote, with the bill held on call. SB 937 by Senator Gonzalez would restrict law enforcement use of flashbang devices for crowd control and ban their use in immigration enforcement. Supporters described injuries and fear caused by flashbangs and explosive breaching charges, including incidents involving protests and a home entry in Huntington Park; opponents from sheriffs’ and police groups argued the bill’s definitions were vague, could limit tactical discretion, and might conflict with existing law and task force operations. Members expressed both support and concern about definitions and exigent circumstances, and the bill was moved due pass to Appropriations on a vote, with the final roll held on call. SB 1070 by Senator Grove would make intentional disruptions of worship services a wobbler offense, allowing felony charges in more serious cases. Faith leaders and supporters said the bill was needed to deter coordinated disruptions and protect religious exercise, while opponents including the Friends Committee on Legislation, ACLU California Action, and public defenders argued it would criminalize speech, rely on a content-based statute, and impose disproportionate felony penalties. Several committee members raised constitutional and restorative-justice concerns, and the bill failed on the roll call, though reconsideration was granted. SB 1130 by Senator Reyes would update privacy law for wearable recording devices such as smart glasses, limiting surreptitious recording in places where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy and restricting technologies that disable recording indicators. Supporters said the bill responds to emerging surveillance risks; opponents from TechNet and industry groups warned it could create liability for manufacturers and businesses beyond the actual wrongdoers. The committee accepted amendments reducing penalties, removing manufacturer provisions from the bill’s core criminal section, and creating civil penalties in the Business and Professions Code; the bill was moved due pass as amended to Rules, with the vote held on call. The committee also heard SCA 2 by Senator Troy, which would bar governors from pardoning themselves or immediate family members; there was no public opposition, but some members questioned the need for a constitutional amendment given the lack of evidence of abuse, and discussion was ongoing when the transcript ended.

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• You have HB 491, Faith-Based Content in Batterers Intervention Program. You are recognized, sir.
• It's an honor to represent HB 491, Faith-Based Batterers Intervention Program. Rep.
• It allows but does not require batterer intervention programs to offer voluntary faith-based content
• reason why DCF bureaucrats should have eliminated this program several years ago and are now hoping you
• faith in not only this program but much, much more and in life.

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• And because we continue to spend on new programs, we had to fight against new programs coming into this
• and prevention provisions.
• Enrollment since we left the House floor and some of our teacher pathway and mentoring programs.
• And the last one has to do with the apprenticeship program, and I know you've heard me speak of this
• instructional practices. interventions and teacher development and training aligned with the science

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• CDTFA administers state and local sales and use taxes, among several other tax and fee programs.
• state and local sales and use taxes, among several other tax and fee programs.
• and Prevention Program, local mitigation grants associated with Proposition 64, and also the adult reentry
• And that has still led to additional and ongoing problems with those facilities, a lack of programs,
• They still have trouble even doing, well, staffing and programs and recreation exercises the main things

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met to consider several gubernatorial appointments and routine committee actions. The committee first approved, by unanimous 5-0 votes, appointments to the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission, the appointment of Lee Herrick as California Poet Laureate, a reference of bills to committees, and floor acknowledgments. Members then heard testimony from Trista Gonzalez, nominee to lead the Department of Tax and Fee Administration, who described her long career in tax administration, efforts to improve taxpayer compliance and service, readiness for the state’s lithium extraction tax, and the department’s work on online sales tax, cannabis, and tobacco enforcement. Senators asked about responsiveness to legislators, small business support, accountability, and enforcement; public commenters from tax and accounting groups supported her nomination. Her appointment advanced to the full Senate on a 5-0 vote. The committee also heard from Aaron McGuire, nominee to lead the Board of State and Community Corrections. He discussed the board’s expanded responsibilities, including annual detention-facility inspections, large grant programs for violence intervention and reentry, and the new in-custody death review division. Members questioned him about grant oversight, audit transparency, statutory authority for in-custody death reviews, and conditions in local detention facilities, especially in Los Angeles County juvenile facilities. McGuire said the board uses screening, site visits, audits, and compliance reviews to reduce fraud and ensure grant funds are used appropriately, and that trailer bill language had clarified access to records for death reviews. He also said staffing shortages remain a major issue in some juvenile facilities and that the board continues to work with counties and the courts to improve conditions. Public support came from nonprofit reentry providers and Giffords. His appointment also advanced to the full Senate on a 5-0 vote.

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• quality standards to prevent harm and fraud to our students.
• This was meant to exclude programs like test prep programs and courses such as the MCAT or LSAT.
• care and early interventions to improve patient outcomes, and AB 1503 will improve and increase access
• and ultimately trying to prevent any risk to patients.
• delay and uncertainty something that prevents them from doing that.

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a full agenda of bills focused on reproductive health, professional licensing and sunset reviews, consumer protection, and business regulation. Early testimony centered on AB 260, which would protect access to medication abortion, mifepristone, and telehealth reproductive care in California; supporters emphasized state protections against federal restrictions, while an opponent argued the bill removed safety safeguards. The committee also heard AB 714 on closing a loophole in regulation of low-cost commercial driving schools, AB 968 on allowing pharmacists to prescribe non-hormonal contraception, AB 671 on streamlining restaurant permitting, AB 1027 on strengthening cannabis product testing oversight, AB 1271 on broadband pricing and speed transparency, and AB 1332 on narrowly allowing medicinal cannabis shipments for seriously ill patients. Several sunset bills were also taken up, including AB 1482 on animal shelter and breeder transparency, AB 1501 on the Podiatric Medical Board and Physician Assistant Board, AB 1502 on the Veterinary Medical Board, AB 1503 on the Board of Pharmacy, and AB 1504 on the Massage Therapy Council. Testimony was largely in support of the measures, with many bills drawing co-sponsors or support from industry, consumer, or professional groups. AB 1503 generated the most sustained opposition, with nurses, physicians, and drug industry representatives objecting to expanded pharmacy technician ratios, standard-of-care language, and therapeutic interchange authority; supporters argued the bill would modernize pharmacy practice and expand access. AB 1504 also drew mixed testimony, with massage therapy groups supporting continuation of the council but raising concerns about proposed public records and governance provisions. AB 1271 drew a policy dispute over whether broadband reporting requirements duplicated federal FCC processes, while supporters argued California needed its own consumer-facing data and complaint system. After quorum was established later in the hearing, the committee began taking roll-call votes. AB 1271, AB 1332, AB 1482, AB 1501, and AB 1502 were all reported out on due-pass motions, with AB 1271 amended and the others generally amended or as introduced as noted. Earlier bills including AB 260, AB 671, AB 714, AB 968, and AB 1027 also received motions and were approved once the quorum was present. The chair repeatedly noted the lack of quorum during the hearing, but once one was secured, the committee completed votes on the agenda items and advanced the measures to Appropriations.

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• All states send birth and death data to the CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to their
• We'll call up a panel of witnesses to testify on these bills and programs.
• And we don't have that authority in these camp programs.
• again I know members are moving in and out and some had to leave early.
• I know members are moving in and out and some had to leave early today.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Is there, do we have information as to prevention and early intervention on mental health services for
• Merced, and a research bond to maintain UC’s health and science research programs.
• Merced, and the research bond to maintain UC's health and science research programs.
• diverse cohorts of students and federal attacks to our equity programs and initiative. ...admitting
• increasingly diverse cohorts of students and federal attacks on our equity programs and initiatives.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, chaired by Assemblymember Alvarez, held a hearing focused on University of California budget issues. The committee reviewed UC core operations funding, enrollment trends, federal funding threats, Title IX implementation, and basic needs support. Major themes included the end of the Governor’s multi-year UC compact, the state’s fiscal outlook, UC’s enrollment growth, and the potential impacts of federal policy changes on research, health care, and student aid. On core funding, the Department of Finance described the Governor’s proposal to continue compact-related support, defer some payments, and authorize a cash-flow loan. The LAO recommended a smaller or no base increase, earmarking some funds for capital renewal, retiring deferrals when possible, avoiding new compact commitments, and funding UC annually rather than through compacts. UC argued that the compact has supported enrollment growth, student services, and operating costs, but said campuses face rising expenses, structural deficits, and limited reserves. Members questioned the effects of deferrals on students and discussed the need to prioritize less harmful reductions if cuts become necessary. The enrollment panel focused on UC’s growth in California resident enrollment and the nonresident replacement plan at Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego. The LAO recommended maintaining the current enrollment target, funding enrollment separately from base increases, pausing the nonresident replacement plan, and holding enrollment flat in 2027-28. UC said it has already met compact enrollment goals, grown California undergraduate enrollment by about 18,800 students, and that further growth depends on ongoing state support. The committee also discussed the cost of enrollment growth, possible differential nonresident tuition, and a reporting request for UC to analyze the nonresident replacement approach; the motion to adopt supplemental reporting language passed. The hearing also covered federal funding risks, with the LAO and UC warning that federal changes could affect research grants, medical center reimbursement, and student financial aid. UC said research cancellations and suspensions are disrupting labs and graduate student support, while federal health policy changes could increase uncompensated care at UC hospitals. In the Title IX update, UC described its systemwide civil rights structure, annual student training, and campus support offices, and members praised the work while asking about ongoing concerns and intersegmental collaboration. The final basic-needs item began with Finance stating the Governor’s budget does not change ongoing support, but the transcript cuts off before further discussion or action.

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• This extends the confidentiality protections to participants in a restorative justice program, and it
• </c><00:11:56.320><c> and</c><00:11:56.560><c> it</c> restorative justice program and it restorative
• justice program and it requires<00:11:57.200><c> the</c><00:11:57.440><c> office</c><00:11:57.760><c>
• public safety system, and thank you for recognizing that even as some of our programs face the threat
• ><c> give</c> uh go ahead and state your name and give uh go ahead and state your name and give us<00

Bills: HF2300

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• incentivizes keeping patients healthy through primary care and preventative services to reduce more
• It also includes guardrails to protect providers in the contracting requirements and prevent any retaliatory
• such as wellness programs, grief counseling, and funeral planning to to customers as long as the benefits
• The program, there's not enough consumers of the product, um, and then because we've, they don't have
• processes do not prevent patients from receiving care and with that I close.

Bills: HB139

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: ad valorem tax, tax rates, voter-approval, taxing unit, property tax, local government

Transcript Highlights:

• But it doesn't prevent them from sitting down with their attorney and looking at the evidence, does it
• universities that then turned violent and required an intervention from law enforcement.
• But I think the author and the committee staff have done a lot of work already, at this fairly early
• It's trying to prevent somebody from taking somebody else's life and really forcing people to contend
• And I think this bill is about protecting people and ultimately preventing that kind of catastrophe from

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• They specifically focus on eliminating preventable deaths at work, in homes, and communities, and on
• , can alleviate and prevent the national public of all levels of government, employers, and the general
• to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence, House 4767, also based on Senate 1718
• implement programs to prevent workplace violence, House 4767, the Committee on Ways and Means having
• It's called ESPER, screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• CDTFA administers state and local sales and use taxes, among several other tax and fee programs.
• fire departments, and assist those who are in need by funding essential health and human service programs
• and Prevention Program grant, local mitigation grants associated with Proposition 64, and also the adult
• And that has still led to additional and ongoing problems with those facilities, a lack of programs,
• They still have trouble even doing staffing and programs and recreation exercises.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with quorum and first approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Deborah Garns, Davis Rabbit, Cindy Silva, Vincent Wells, and Lee Herrick as California Poet Laureate, all by 5-0 votes. The committee also approved reference of bills to committees and floor acknowledgments, each by 5-0 vote, before moving to appointments required to appear. Trista Gonzalez, nominated to lead the Department of Tax and Fee Administration, testified about her 33-year career in tax administration and emphasized taxpayer service, efficiency, and team culture. Members asked about responsiveness to legislators, the lithium extraction tax, online sales tax compliance after Wayfair, and enforcement against illicit cigarette, tobacco, and cannabis activity. Gonzalez said the department is ready for the lithium tax, works to register businesses meeting the $500,000 threshold, and coordinates with law enforcement on inspections and seizures. Public commenters from Ryan LLC and the California Society of Enrolled Agents supported her confirmation. The committee voted 5-0 to send her nomination to the full Senate. Aaron McGuire, nominated as executive director of the Board of State and Community Corrections, described his experience at the agency and its expanded responsibilities, including annual detention facility inspections, major grant administration, and the new in-custody death review division. Senators questioned him about grant oversight, fraud prevention, public access to audits, implementation of SB 519, and conditions in local detention facilities, especially in Los Angeles County juvenile facilities. McGuire said the board uses screening, reporting, site visits, audits, and recovery actions to monitor grants, and that trailer bill language has clarified access to records for in-custody death reviews. He also said staffing shortages remain a major issue in Los Angeles juvenile facilities and that the board continues to work with the courts and local officials. Supporters from Amity Foundation, Health Right 360, Westcare, and Giffords testified in favor, and the committee approved his nomination 5-0 to advance to the full Senate.

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• This is UAPB Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program subgrants.
• I've got a question about the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program
• This is UAPB Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program subgrants.
• This is UAPB Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program subgrants.
• This is UAPB Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program subgrants.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Juvenile hall is a more restrictive intervention and carries greater harms.
• , pickup programs, and product take-back requirements.
• see it and know how preventable this problem is.
• see it and know how preventable this problem is.
• Programs, and FreeWorld, in strong support.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety bills and took testimony on each, with members often noting amendments and continuing negotiations. SB 1009 by Senator Becker would require juvenile courts to find that less restrictive alternatives are unsuitable before ordering detention, and would require periodic review of continued detention and consideration of alternatives at disposition. Supporters argued it would reduce unnecessary youth detention and improve transparency; probation, judges, and police groups opposed it as an undue limit on judicial discretion and potentially unsafe in serious cases. The chair said he would recommend an aye with amendments, but the bill was held pending quorum and later remained on call. SB 1130 by Senator Gomez Reyes would update privacy law for wearable recording devices such as smart glasses, requiring consent before recording in places where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy and banning devices or accessories designed to defeat recording indicators. Supporters said the bill addresses secret recording and invasive surveillance; opponents from tech and hospitality groups sought clarification to avoid unintended liability for businesses and exempt workplace communication devices. Members discussed those exemptions, and the chair recommended an aye, but the measure also remained on call. Senator Blake Spear presented SB 99, which would let courts consider military protective orders in domestic violence proceedings and require better communication between civilian law enforcement and military authorities. Supporters from the Department of Defense, local officials, and military representatives said it would close protection gaps for military families; the ACLU opposed it on due process grounds because MPOs are issued without judicial process. The chair and author emphasized that the bill only allows consideration of MPOs and does not require civilian enforcement of them. The bill passed out on a vote, though it remained on call for additional members. The committee also heard SB 937 by Senator Gonzalez, restricting flashbang use for crowd control and banning flashbangs and explosive breaching charges in immigration enforcement, and SB 1022, creating a statewide anti-trafficking task force. SB 937 drew support from civil rights and community groups and opposition from police and sheriffs over the use-of-force standard and limits on tactics; it passed out on a vote but remained on call. SB 1022 was supported by survivor and faith groups and opposed by public defenders and sex worker advocates who raised concerns about racial disparities and enforcement harms; it also passed out on a vote. Later, SB 1395, extending criminal protective orders for certain felony sex offenses against minors up to 20 years, and SB 1230, increasing penalties for repeat illegal dumping, were both heard with mixed testimony and were held on call after committee votes. The committee also adopted a consent calendar and several bills were moved forward with amendments.