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• We have 12 counties that apply and we are pro rata.
• Can a city or a county apply? The city arts council can apply or a county arts council can apply.
• Secondly, we focus on the best science.
• , each year of science research in cancer in Texas.
• Cancer moves fast but science moves faster.

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• math and science concepts to real-world scenarios.
• It doesn't apply.
• It doesn't apply.
• They do not address the unfairness as it applies.
• However, it doesn't also apply to traditional schools.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.

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• So, it's not a science; it's anecdotal. This is not hard science, but then I...
• This chapter does not apply.
• We can't ignore the science.
• HB 5 ignores the science.
• Whatever's constitutional needs to be applied.

Bills: HB5

Keywords: hemp, cannabinoids, regulation, occupational licenses, consumable products, marketing, criminal offenses, labeling requirements, health and safety, 997, house, all

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• > landfills<00:16:25.279> or wouldn't apply to current landfills or wouldn't apply to current
• That's the science. This is the science behind this.
• That's the science. This is the science behind this.
• that is just one criteria that we apply. that is just one criteria that we apply.
• <01:42:51.920> to um it says that it doesn't apply to um it says that it doesn't apply to

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The California Council on Science and Technology Policy Fellows places Ph.D.
• of Policy Engagement, and Bethany Hopkins, Science Fellow Program Manager.
• As a science fellow, I get the... Applause.
• science.
• Rustici Endowed Specialist in Rangeland Watershed Science.

Summary: The Assembly met on July 17, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then moved through a long ceremonial and floor session. The chamber recognized the 2025 Science and Technology Policy Fellows, the 2024-25 Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellows, and the 2025 Assembly Fellows, and also heard guest introductions honoring Brad Webb of Legislative Counsel, youth advocates supporting AB 1231, the Live Oak Lady Lions softball team, the new UC President J.B. Milliken, the Rohnert Park 11-and-under Cal Ripken All-Star team, and arts leaders from Auburn. The Assembly also took up several procedural motions, including removing some bills from the consent calendar and noting absences. On the floor, members adopted ACR 12 designating November 1 as Fernando Valenzuela Day, with broad support and 66 co-authors, and later adopted H.R. 56 recognizing August 2025 as Chicano Heritage Month, with 65 co-authors. The Assembly also adopted ACR 101 naming a portion of State Highway Route 46 the James Dean Memorial Highway, and H.R. 50 proclaiming November 25, 2025, as Elimination of Violence Against Women Day, with members emphasizing survivor support and prevention. In each case, authors and supporters highlighted the cultural, historical, or public-safety significance of the measures. The chamber also concurred in Senate amendments on several bills, including AB 359 on the Political Reform Act, AB 594 on student health insurance protections, AB 1085 banning license plate obstruction devices and penalizing sellers, AB 1286 on public employment transparency, and AB 1505, the Agriculture Committee omnibus bill. AJR 14, urging federal attention to the impact of tariffs on California ports, passed 44-1 after debate over trade policy and port jobs. AJR 17, calling for modernization of immigration law and a pathway to lawful status for long-term undocumented residents, passed 47-7 after extensive debate focused on immigrant families, the economy, and federal enforcement actions. The Assembly also adopted the resolutions by voice vote where required and recorded the roll-call results for the joint resolutions.

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• So it does apply to those counties who have charter schools.
• It's referring up to subsection 2, which is the subsection that applies only for Clark County, where
• up to subsection 2 of this section, which applies only to Clark County based on the number of pupils
• It says that now for ELA, science, and math teachers, their evaluations will be based on examinations
• How does that apply? Steve Canavero: That's not my understanding of how it would apply.

Keywords: 909, all

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• That makes a big difference when you apply the reduction to state operations.
• That apply to most other state agencies in the current year.
• Currently, credit for prior learning... learning is applied at the margins of our operations.
• I am a student from San Jose State University and I'm majoring in political science.
• I'm a fourth-year PhD student at UC Davis, specializing in food science.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm a master's prepared science nurse and registered nurse.
• Shelton, I can see where it could apply.
• It would also apply; it often applies to things like gas stations, like leaking energy underground storage
• CERCLA applies to what industry? Yes. And CERCLA applies to any industry.
• This applies for oil and gas, and this applies for a carbon storage project. Every time you do a...

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• We are working hard to continue improving our math, ELA, and science scores.
• In science, they cannot find them.
• So we need to make sure our kids are strong enough in math and science.
• It's at 15%, and science is at 25% in the region. It is at 25%.
• to an Associate of Science degree at the community college they attend.

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• It would encourage a rush to apply for temporary permits, discourage a permit from applying for a needed
• <00:36:56.119> to the ru making process will not apply to the ru making process will not apply
• <00:37:00.079> for it would encourage a rush to apply for it would encourage a rush to apply
• My science teacher would be really excited about that. But I'm seeing oil a lot, gas and oil.
• traditional ecological knowledge science traditional ecological knowledge science and<01:47:04.880

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But I just wanted to let you know some of this about the science of PTSD and remind you that some of
• Hope is the chance that science might move fast enough to matter and to make a difference.
• This piece of legislation applies to the coyotes bringing people across the border in groups.
• We're friends and have been friends for many years, and that should apply.
• Again, remember state providers; IPRA doesn't apply. to non-state providers.

Bills: SB41, SB33, SB32, SB30

Keywords: sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, individualized treatment, investigational treatment, health care, life-threatening illness, patient rights, physician recommendation, informed consent, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child protection, prosecution, crime amendments, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting

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• <00:30:24.040> Serving math, and 36 points in science.
• Serving math, and 36 points in science.
• points in science. points in science.
• in engineering and applied statistics at Purdue University.
• in engineering and applied statistics at Purdue University.

Bills: HB1576, HB2490, HB1546, HB1588

Keywords: HB1576, Hawaii film industry, DBEDT, BLNR, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Board of Land and Natural Resources, film permits, motion picture production, television production, commercial filming, digital media tax credit, film production tax credit, public notice, transparency, state lands, film studio, land set-aside, revocable permit, memorandum of agreement, memorandum of understanding

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• But we took a hard look at the science, the science that you support by investing in our department,
• advisory committee made up of experts in marine ecology, social science, Science Advisory Committee,
• She's a science officer for the Ocean Science Trust.
• about Ocean Science Trust.
• We are using science, but we're not just sitting around waiting for the science to be perfect before

Summary: The Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture held its annual State of the Fishery forum, focusing on salmon, Dungeness crab, kelp, ocean conditions, and related aquaculture and committee reports. Opening remarks from committee leadership emphasized climate impacts, reduced federal NOAA support, state investments through Proposition 4, coastal resilience funding, and the importance of fisheries to rural economies and tribal communities. Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot described a decade of drought and climate stress, highlighted progress such as Klamath River dam removal, wetland restoration, and the state’s salmon strategy, and warned that federal funding uncertainty and staffing cuts could undermine restoration and fishery recovery efforts. Senator Cortese raised concerns about illegal cannabis cultivation damaging riparian habitat and water flows, and both Crowfoot and Fish and Wildlife Director Bonham said enforcement against illicit grows remains a major environmental priority but is constrained by resources. Director Bonham provided a broad update on California fisheries, reporting encouraging signs for salmon after several difficult years, including improved ocean conditions, stronger returns in some runs, and successful short recreational openings in 2025. He also noted major challenges, including reduced federal hatchery production at Nimbus, ongoing uncertainty around winter-run and spring-run recovery, and the need for continued habitat restoration, monitoring, and hatchery investment. On Dungeness crab, Bonham said the fishery remained valuable but constrained by whale entanglement risk, warming ocean conditions, and domoic acid concerns; he described new marked-line distribution, ropeless and alternative gear trials, and ongoing aerial and vessel monitoring. He also said the department’s unified cannabis enforcement task force had served numerous warrants and seized large amounts of illegal cannabis, but more funding is needed for sustained operations. In the salmon panel, Yurok Tribe fisheries director McCovey said the Klamath still faces low run sizes, climate-driven warming, wildfire impacts, and federal uncertainty, but he pointed to dam removal, restoration work, and AB 263’s river-flow protections as major advances. PCFFA president Bradshaw stressed that the three consecutive salmon closures have devastated coastal communities and argued for major reinvestment in aging Central Valley hatchery infrastructure and better broodstock management at Fall Creek. CalTrout’s Schneider said salmon remain at risk statewide, but cited Prop 4, habitat reconnection, floodplain restoration, improved water management, and monitoring as the main tools for recovery. In the crab panel, CDFW’s Schumann reported that the 2024–25 season produced record prices per pound and about $55 million in value despite delays and trap reductions, but he warned that three confirmed whale entanglements and elevated whale presence could force a conservative opener for 2025–26. PCFFA’s Domrash supported marked line, alternative gear, and a new gear-recovery network, while also criticizing the current ramp system as a response to a problem not fully grounded in science.

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Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The exempt information applies only to consumer information.
• The exempt information applies only to consumer information. Insolvent insurance company.
• This has been proven science for the last 50 years. This is why we have healthy teeth.
• Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and
• This Legislature is not composed of experts in health policy or dental science.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions recognizing guests, family members, and a USF Day at the Capitol presentation. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar, where it first passed two Open Government Sunset Review bills: CS/SB 7010, preserving a public records exemption for certain Department of Financial Services receiver information, and SB 7008/HB 7003, preserving confidentiality for financial technology sandbox application records. Both measures passed unanimously. The Senate also passed CS/SB 1430 on post-judgment execution proceedings relating to terrorism, a bill intended to help victims enforce judgments against terrorist entities, and CS/CS/SB 910 on veterans benefits assistance, aimed at improving veterans’ access to benefits and transition support. Additional measures passed included CS/CS/CS/SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands, SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems, CS/CS/CS/SB 700, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, and several claims bills, including relief for Darlene Angerville and J.R., Eric and Jennifer Miles on behalf of EEM, and Marcus Button. SB 994 on driver’s license education requirements also passed after an amendment making texting while driving a moving violation with points and a distracted-driving course requirement. The most extended debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 700, where senators discussed provisions on fluoride in drinking water, labeling of plant-based products, drone penalties, charity registration, agricultural housing, and other agriculture-related policy changes. Several amendments on fluoride were offered and defeated, while a technical amendment on financial institution definitions was adopted. Senators also briefly discussed the policy implications of the bill’s fluoride language and its relationship to local control and public health. Several other bills on the calendar were temporarily postponed, and at the end of the session the Senate adopted motions to certify passed bills to the House, retain postponed bills on the special order calendar, and remove CS/SB 7016 from the special order calendar. The Senate then adjourned until April 16.

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• What California currently lacks is the statutory framework needed to apply for and receive this federal
• The science is ready, the clinicians are ready; SB 1224 makes California ready.
• What California currently lacks as the statutory framework needed to apply for and receive this federal
• The science is ready, the clinicians are ready, SB 1224 makes California ready.
• Did that apply also to convictions pertinent to the job, the vocation, so...

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I've also served as the Science Board of the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas. Thank you.
• records that applies to school districts.
• There's a similar system that applies to charter schools that is less specific.
• And we'd be happy to support this bill if it was amended to apply.
• And I realize someone just apply and across the board, treat them all the same.

Bills: HB2008, HB2075, HB2203, HB2395, HB2409

Keywords: school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency

Summary: The committee took up several education bills. HB 2395 would create a voluntary Arizona School Fitness Program in ADE to recognize schools that participate in nationally recognized fitness testing or events and allow the designation on school report cards. Supporters, including the sponsor and outside witnesses, argued it would encourage student activity and support the whole child; the bill passed with a 6-0 do pass recommendation. HB 2409, the Getting Arizona Ready for AI Act, would create a voluntary summer AI course program through ADE with curriculum on digital hygiene, civic integrity, and AI for small business/entrepreneurship, with optional facility use and academic credit. The sponsor said it was meant to prepare students for AI-driven job disruption without requiring new appropriations; it passed 4-2. HB 2203 would direct ADE to review public school and agency reporting requirements for duplicative, expired, or obsolete reports and recommend consolidation or repeal, and an amendment making a technical correction was adopted before the bill passed 6-0. HB 2008 would bar school libraries from using public money to pay dues to certain professional library associations; opponents from Secular AZ and the ACLU argued it was viewpoint discrimination and a threat to professional association rights, but the bill still received a do pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote, with one member explaining a no vote because the problem did not exist. The committee also heard HB 2075, which would require school districts to submit superintendent and CFO employment contracts to ADE, post them online, keep them available for five years after termination, and create a searchable database with compensation details. The Goldwater Institute supported the bill, citing difficulty obtaining contracts through public records requests and examples of very high superintendent compensation and opaque contract terms; the Arizona School Administrators opposed the bill as singling out districts while not applying to charters or other public-dollar schools, though they said they could support it if expanded to all schools receiving public funds. Members debated whether charters are political subdivisions and whether the bill should extend to charters and ESAs, and some discussion also focused on transparency and public records access. The bill ultimately received a 4-2 do pass recommendation.

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• I am even more fortunate to be applying to medical school, where I plan to utilize my tuition waiver.
• House Bill 20 creates the Applied Sciences Pathway Program, which will provide an efficient pathway for
• , and history—to be taught in an applied manner by a technical institution in the state.
• I don't believe that there currently exists an applied course. Maryland's shaking her head, yes.
• Of how it would be applied legally, how many cases?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• During the interim, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence examined whether the junk science law
• When the 11.073 was enacted, it stood as a commitment to Texans that science...
• In our criminal trials, science was not just a sword of the state, but also a shield for the wrongfully
• Almost 40% of the junk science claims presented to them were never reached on the merits at all.
• The fixes in House Bill 115 would ensure that innocent people convicted based on junk science have a

Bills: HB115, HB 115, HB507, HB1765, HB1847, HB2046, HB2239, HB2328, HB2309, HB2417, HB2728, HB2794, HB3206, HB3566, HB3694, HB3744, HB4254, HB4697, HB4733, HB4915, HB5465, HB2813

Keywords: public funds, lobbying, political subdivision, government spending, transparency, HB 115, taxpayer-funded lobbying, local government lobbying, county association dues, municipal lobbying, lobbyist registration, Chapter 305, Government Code Section 556.0056, Local Government Code Section 89.002, county government, city government, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, state association of counties, sheriffs association

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• My name is Zachary Leonard, and I'm here on behalf of the New Mexico Partnership for Math and Science
• My name is Zachary Leonard, and I'm here on behalf of the New Mexico Partnership for Math and Science
• However, that same courtesy has not been applied to individuals who have, quote, end quote, dyscalculia
• I teach mathematics courses for teachers in the elementary math and science specialist master's program
• So on page 2, line 22, changing the number 2027 to 2028, to apply to licenses issued on or after July

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention