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• Assembly Member Arambula will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• The Fire Horse calls on us to move with courage, to lead with heart, to claim our space with pride.
• reunion and reflection, we send love and solidarity to our queer Asian community members who continue to lead
• May the Year of the Fire Horse ignite in all of us the passion to serve boldly, to lead wisely, and the

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call and brief procedural business, including approval of a motion to withdraw SB 107 and SB 117 from the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and place them on third reading. Members also approved procedural requests for adjournment-in-memory remarks and guest seating, and later took up the daily file. The main floor item was H.R. 80, a resolution recognizing Lunar New Year. Assembly Member Fong presented the resolution, and several members from different caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing the holiday’s cultural significance, themes of renewal and family, and California’s large AAPI community. The resolution was opened for coauthors, received 62 coauthors, and was then adopted by voice vote. Fong also distributed prosperity cookie boxes to members after passage. The chamber also observed moments of silence for Reverend Jesse Jackson and later for Babatunde Akinlola and Harold Tripp during adjournments in memory. Members gave tributes highlighting Akinlola’s film and education career and Tripp’s leadership in the Karuk Tribe and work on tribal restoration and natural resources. The session ended with announcements of upcoming committee meetings and adjournment until Thursday, February 19 at 9 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Assembly Member Arambula will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
• The Fire Horse calls on us to move with courage, to lead with heart, to claim our space with pride.
• reunion and reflection, we send love and solidarity to our queer Asian community members who continue to lead
• May the Year of the Fire Horse ignite in all of us the passion to serve boldly, the clarity to lead wisely

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Unfortunately, for different organizations and the dietitians, this may lead to later start times for
• This unfortunately does lead to delays in patient care or even more stress and strain on the current
• staff when they are short-staffed, often leading to them working overtime and compromising patient care
• profession, such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, dietitian regulatory boards, and industry-leading

Bills: HB2088

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: nutritional health, dietetic professionals, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare regulation, 904, all

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• Unfortunately, for different organizations and the dietitians, this may lead to later start times for
• This unfortunately does lead to delays in patient care or even more stress and strain on the current
• staff when they are short-staffed, often leading to them working overtime and compromising patient care
• profession, such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, dietitian regulatory boards, and industry-leading

Summary: The Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee met on January 13, with members and staff introducing themselves and the chair reviewing committee procedures for the session, including amendment deadlines and the plan to hold most executive sessions on Tuesdays. The committee had only one bill for public hearing, House Bill 2088, which would enact the Dietitian Licensure Compact. Staff explained that the compact would let licensed dietitians practice across state lines under a compact privilege, while member states retain licensing, investigative, and disciplinary authority. Representative Mari Leavitt, the bill sponsor, said the measure follows Washington’s prior work on interstate licensure compacts and is intended to improve access to care, especially in rural areas, and help military spouses quickly reenter the workforce when they move. Testimony was uniformly supportive. Witnesses from the Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, military and veterans groups, the Council of State Governments, and individual dietitians described the compact as a way to reduce licensing delays, support telehealth, improve continuity of care, and ease burdens on military families. One witness also used the hearing to advocate more broadly for universal licensure recognition, though still in support of the compact. According to the committee, 107 people signed in in support and none opposed the bill. After public testimony closed, the committee made a brief announcement about an upcoming dinner with Washington Students Association student lobbyists, and members then broke into caucuses. No vote on HB 2088 occurred during this meeting, and the session adjourned after the hearing and announcements.

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• Members, before we begin, I'd like to take a moment to thank Speaker Perez for entrusting me with leading
• Sweeney, our policy chief, James Bufanis, our legislative analyst, Sam Jennings, and our administrative lead
• Sweeney, our policy chief, James Bufanis, our legislative analyst, Sam Jennings, and our administrative lead
• More specifically, the legal challenge in BVM was based on a single district, which leads us to the possibility

Summary: The Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting held its first meeting, established a quorum, and opened with remarks from the chair outlining the committee’s purpose and scope. The chair said the committee will focus only on congressional redistricting, will not take public comment at this introductory meeting, and may consider whether to propose a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 session. He emphasized that the work would rely on the 2020 census data, the current congressional map, and the House’s map-drawing software, and he stressed transparency, record retention, and compliance with constitutional prohibitions on drawing districts to favor or disfavor a party or incumbent. House outside counsel Andy Bartos then gave an educational presentation on redistricting basics and legal standards. He distinguished reapportionment from redistricting, explained that Florida was apportioned 28 congressional seats after the 2020 census, and reviewed the one-person, one-vote rule, noting that congressional districts must be drawn with near-exact population equality. He also described census geography and how counties, tracts, block groups, and blocks are used to build districts, and explained that congressional redistricting follows the ordinary legislative process rather than the special process used for state legislative districts. Bartos also covered contiguity, explaining that districts must be one connected piece and that mere point-touching is not enough, while bodies of water within a district do not necessarily break contiguity. No questions were asked after the presentation, no votes were taken, and no public testimony was heard. The meeting ended after the chair thanked attendees and said the committee would meet again the following week.

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• encourage providers to work collaboratively, ensuring that all necessary services in a care plan leading
• I was the lead accountant or the, and part of the management team of a primary, of a network, PPO network
• If Texas does not lead in addressing ethical considerations, other jurisdictions like China and California
• Uh, R Repriglione and Senator Parker helped co-lead that council where the benefits of AI use in Texas

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

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• For over 125 years, the MGA has been a leading voice for Minnesota's food industry.
• </c><00:02:33.440><c> a</c> over 125 years, the MGA has been a over 125 years, the MGA has been a leading
• <c> voice</c><00:02:34.080><c> for</c><00:02:34.400><c> Minnesota's</c><00:02:34.879><c> food</c> leading
• voice for Minnesota's food leading voice for Minnesota's food industry.<00:02:35.519><c> Our</c><00:

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 1534, authored by Representative Keeler, was heard and amended with the A1 amendment, which was adopted without objection. The bill would move the Healthy Eating Here at Home/Market Bucks program from the Department of Humanities to the Department of Health and expand the nutrition incentive program from farmers markets to grocery stores, with the goal of helping SNAP recipients afford fresh fruits and vegetables year-round and leveraging federal matching funds. Representative Keeler said the proposal would better align food insecurity work with health outcomes and support both local consumers and local grocers. The Minnesota Grocers Association testified in support, describing the bill as an expansion of a successful program that would help low-income shoppers and provide added support to retailers, especially small businesses facing rising costs. A testifier, Tamara Walter, also supported the bill as a SNAP recipient and Market Bucks user, saying the program helps her family afford healthier food and that winter access to fresh produce is especially important because of diabetes and celiac disease in her household. There was no public testimony in opposition and no member discussion. The committee then laid the bill over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

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• Edwards, the community room sergeants, the minority lead, Lucero, uh, Vice Chair Boldon, Minnesota Housing
• Edwards, the community room sergeants, the minority lead, Lucero, uh, Vice Chair Boldon, Minnesota Housing
• Edwards, the community room sergeants, the minority lead, Lucero, uh, Vice Chair Boldon, Minnesota Housing
• The minority lead, Lucero, uh, Vice Chair Boldon, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Commissioner Hoe and

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• little bit more about my background and how it has shaped me as well as how and partnership that will lead
• foremost, I want to express my deepest gratitude to Governor DeSantis for his confidence in me to lead
• He lead the department tirelessly for a number of years. This position as one of the Mitt stress.
• as they transition to adulthood post high school graduation and not waiting for circumstances that lead

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• a secret shopper serving a customer over at Minnesota's legal limit, or doing the same that could lead
• 17.479><c> could</c> legal limit or doing the same that could legal limit or doing the same that could lead
• 05:18.600><c> or</c><00:05:18.800><c> fatality</c><00:05:19.800><c> is</c><00:05:19.960><c> not</c> lead
• to an accident or fatality is not lead to an accident or fatality is not good<00:05:20.400><c> for</

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And would you lead us in a word of prayer? And would you lead us in a word of prayer?
• This bill would say you can use your sheriff, or we can give you somebody to lead.
• A lot of people that get elected on a popularity contest a lot of times have no idea how to lead and

Bills: SB82 , SB78 , SB4 , SB6 , SB62 , SB66 , SB77 , SB63 , SB79 , SB53 , SB55 , HB14

Committee: House County and Municipal Government

Keywords: inhalants, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, possession, sale, misdemeanor, felony, criminal penalties, public health, school safety, resource officers, law enforcement, public schools, private schools, liability insurance, contracting, library governance, board appointment, library diversity

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• In addition, he has been a leading 2021.
• Like for instance, leading a to life.
• c> of</c><04:16:51.040><c> the</c> leading the reauthorization of the leading the reauthorization of
• These proposals all lead to the same result.
• These proposals all lead to the costs. These proposals all lead to the same<04:50:53.760><c> result.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• They do not simply participate, they lead.
• They lead.
• And we're really grateful that they are taking these initiatives sooner now in their young lead ages
• AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE TAKING THESE INITIATIVES SOONER NOW IN THEIR YOUNG LEAD AGES
• The only thing that we're leading the world in right now is what not to do in energy policy.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the journal, and took up a series of motions to discharge identical Assembly bills to the Third Reading Calendar, along with committee reports and amendments. The chamber also received an introduction from Senator Gonzalez honoring Maria Raine and her advocacy for guardrails on AI chatbots after the death of her son, and later adopted a Rules Committee report sending several General Business Law bills directly to Third Reading. The resolution calendar was adopted with some exceptions, and the Senate recognized several previously adopted resolutions honoring individuals and observances, including Barnabas McHenry, Arthur Jones Jr., Floyd Todd Peterson III, the Lexington School for the Deaf, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Apraxia Awareness Month, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Prevention Week, Physician Anesthesiologists Week, and Golf Day in New York. The Senate then considered and passed numerous bills, many on consumer protection and public policy topics. Measures included bills on General Business Law, Public Health Law, Correction Law, Environmental Conservation Law, Executive Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Public Officers Law, Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, Public Housing Law, Education Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills were laid aside, including a Public Health Law bill by Senator Fernandez and a Public Service Law bill by Senator Parker. The chamber also passed a concurrent constitutional resolution by Senator Stec proposing an amendment to Article 14. During floor debate, senators explained votes on several measures. Senator Ramos spoke in support of paid sick leave for domestic workers, describing the bill as a long-overdue labor protection for a workforce historically excluded from such rights. Senator Fernandez described her bill as the Manufacturer Disclosure and Transparency Act, aimed at requiring notice and public disclosure of certain pharmaceutical patent settlement agreements to improve transparency and competition in prescription drug pricing. Senator Ryan and Senator Martins supported a bill restricting hidden algorithmic price manipulation online, and Senator May supported a bill limiting excessive rental car fuel charges as part of a broader consumer protection package. The Senate also passed a memorial highway bill naming a portion of Route 19 in LeRoy for Lieutenant Gary A. Scott, with Senator Borrello explaining the veteran’s service and sacrifice.

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• Three, stated that he was leading legislative efforts on the issue.
• </c> Three, stated that he was leading Three, stated that he was leading legislative<00:05:00.640><c>
• NMW, as the organization that I work for, has many facets to it besides leading the Campaign to Save
• the Campaign to Save the leading the Campaign to Save the Boundary<00:21:26.120><c> Waters.
• And, as I stated, NMW leads the coalition branded as the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters.

Committee: House Ethics

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with vulnerability, leading with compassion.
• </c><00:17:30.160><c> with</c> lived experience, leading with lived experience, leading with vulnerability
• ,<00:17:30.960><c> leading</c><00:17:31.240><c> with</c><00:17:31.360><c> compassion.
• </c> vulnerability, leading with compassion. vulnerability, leading with compassion.
• Then we did take up GM 779 earlier in our agenda, which leads us to our last item, which is our final

Committee: Senate Labor and Technology

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several gubernatorial nominations to the Hawaii Workforce Development Council and one nomination to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board. For GM 779, Mark Fong Su Wat said he would bring his experience as an electrician and labor community member to workforce development, and he committed to serving if confirmed. Testimony was unanimously supportive, with 10 in support and none opposed, and the committee voted to recommend advise and consent; the recommendation was adopted. For GM 792, Sheryl Cross sought a second term on the Workforce Development Council and described her work on employer engagement, military veteran affairs, and military spouse employment. In response to questions, she emphasized the need to better connect military spouses, underrepresented workers, and students pursuing trades or non-college pathways to jobs, including through school academies and online hiring initiatives. The item was held for later decision-making. For GM 793, Ashley Lohua, also nominated to the Workforce Development Council, said her focus would be helping people stay in Hawaii by improving job retention, listening to community concerns, and building pathways between sectors. Support testimony highlighted her work with marginalized communities and her empathy and leadership. She told the committee she would use her nonprofit and HR experience to help address vacancies and workforce barriers; the item was also held for later decision-making. For GM 774, Douglas Thomas Moore, nominated to the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board, said his first priority would be reducing the backlog. He proposed using informal conferences and mediation to speed workers’ compensation appeals and suggested recruiting more practitioners, especially younger ones, into the field. The committee noted 11 supportive testimonies and no opposition; no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• And I think that leads into my question with you to represent the regents here now this afternoon.
• We all agree with that, and I'm so proud that we have taken the lead, and the president's taken that
• lead.
• Because that certainly leads to a lot of verbal hearsay and he said, she said.
• What was clearly communicated as relates to a lead-up to the actual termination.

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

Keywords: 970, all

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• Um, I believe that this amendment puts the legislature in the lead on deciding, designing what comes
• ><00:14:32.480><c> on</c><00:14:32.640><c> deciding</c><00:14:33.640><c> uh</c> legislature in the lead
• on deciding uh legislature in the lead on deciding uh designing<00:14:34.280><c> what</c><00:14:34.480
• Um, will the elected chair be the lead of that committee, like we have here?
• of that committee alike uh be the lead of that committee alike uh we<00:29:28.919><c> have</c><00:29

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Cal OES leads the state government when we respond to a disaster so that communities can anticipate and
• laws across the state, leading cities to plan for more than 40,000 new units of housing. ...the state
• , leading cities to plan for more than 40,000 new units of housing, preventing discriminatory land use
• I also have with me today Christine Butler Williams, who is the lead of my Native American and Tribal
• A lack of technical expertise in this area could lead to a lack in public safety if they're not knowing

Summary: The committee heard an overview from Cal OES on disaster response, LA wildfire recovery, federal FEMA reimbursements, security monitoring, and the state’s 911 transition. Cal OES said its budget supports disaster preparedness and recovery, including ongoing work in Los Angeles, where it reported about 700 FEMA public assistance applications totaling roughly $1.2 billion and about $545 million in state wildfire response and recovery funding already allocated under AB 100. Members pressed for more detail on FEMA delays, hazard mitigation grants, federal event planning, and the status of Operation Stonegarden, while also raising concerns about small-disaster recovery, federal shutdown impacts, and the need for more timely reporting. A major portion of the hearing focused on Next Generation 911. Cal OES described problems with the current regional deployment, especially call-routing and transfer failures, and said it now plans to shift to a statewide provider as an interim step, then run an open procurement for a long-term vendor. The agency said it expects to execute a bridging contract in the coming weeks, release an RFP in the second quarter of 2026, award a long-term contract in the fall, begin transitioning Los Angeles-area PSAPs ahead of the 2028 Olympics, and complete statewide migration by summer 2030. The LAO urged the Legislature to pause further implementation until it has more information on the problems, alternatives, costs, privacy/security issues, and oversight needs, and recommended quarterly and monthly reporting if the project proceeds. Several senators echoed concerns about cost, redundancy, cybersecurity, and whether the statewide model could create new risks, and the chair said she would pursue a joint oversight hearing with the Emergency Management Committee and seek input from the State Auditor. The Department of Justice then presented its overall workload and budget pressures. DOJ highlighted its work on fentanyl enforcement, human trafficking, firearms recovery, housing enforcement, consumer protection, environmental and civil rights litigation, and a large federal litigation workload, saying it has filed 59 lawsuits against the Trump administration and won most of them. DOJ said the added federal cases and other mandates have strained existing staff, though 44 additional hires have been made. Members praised DOJ’s work on immigration, housing, and federal accountability, and asked for more information on detention facilities and staffing. The committee also reviewed DOJ’s firearms-related budget proposals. DOJ requested funding for continued firearms IT modernization, implementation of SB 704 on firearm barrels, and a temporary shift of Bureau of Firearms costs to the General Fund. The LAO supported the IT modernization request but recommended funding SB 704 from the Dealer’s Record of Sale Special Account, with startup costs covered by a loan from the Firearm Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, and suggested limiting the General Fund shift to one year and treating it as a loan. The LAO also asked DOJ to develop a framework by January 10, 2027, for deciding which firearm and ammunition workload should be supported by fee revenue rather than the General Fund.

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• Not screening some of these children may lead to them falling through the cracks, not being identified
• In my experience, early recognition can lead to timely interventions, which are essential to stopping
• This lends itself to embedding confirmation bias and logical errors that can easily lead to misdiagnosis
• Under Senate Bill 2826, these very actions could lead to traumatic investigations or even the removal
• Respiratory depression that can lead to death.

Bills: HB136 , HB451 , SB425 , SB466 , SB905 , SB1986 , SB2311 , SB2450 , SB2805 , SB2826 , SB2919 , SB3001 , HB136

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: Medicaid, lactation, healthcare, consultation, reimbursement, maternal health, infant care, commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening

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• It will lead to improved efficiency and housing development.
• So the Governor's proposal isn't necessarily going to lead to savings for administrative costs. want
• So the governor's proposal isn't necessarily going to lead to savings for administrative costs.
• Will the reorganization lead to more efficiency? Will it address a lot of...
• Will the reorganization lead to more efficiency?

Summary: The Assembly Subcommittee on State Administration held a budget hearing focused heavily on housing, homelessness, and related administrative proposals. HCD reported that California housing production has increased, with 2023 completions up 13% from 2022 and entitlement and construction timelines improving, while members and advocates criticized the Governor’s January budget for zeroing out or sharply reducing several housing programs. Public testimony urged funding for affordable housing production, preservation, youth housing, CalHome, LIHTC, HAP, and related programs, and several speakers argued the state should not pull back after recent progress. A major policy item was trailer bill language to allow HCD to access “excess equity” in existing affordable housing projects and recycle those funds into new or preserved housing. HCD and the LAO said the proposal could unlock tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, but members wanted guardrails and clearer statutory direction to ensure the funds stay within the intended housing purposes. The committee also discussed encampment resolution funding; HCD said the proposal would shift expenditure deadlines to the date of award rather than appropriation, while the LAO raised concerns about limited outcome data and urged the Legislature to use upcoming reporting before deciding on future funding. The hearing also covered HCD trailer bills to consolidate default reserve funds into a centralized continuously appropriated account and to clarify reporting requirements for early rounds of the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program. HCD requested funding to implement chaptered legislation, including a new tribal housing program and reporting-related bills, and also sought extensions for certain reappropriations, including Homekey and REAP 2 deadlines. Public commenters and regional agencies supported flexibility for REAP 2 timing and other housing-related adjustments. Finally, the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency presented the Governor’s reorganization proposal to split the current agency into a Housing and Homelessness Agency and a Consumer Protection Agency. The administration said the change would improve focus, efficiency, and coordination, but the LAO and several members questioned whether it would truly save money or improve accountability, especially given the need for new leadership, possible staffing changes, and the fact that the plan had not yet been formally submitted for review. No votes were taken during the hearing.