Transcript Highlights:

• I said, no, my part, I understand, and I pay taxes on the motorcycle I bought from him.
• It's the most used corridor in this particular part of my district.
• It's the most used corridor in this particular part of my district.
• I agree with part of that.
• Domain: It's part of seafood safety, yes.

Bills: HR94 , HR95 , HR96 , HR97 , HR98 , HR99 , HR100 , HR101 , HR102 , HR103 , HR104 , HR105 , HR106 , HR107 , HR108 , HR109 , HR110 , HR111 , HCR45 , HCR46 , HCR47 , HCR48 , HCR49 , HCR50 , HR92 , HR93 , HCR44 , SB11 , SB72 , SB78 , SB151 , SB207 , SB210 , SB219 , SB241 , SB286 , SB324 , SB351 , SB376 , SB409 , SB411 , HR74 , HCR26 , HB4 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB244 , HB288 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB380 , HB392 , HB403 , HB420 , HB459 , HB476 , HB513 , HB540 , HB596 , HB608 , HB615 , HB631 , HB637 , HB648 , HB665 , HB682 , HB789 , HB813 , HB815 , HB835 , HB870 , HB905 , HB915 , HB933 , HB938 , HB944 , HB971 , HB987 , HB1040 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HB81 , HB134 , HB154 , HB163 , HB170 , HB194 , HB217 , HB220 , HB254 , HB259 , HB290 , HB308 , HB311 , HB360 , HB382 , HB401 , HB410 , HB417 , HB463 , HB575 , HB592 , HB718 , HB723 , HB750 , HB755 , HB776 , HB812 , HB844 , HB882 , HB888 , HB961 , HB966 , HB980 , HB54 , HB67 , HB73 , HB125 , HB133 , HB158 , HB168 , HB169 , HB191 , HB195 , HB245 , HB280 , HB283 , HB296 , HB319 , HB339 , HB399 , HB407 , HB448 , HB550 , HB591 , HB826 , HB995 , HB1085 , HB1086 , HB722 , HB140 , HB468 , HB546 , HB746 , HB842 , HB923 , HB166 , HB349 , HB352 , HB429 , HB436 , HB588 , HB747 , HB780 , HB782 , HB911 , HB827 , HB953 , HB796 , HB901 , HB9 , HB52 , HB58 , HB193 , HB284 , HB400 , HB570 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB733 , HB735 , HB868 , HB952

Keywords: Sanfilippo Syndrome, awareness, genetic disorder, cognitive impairment, Louisiana, Alzheimer's, dementia, caregivers, public health, health education, civil bench warrants, judgment debtors, notification process, judgment debtor examination, Louisiana State Law Institute, Knock Knock Children's Museum, early childhood education, economic development, community engagement, Louisiana legislature

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long morning of personal privileges, commemorations, and resolution introductions. Members recognized Coca-Cola United for its Louisiana economic impact and community work, designated April 7 as Coca-Cola Day, celebrated Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Day, Dad’s Day, and other guests and honorees, including a science fair participant, Jack and Jill of America, and a birthday recognition. The House also introduced numerous resolutions on topics including awareness days, condolences, civic education, health, and local commemorations, and several were adopted or advanced without objection. The chamber then took up a series of bills and committee reports. Among the measures advanced were bills on constitutional convention procedures, criminal justice and post-conviction relief, public meetings, health care, education, insurance, natural resources, and local government. Several bills were reported favorably or with amendments and moved to third reading, including measures on school resource officers, pharmacy benefit managers, rural health clinics, the LSU Energy Institute, and live broadcasting of public meetings. The House also passed bills recreating the Department of Treasury, requiring cash acceptance or cash-to-credit options at state public facilities, funding municipal fire and police civil service administration, naming a highway segment for Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, and clarifying legislative review of certain contract amendments. Floor debate centered on a few substantive bills. HB 134, which would prohibit platforms from delivering pornography to minor accounts and authorize Attorney General enforcement, passed 98-0. HB 170, clarifying when the prescriptive period begins for certain construction-related claims, passed 89-7 after discussion of substantial completion and owner occupancy. HB 217, creating an optional property tax exemption for rehabilitation of blighted residential property, passed 83-13 after amendment. HB 259, addressing damage to infrastructure during broadband excavation and requiring notice, repair, and payment accountability, passed 98-0 after amendments. HB 308, requiring state public facilities to accept cash or provide a cash-to-credit machine, passed 98-0. HB 360, naming a highway memorial for Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, passed 101-0. HB 382, streamlining budget committee review of certain contract amendments, passed 96-0. The House also debated HB 410, a privacy bill requiring notice when a participant in a direct in-person conversation is being recorded, with exceptions for law enforcement, evidence of crime, and certain civil or administrative proceedings. Members raised concerns about the scope of the exceptions, undercover journalism, and the relationship to Louisiana’s one-party consent wiretapping law, but the bill’s sponsor said it would not change criminal wiretapping law and was modeled on other states’ approaches. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote shown for HB 410.

Transcript Highlights:

• With no time to waste and results coming in by the minute, do your part to help the campaign until the
• c><00:05:10.920><c> minute,</c><00:05:11.280><c> do</c><00:05:11.400><c> your</c><00:05:11.560><c> part
• </c><00:05:11.800><c> to</c><00:05:11.880><c> help</c> in by the minute, do your part to help in by the
• minute, do your part to help the<00:05:12.120><c> campaign</c><00:05:12.760><c> until</c><00:05:12.960
• </c><00:47:41.440><c> I</c> it is part of their job and role. I it is part of their job and role.

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And we already do, or at least we pretend to, say that we are a part-time legislature.
• What she's discussing is not part of this legislation. Thank you.
• We are a part-time legislature. It's in our rules. We are a part-time legislature.
• What this bill does, it gives a set deadline every year for us to truly be that part-time.
• Let's truly be this part-time legislature. Let's make April 30th the best day of the year.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our load-serving entities, for the most part, are contracting with California resources.
• As a part of the portfolio in the years ahead? I'll take a stab at that.
• And so there's been, that's part of the reason why this has taken longer than normal.
• This is part of our resource adequacy regime.
• This is part of our resource adequacy regime.

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There were several of us who used to travel to Louisville and other parts of the region like Cincinnati
• :04:04.880><c> Louisville</c><00:04:05.320><c> and</c><00:04:05.440><c> other</c><00:04:05.680><c> parts
• </c><00:04:06.160><c> of</c> travel to Louisville and other parts of travel to Louisville and other parts
• </c> even my own daughter who had been a part even my own daughter who had been a part of<00:08:36.880
• </c> Culinary has always been an integral part of all the events we do.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met and first heard a presentation from Johnny Cole III, president and CEO of the African American Forum in Lexington. Cole described the organization’s 30-plus year history, its signature events and programs, and its mission to promote African American arts, culture, education, and community development. He said the group has reached more than 60,000 people through events and more than 90,000 students through its arts partnership work, and estimated its programs have generated about $4.5 million in local economic impact. He also outlined a proposed legacy project in Lexington’s First Council District that would include a facility, culinary kitchen, food court, mobile truck, and expanded communications and internship opportunities, and said the organization was seeking a $3 million state request to help purchase a building and expand its mission. The committee then discussed a juvenile justice funding proposal presented by Senator Catoria Herring. Herring said the bill would create a juvenile justice fund for prevention, early intervention, alternatives to detention, re-entry, and wraparound services, with money coming from state appropriations, gifts, grants, and federal funds. She said the proposal was based on her experience in juvenile justice and on concerns that the state has invested heavily in detention facilities but not enough in upstream services. She cited recent facility spending and said the bill would seek $9 million. Members asked how the fund would work, who could apply, and how it would be overseen; Herring said she envisioned a grant program open to local governments, law enforcement, nonprofits, and school districts, with reporting requirements and oversight through the juvenile justice system. No vote was taken, and the discussion ended with general support and a suggestion to adjust the request amount to a round $9 million figure.

Transcript Highlights:

• How um hardened is our grid and what resources simply would be lost if we lose substantial parts of our
• and and I they had some from its parts and and I they had some their<00:09:29.360><c> suggestions</c
• </c><00:11:44.800><c> of</c> be lost if we lose substantial parts of be lost if we lose substantial parts
• natural gas can be part of the energy<00:16:12.800><c> supply</c><00:16:13.199><c> picture</c><00:16
• We manage it, and waste to energy is certainly needs to be a viable part of that.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're part of the MISO grid.
• We're part of the MISO grid.
• </c> play an important part of our economy. play an important part of our economy.
• Daily average minimum part of the state.
• That's part of the RDA proposal for this coming year.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• but the one part of the process that I clearly have frustrations on.
• And as far as I'm aware, at least for my part, good eye there. For my part, I have no particular.
• So here's the second part of the question I've got.
• To not worry about the percentage part.
• We work very hard and we work very well together for the most part, I’m sure.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, approved the House Journal by a 107-1 vote, and then spent much of the day on introductions of guests, family members, interns, and public servants. Members recognized visitors including family of legislators, a park ranger honored for life-saving work, substance-use treatment advocates, nonprofit and apprenticeship program representatives, students, and staff. The chamber also received committee reports and Senate messages, including a conference committee appointment on House Bill 2818 and fiscal review reports recommending passage of Senate Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 1062. The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 on public education. The budget chair explained the conference report as providing $8.4 billion for K-12 and the Office of Childhood, with disputes over funding sources and the foundation formula. Several members argued the bill underfunded schools by about $190 million and objected to using blind pension and projected ARPA/lottery-related funds; others defended the budget as record-level funding and emphasized that the total education dollars were unchanged, only the funding mix differed. A substitute motion to reject the conference report and send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report on House Bill 2 was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68. The House then adopted and passed House Bill 3 on higher education, after debate over a proposed performance-based funding model and language directing the department to develop a new formula by the end of the year. Members generally supported keeping funding flat this year while studying a longer-term model. House Bill 4, covering Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27, with discussion of rural roads funding and transportation investments. The House also took up House Bill 5 on the Office of Administration and IT consolidation/accountability, with the sponsor describing it as the central state-government operations bill; debate on that measure began before the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• The tax credits that were part of H-DIP, right?
• And that was part of the rationale and thinking behind advancing it. Thank you.
• And that was part of the rationale and thinking behind advancing it. Thank you.
• And I think part of that is obviously the new administration and your team.
• And that's part of the reason why trains were literally on fire a few years ago.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The more we can get people outside, and I think part of it is due to the new cool thing in schools is
• One of the greatest outcomes of the student angling part of it is really not just engaging the youth,
• This is how it is handled all across the northern part of the state.
• </c><00:20:08.240><c> of</c> Handled all across the northern part of the state.
• </c> prefer to have it laid over and uh part prefer to have it laid over and uh part of<01:10:24.679>

Bills: HF647 , HF2824 , HF1249 , HF623 , HF820

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: water appropriation, aquifer management, potable water, water conservation, environmental policy, fishing regulation, angling, sustainability, biodiversity, game fish, Carley State Park, Minnesota state parks, state lands, park boundary expansion, Wabasha County, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, public lands, land acquisition, park addition

Transcript Highlights:

• Number one, what part of the language do you like, and what part of the language are you concerned with
• Part of the investment through Cal CDSS to be the...
• That was part of SBR 6, so we are still within that.
• Hopefully it's the earlier part of quarter of 2026.
• Hopefully it's the earlier part of quarter of 2026.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held an informational hearing on child welfare, foster care, child support, and related prevention efforts. The chair opened by emphasizing mandated reporting reform, foster care system improvements, and community-based prevention, and noted that no votes would be taken. Public testimony focused first on mandated reporting, where a lived-experience advocate and several organizations argued that the current system overreports families, especially Black, Native, and Latino families, causes trauma, and should be reformed through standardized training, clearer thresholds, and stronger community supports rather than more hotline referrals. Casey Family Programs cited data showing nearly 90% of reports are unsubstantiated, while CDSS said it is already forming a Mandated Reporting Advisory Committee, updating training, and exploring community pathways and possible changes to the list of mandated reporters. CWDA and SEIU supported training and alternative response concepts but stressed child safety, county capacity, funding, and the need for careful implementation and accountability. The committee then discussed a proposal to create a foster care multi-agency office within the California Health and Human Services Agency, led by a chief foster youth advocate with authority to coordinate across departments. Advocates said foster youth often need services from education, health, housing, and behavioral health systems that do not coordinate well, and argued that a central office with real authority could improve placement stability and access to services. CDSS responded that existing structures already provide coordination, including AB 2083 interagency teams, the Child Welfare Council, complex care steering committees, and the foster care ombudsperson, but said it was open to technical assistance. Members raised concerns about whether the new office would have enough authority and funding to avoid becoming another layer of bureaucracy, and the chair emphasized the need for real “teeth” and better interagency action. The final major topic was the continuation and expansion of Promise Neighborhoods. A community leader described strong early results from the state-funded neighborhoods, including improved kindergarten readiness, reduced chronic absenteeism, higher graduation rates, food access, housing supports, and mental health services, but warned that current funding sunsets in June 2025 and that a fiscal cliff could jeopardize staff and services. CDSS said the four funded neighborhoods have reported positive outcomes and valuable flexibility, but also noted challenges with one-time funding, student mental health, and long-term planning. Assemblymember Mia Bonta urged continued investment, saying the place-based model is difficult to rebuild once lost, and the chair asked LAO to help identify the minimum funding needed to preserve the existing infrastructure while evaluation results are still pending.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's part of my job, so yes, thank you, I will be doing that.
• </c> legislative changes that's that's part legislative changes that's that's part of<00:20:17.120><c
• And I can say a lot of our part-time clerks who are in two to three days a week part-time, they do not
• </c><00:33:43.360><c> or</c> things when they're part-time or things when they're part-time or volunteers
• </c><00:37:51.240><c> it</c> It equates to a lot of moving parts.

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And there are other parts of California that have fires and other disasters.
• Aisha Kareem, and I'm also a part of the organization.
• Sorry, I'm just making sure I'm reading the right part of page 13.
• And so now it's time for us to make it a part of California's permanent program.
• And so now it's time for us to make it a part of California's permanent program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• **Toby**: Part of what this was all about.
• That's all a part of the plan, right?
• Part of that comes through technology and part of it also comes through a reimagining and really doing
• I think your agency is a huge part of that.
• Part of it is technology.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, so to the first question about why so much of the funds go to Hibbing, part of it is, if
• of the formula that calculates the part of the formula that calculates a<00:18:17.960><c> city's</c>
• That's not in the Iron Range, but that is in my district, the very southern part of my district.
• But the operative part of the bill really is just the change, the strikeout on page two, line three,
• The operative part of the bill is 1.7. This was brought to me by a constituent, Renee McGrath.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And that was a conversation that I was really honored to be a part of, and of course want to thank our
• And in my view, ACA 20 is an essential part of that solution. And here is why.
• And we need citizens to do their part now.
• The leadership has done its part, prepared a very... ...part now.
• So they would be part of that amount that's subtracted from all taxes.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so now's the fun part where we get to wait until the members of the Senate join us and, you know,
• You know, ahead of time as part of this bill.
• I think that the important part of this bill is the coordination with the local entities so that they
• I do want to reiterate— But it's just part of living there.
• But I think that's part of the challenge that we're trying to address here, whether these niche areas

Committee: House Emergency Management

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• To all of today's honorees, those with us, those who are part of the historical Women of Distinction,
• With the distinct honor of recognizing the remarkable women Being celebrated as part of our 2026 New
• And we hope that they stay in the county because we welcome people from other parts of the world, and
• And we hope that they stay in the county because we welcome people from other parts of the world, and
• And we hope that they stay in the county because we welcome people from other parts of the world, and

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on May 4, 2026, approved the prior journal, and then took up a series of resolutions and floor bills. The chamber first adopted a resolution honoring Carlos Beltran on his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, with several senators praising his Mets career, athletic achievements, and philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The Senate also adopted resolutions recognizing the 2026 Women of Distinction, including tributes to living honorees and posthumous recognition of Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Dr. Hazel Dukes, and later adopted resolutions commemorating May Day and Panama’s Black Heritage Month. A Queens Chamber of Commerce resolution also prompted extensive remarks celebrating Queens’ diversity, small businesses, immigrant communities, and cultural institutions. On legislation, the Senate recalled two bills from the Assembly and restored them to the third reading calendar by a 62-0 reconsideration vote. The chamber then passed a long list of bills, including measures affecting public health, agriculture and markets, insurance, criminal procedure, public officers, labor, not-for-profit corporations, and executive law. Several bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, while a few drew recorded opposition, including the environmental conservation bill on animal cruelty and the public health bill on Calendar 840. Supportive floor explanations emphasized animal welfare, protections for abandoned pets, and other public-interest reforms. The Senate also heard brief explanatory remarks on some bills, such as concerns about animals left behind in vacated housing and the treatment of wild animals in traveling circuses. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until Wednesday, May 6, at 3:00 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Those results, in part, we think, contributed to what we've seen over the last five years, which is a
• So this may just be part and parcel of that.
• As part of the work that you do, and certainly that we are seeing more... ...part of the work that you
• So I appreciate his partnership, and I really appreciate him being part of this committee.
• And I really appreciate him being part of this committee, and I know my colleagues feel the same.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules established a quorum and first approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Rick Simpson to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Trinidad Solis, M.D., and Gerald Talbert, M.D., to the Medical Board of California. The committee also approved reference of bills to committees and floor acknowledgments before moving to State Bar appointments requiring testimony. The committee heard from George Cardona, reappointed as Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar, who described reforms made after the Girardi matter, efforts to reduce discipline disparities, backlog reduction measures, and staffing shortages tied to a vacancy rate and increased incoming complaints. Senators questioned him about safeguards against misconduct, the John Eastman disbarment case, discipline disparities affecting Black and Latino attorneys, unauthorized practice of law by notarios, and the use of AI in complaints and pleadings. Public witnesses from the State Bar, SEIU Local 1000, and others supported his confirmation, and the committee voted 3-0 to advance him to the full Senate. The committee then heard from Laura Enderton Speed, nominated as Executive Director of the State Bar. She emphasized restoring public trust, improving operations, addressing the February 2025 bar exam problems, and strengthening discipline and admissions processes. Senators asked about the State Bar’s structural budget deficit, the ongoing audit and investigations related to the bar exam, conflict-of-interest safeguards after Girardi, and plans for the future of the bar exam. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted 5-0 to advance her nomination to the Senate floor. The meeting concluded with final votes on the earlier items, thanks to Senator Jones for his service on the committee, and adjournment to executive session after a cake presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• &gt;&gt; All I'm saying is I'm very much a part of London.
• While I did not serve personally, I am part of a military family.
• While I did not serve personally, I am part of a military family.
• While I did not serve personally, I am part of a military family.
• So I'm glad to hear that that's part of it. All right, I think we're done with you.

Bills: HF3727 , HF3684 , HF3467

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards