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• the most well-preserved, complete place in America.
• The Locke Historic District in the Delta, in the Third Senate District, is, according to the National
• The Locke Historic District is the largest, most complete, best-preserved example of a rural agricultural
• Located in the heart of the historic San Jose Japantown, the museum serves over 9,000 annual visitors
• While cognition is often preserved, the body steadily fails. Sadly, there is no cure.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journals, and removed SB 830 from the inactive file for return to the Assembly. It then took up several gubernatorial appointments, including Clint Kellum as Director of the Cannabis Control, Jennifer Osborne as Director of Industrial Relations, and two Medical Board of California appointments, Dr. Trinidad Solis and Dr. Gerald Tolbrook. Each appointment was confirmed by roll call, with broad support and no recorded opposition. The chamber also adopted SR 97 recognizing Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. Senators from multiple caucuses spoke in support, highlighting AAPI contributions to California, histories of exclusion and solidarity, and the importance of visibility and representation. The resolution passed 39-0. The Senate also recognized numerous AAPI community leaders and honorees on the floor, including Kay Buck and Mira Sorvino for anti-trafficking advocacy, and later several additional guests and community figures. Members then adopted several other resolutions by unanimous consent: SCR 168 designating Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, SCR 148 declaring GM1 gangliosidosis awareness day, SR 95 proclaiming ALS Awareness Month, SCR 156 for Stroke Awareness Month, and SR 110 recognizing Hospital Week in California. Floor remarks focused on public safety, rare disease awareness, stroke recovery and aphasia, and the role of hospitals and health care workers. The Senate also honored retiring California Professional Firefighters president Brian Rice with extensive tributes to his labor leadership, firefighter safety work, and disaster response advocacy. The meeting concluded with the remaining appointment confirmations and adjournment until May 14, 2026.

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• Historically, Florida has been, you know, in a number two spot nationally, right behind Kentucky.
• Are there conversations to say, you know, we want to preserve this industry at minimum for five years
• The Florida thoroughbred industry has a profound impact on the state economy and the preservation of
• You know, expounding a little bit on what Tom Ventura said, historically, racing started in the state
• You know, expounding a little bit on what Tom Venture said, you know, historically, racing started in

Summary: The Commerce Committee held its first meeting, took roll, established a quorum, and heard opening remarks from the chair, vice chair, and ranking member emphasizing the committee’s broad scope and focus on Florida’s economy and daily-life issues. The committee then considered several bills, with members and staff noting the agenda included four bills and a PCS. The first measures dealt with insurance and consumer regulation. CS/HB 367 on home and service warranty associations was explained as allowing financial requirements to be met through one or more contractual liability policies and reducing certain filing requirements; an amendment adding requirements for liability insurance coverage was adopted, and the bill passed favorably. HB 655 on pet insurance and wellness programs created a regulatory framework for pet insurance and also passed favorably. HB 6015, which deleted the word “reusable” from the wine keg statute, had brief support testimony and passed favorably. The committee spent the most time on CS/HB 105, a strike-all PCS on thoroughbred permit holders and decoupling racing from gaming. The sponsor said the revised bill would decouple racing and gaming while adding protections for the thoroughbred industry, including a notice period before racing could stop, permit transferability, and changes to how breeders’ and owners’ funds are administered. Supporters argued the bill would preserve and strengthen the industry through clearer rules and more direct support, while opponents—horsemen, breeders, trainers, veterinarians, and related businesses—warned it would harm a major rural industry, threaten jobs, and favor casino interests. After extensive debate, the strike-all was adopted and the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote. Finally, HB 11 on municipal water and sewer utility rates was presented as correcting an unintended consequence in surcharge law for utilities owned by one municipality but located in another. Testimony focused on the fairness of the current surcharge structure and the impact on Miami Gardens and North Miami Beach. After debate about negotiation, parity, and local impacts, the bill passed favorably. The committee then adjourned after its first meeting.

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• The bond would fund the construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing,
• Historically, it really should be more competitive than it has been historically.
• I'm conflicted because I have historically supported anything for foster youth.
• Preserving naturally occurring affordable housing is central to meeting the fair housing goals embedded
• Historically, mobile home parks have had a significant amount of protections in place in the state of

Summary: The committee heard several housing-related measures, beginning with SB 222 by Senator Wiener, the Heat Pump Access Act. The bill would streamline permitting for heat pump water heaters and HVAC systems, allow virtual contractor participation during inspections, and limit HOA barriers to installation. Supporters, including Spur, a contractor, and several clean-energy and environmental groups, said the measure would lower costs, reduce pollution, and speed replacements. The League of California Cities opposed the bill over the permit fee cap and concerns about virtual inspections, while committee members raised questions about HOA authority, electrical panel upgrades, and whether the bill could create unintended costs for local governments. SB 222 was approved 10-0 and sent to Local Government. The committee then considered SB 677, a follow-up to SB 79. The author announced the bill had been narrowed to two items: mobile home exemption language and a future SB 79 cleanup bill in the next session, with the larger set of implementation issues to be handled separately. Local governments and counties said the reduced bill still needed clearer definitions and more implementation guidance, while several housing and transit advocates supported the narrowing and the decision to revisit the broader cleanup later. After the amendments were accepted, SB 677 passed 10-1 and was sent to Local Government. The main debate centered on SB 417, a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond for the 2026 ballot. Supporters, including the California Housing Consortium, labor, housing nonprofits, local governments, and many advocacy groups, argued that the state’s existing housing bond funds were exhausted, that thousands of shovel-ready projects were waiting for financing, and that the bond would leverage federal tax credits and private capital to produce and preserve affordable homes. Opponents and skeptics focused on state debt levels, the cost of housing production, and whether another bond was the right approach, with Habitat for Humanity asking for a dedicated CalHome allocation. Committee members discussed debt capacity, affordability, homeownership, and the need to keep funding flowing to existing programs. SB 417 passed 8-1 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 492, a youth housing and youth center bond proposal, which the author said was intended to be folded into the larger housing bond package; testimony from Covenant House California emphasized the need to house transition-age youth and prevent long-term homelessness. No vote on SB 492 was shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• On the state bond fund side, we'll talk a little bit more in particular about asset preservation pool
• pool and uh a asset preservation pool and uh a budgetary<00:06:14.960><c> request</c><00:06:15.360><
• We'd like to asset preservation funds.
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Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to hear from Morehead State University President Jay Morgan, who outlined the university’s budget and capital priorities. He described Morehead as a Kentucky-serving, largely low-income student institution with an aging campus, and said the university’s long-term plan is to renovate existing facilities, decommission older buildings, and replace outdated space with more efficient construction. He thanked the General Assembly for prior support, especially asset preservation funding, fire and tornado insurance premium support, and a prior university inflationary adjustment. On the operating side, Morgan asked that insurance premium support continue, that the earlier inflationary adjustment roll forward, and that the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s request for a minimum distribution in the performance funding formula be supported. He noted Morehead has received little or no performance funding in recent years and said that if no additional formula funds are added, the university would prefer a line-item appropriation. On the capital side, he requested continued asset preservation funding and outlined several construction priorities: a new applied science building, a new agriculture science building, a new space science technology building, and a cost-share replacement for the aging Maze Hall residence hall, with the state covering $10 million of a $20 million project and Morehead matching the rest. Morgan also discussed the Craft Academy, saying the current appropriation supports 200 students and that the university would like to increase the line item to expand enrollment by about 20 students. In response to questions from Chairman Tipton, he said Morehead had previously explored but ultimately rejected a public-private partnership model for housing, preferring to own and control its residence halls to keep housing costs manageable for students. He also explained that the land surveying courses in the applied science proposal are a popular part of related programs and that Morehead’s space science program is a major research-and-contracts-driven operation with about 250 students, federal and private research ties, and graduates working both in Kentucky and elsewhere. The committee then approved the prior meeting minutes and discussed that upcoming postsecondary budget meetings would continue over the next several weeks to gather input on the new budget process.

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• He's been a trailblazer in the LGBTQ plus community and a key voice in the historic fight for marriage
• HE'S BEEN A TRAILBLAZER IN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND A KEY VOICE IN THE HISTORIC FIGHT FOR MARRIAGE
• Let's preserve our forests.
• Let's preserve our natural parks and forests, and wildlife management areas, and reforestation areas,
• Let's preserve our forests.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, received messages and substitutions from the Assembly, and welcomed two new members, Senators Erik Bottcher and Jeremy Zellner. The chamber then adopted the resolution calendar and took up a privileged resolution sponsored by Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins memorializing Governor Hochul to proclaim February 2026 as Black History Month in New York. Senators Bailey, Baskin, Sanders, Scarcella-Spanton, Brisport, Parker, Cleare, Comrie, and others spoke in support, emphasizing Black history as American history, the importance of education and remembrance, and the contributions of Black New Yorkers and historical figures. The resolution was adopted, and the leader opened it for co-sponsorship. The Senate then moved to the bill calendar and passed several measures, including bills on civil procedure, urban development, labor, and public service law. One labor bill was substituted from the Assembly and passed. Several energy and utility-related bills drew debate, with supporters arguing they would improve affordability, utility rate-setting, and consumer protections, while opponents said they would not meaningfully lower costs and instead reflected broader policy choices. Senator Walczyk voted no on one utility bill, and Senators Tedisco and others criticized the package; Senators Mayer and Harckham defended the measures as needed reforms to utility regulation and return-on-equity standards. Most bills were approved by wide margins, including one public service bill that passed 53-9 and another that passed 61-1.

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• Home to the historic Charlotte Hall Museum, a true gem that has been preserving a piece of Arizona's
• But this first territorial governor's mansion is more than just a historic building.
• You're probably familiar with many of the reasons we've opposed this historically.
• You're probably familiar with many of the reasons we've opposed this historically.
• So adaptive reuse of old historic structures is a great way to... ...permits.

Summary: The committee began with short video presentations highlighting historic sites in Prescott, including the Arizona Pioneer Home and the Charlotte Hall Museum/First Territorial Governor’s Mansion, with members discussing the value of showcasing district landmarks and rural history. The committee then took up HB 2804, a bill to create a state rural development and housing tax credit tied to the federal low-income housing tax credit for projects in counties under 800,000 population. Supporters, including the Flagstaff mayor and several affordable-housing developers, said the bill would help finance rural and workforce housing, especially for seniors, veterans, and low-income residents, while opponents from the Arizona Free Enterprise Club argued the program is inefficient, hard to police, and benefits intermediaries more than residents. Members debated the policy at length, but the bill was ultimately passed on a 7-0 vote with a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered HB 2388, which would appropriate unspecified funds to the Arizona Commerce Authority to study the economic benefits of small modular reactors and data centers for the state and local governments. The sponsor described it as a study bill to gather information on a topic already drawing significant attention, and a representative from the Libre Initiative supported it as a way to assess workforce and economic opportunities. Members discussed possible amendments, including adding data on utility-rate impacts and other costs, and the sponsor said she was open to that conversation. The bill passed on a 6-1 vote, with one member opposed and others expressing support contingent on possible amendments.

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• And so today AB 1923 simply preserves the opportunity for the voters to make the final decision this
• . ...to protect that right and preserve the confidence of the initiative process.
• Hero and historic Californian. Brian, Corporal Brian Haney.
• Members, let us observe a moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian.
• A moment of silence to honor the life of this historic Californian, Ann Dunn.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They can designate properties as a historic landmark in order to protect it from changes.
• Similarly, they can work with the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to revitalize downtowns
• any portion of a lot is in an industrial area, if it would require the demolition of a designated historic
• If it's designated as a downtown revitalization area by the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• So for example, this 20% beyond TOD areas, beyond BIA and TIF and Main Street and historic properties

Bills: SB5820, SB5995, SB5467

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• It is incredibly important that we do all that we can to preserve these institutions.
• It is incredibly important that we do all that we can to preserve these institutions.
• No, it will say the historic Black South L.A. cultural district. Got it.
• first opportunity, this is the first historic black culture district in the state.
• No, it will say the historic Black South L.A. cultural districts. Got it.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism heard several bills focused on California’s creative economy, sports development, and cultural preservation. SB 226 by Senator Cabaldon would clarify that infrastructure revitalization financing districts may be used for entertainment and sports facilities, with testimony from West Sacramento officials emphasizing that the tool would rely only on project-generated city tax increment and would not affect school districts, counties, or the General Fund. Members discussed the relationship between IRFDs and EIFDs and the distinction between infrastructure financing and direct subsidy of private sports teams or stadiums. SB 865 by Senator Ashby proposed support for destination music festivals, citing the economic impact of events such as Aftershock and Golden Sky in Sacramento and similar festivals elsewhere in the state. Supporters from Visit Sacramento and Danny Wimmer Presents said festivals generate substantial jobs, tax revenue, and tourism spending while promoters bear the financial risk. Several committee members and public witnesses supported the bill as a way to sustain the creative economy, local businesses, and opportunities for artists. The bill passed the committee on a unanimous vote and was sent to Appropriations. SB 1050 by Senator Ashby would require disclosures when synthetic performers are used in advertisements, including audio ads, to inform consumers and protect human performers from displacement. SAG-AFTRA and voice actor advocates argued that consumers deserve to know when an ad uses AI-generated likenesses or voices, while TechNet, the Motion Picture Association, broadcasters, and other industry groups opposed unless amended, raising concerns about overbreadth, audio-only implementation, private enforcement, and the need for clearer exemptions and definitions. Members generally supported the bill’s goal but noted technical issues to refine; it passed unanimously to Judiciary. SB 1073 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would create a voluntary tax checkoff to support the South Los Angeles Black Cultural District. Supporters described the district’s historic and cultural significance and framed the measure as a way to help preserve Black cultural assets amid limited public funding. Members discussed how the checkoff would appear on tax forms statewide, its voluntary nature, and whether it could serve as a model for other districts. The bill also passed unanimously to Appropriations, and the committee later adopted the consent calendar unanimously as well.

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• Um, our first measure on today's agenda is Senate Bill 1263, relating to historic preservation.
• amends the procedures and required information for the Department of Land and Natural Resources historic
• preservation review of proposed state projects, privately owned historic property, and other proposed
• </c><00:01:37.560><c> preservation.
• </c> relating to historic preservation. relating to historic preservation.

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• It has historical landmarks, and they still preserve many of the things that make it unique, including
• its cathedral, the historic center, and the aqueduct.
• This is historic and transformative, and this is a veterans housing bond.
• Money to help preserve existing housing.
• This is historic.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• The Texas community has long been distinguished by its lush gardens and carefully preserved green spaces
• Historic House and Stern-Hoya House. and Millard's Crossing.
• Numerous educational and conservation programs promote native plant preservation and sustainable landscape
• Corrigan's role in the state's timber industry is both historic and significant, being in East Texas,
• Airmen Incorporated, the national nonprofit established to preserve the legacy of these men.

Bills: HCR75, HCR93, SB644, SCR2, SCR17, HB2703, HCR92, HCR7, HCR126, HB1615, HB1610, HB1620, HCR86, HCR7

Keywords: Hemphill, bass fishing, tourism, state recognition, conservation, recreational activities, Nacogdoches, Garden Capital, public gardens, sustainability, horticultural heritage, hospice, palliative care, awareness day, healthcare, patient care, state regulation, taxation, education, local authority

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• districts as long as projects- demolish existing historic structures.
• This change prevents the misuse of historic preservation laws to block new housing and expands opportunities
• We have also seen that because of the significant loophole in SB 9, because it does not apply to historic
• Good morning, I'm Catherine Plummer, Preservation Breeder of Exhibition Poultry, and I oppose AB 928.
• Chester, you're taking veteran, president of the California Association of Preservation from Anaheim

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• These are projects that preserve and modernize university facilities.
• Housing Trust Fund expansion, land banking, TOD, zoning and permitting reform, repair, and preservation
• This level of funding would create or preserve over 4,000 affordable homes for low-income households
• We urge your continued support for minor works preservation. Thank you. Thank you.
• Funding these projects would maintain historic levels of funding for this program and help to continue

Bills: HB2295

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• To take all lawful measures to protect, obtain, and preserve evidence until an OII investigator takes
• We work through a historic river system.
• Preservation to ensure that such family burial grounds or plot is now And historic preservation to ensure
• with the city or county and the Washington State Department of Archaeology and historic preservation
• to ensure that such family burial grounds or plot is now. and historic preservation to ensure that such

Bills: HB2543

Keywords: county clerk, fees, local government, administrative costs, revenue generation, 904, all

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• there will be some additional program implementation costs that would be environmental inspection, historical
• preservation, construction management, home inspections, those sorts of Preservation, construction management
• Historical Commission. >> Good afternoon. I’m Ellen Cunningham with the Historical Commission.
• No, it is for both preservation, the next stage in preservation, and then working with the artist once
• So now we are in the preservation phase, making sure that the remnants of the ship are preserved.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• ><c> collateral</c> Preserve them from becoming collateral Preserve them from becoming collateral damage
• </c> Churchill Museum as National Historic Churchill Museum as National Historic Landmark.<04:12:42.920
• </c> this museum as a historic landmark. this museum as a historic landmark.
• </c> Missouri as a national historic Missouri as a national historic landmark,<04:15:30.000><c> a</c>
• ><c> Beautiful</c> Historically, the American the Beautiful Historically, the American the Beautiful

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• I am, historically, and always have been, a supporter of the rural boundary.
• This amendment preserves the existing statutory language. That's the amendment.
• Places or contributing property within the National Registry of Historic Districts.
• It designates as a local historic landmark, historic source, or part of a locally designated historic
• adopted local historic preservation ordinance, and otherwise anything subject to historic preservation

Summary: The committee first confirmed six appointees in a single vote, then took up a series of bills, most of them reported favorably. The early debate centered on SB 208, a land-use bill by Sen. McLean that would require development fees to reflect review costs and create more objective compatibility standards for residential development denials. An amendment adding housing-related provisions, including an OPAGA study of urban development boundaries, drew extended discussion over the Everglades and local control; it was adopted, while a late-filed amendment on rural boundaries was withdrawn. The bill was then reported favorably after supporters and opponents, including Miami-Dade and housing groups, weighed in. The committee also favorably reported SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after amendments adding conservation, wildlife corridor, and Everglades-related protections, with one amendment specifically preserving stronger protections in counties covered by the Northern Everglades/Indian River Lagoon plan. Several criminal justice and public records measures also advanced. SB 436 would add resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense for battery enhancement and include certain felony battery offenses in prison release reoffender status. SB 830 would extend public-records protections to county and city administrators and related family information. SB 990 would authorize protected cell captive insurers in Florida. SB 600, on bail bonds, drew the most debate: an amendment by Sen. Rouson preserved the current treatment of charitable bail organizations’ deposits, with supporters arguing nonprofits help low-income defendants and critics saying the bill should distinguish commercial and nonprofit bonding; the amendment was adopted and the bill reported favorably. SB 914 on dry needling and SB 1434 on infill redevelopment also passed, the latter with an amendment removing a 10% markup requirement for buyback provisions. The committee then moved through a large education and health agenda. SB 1504 would let high school students who complete an insurance/personal finance elective qualify later for a customer service representative license. SB 1718 would expand educator preparation and temporary certification options. SB 7038 was a broad education package covering tuition waivers for Florida State Guard members, residency rules, consumer protections, dual enrollment, grading, and college funding; amendments clarified workforce licensure and exempted certain dental training from new licensure rules. SB 1092 on podiatric medicine added definitions and restrictions for cellular/tissue-based products. SB 1138 on qualified contractors created a pre-application review program for certain local governments, with historic-preservation carveouts. SB 186 on student health and safety required seizure-training and action plans in schools, and SB 560 on child welfare streamlined psychotropic-medication procedures for children in state care while adding youth advisory meetings and insurance-data review. SB 902, a broad Department of Health bill, addressed medical marijuana facility setbacks, practitioner discipline, autism microcredentials, marriage and family therapy licensure, a neurofibromatosis grant program, and family home health aide delegation; it passed after two amendments. Finally, SB 218 on land-use regulations limited hurricane-recovery restrictions to affected counties, SB 1002 expanded child-neglect definitions tied to parental drug abuse, SB 1474 tightened biosolids land-application rules, SB 1708 eased out-of-state veterinary licensure by endorsement, and SB 314 established a Florida regulatory framework for payment stablecoins aligned with federal law. Most measures were reported favorably by committee vote after brief testimony or no debate.

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• House Bill 898, by the Ways and Means Committee, an act relating to state historic preservation, amending
• preservation program; amending Section 67-4112, Idaho Code, to provide a definition; amending Section
• Preservation Officer; and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.
• House Bill 898, by the Ways and Means Committee, an act relating to state historic preservation, amending
• Preservation Officer; and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.

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• landmark, is in an area of... ...requires the demolition of a structure designated as a historical landmark
• So I urge you to consider carve-outs or flexibility in the bill that preserve existing retail spaces
• We've invested $750 million to help create and preserve affordable housing, but policy change is also
• protections for industrial lands, critical areas, and historic resources.
• the housing we have through operating and maintenance and preservation funding.

Bills: SB6018, SB6026, SB6027, SB6028, SB5937, SB5938

Keywords: housing, finance, commission, state funding, affordable housing, residential development, zoning reform, mixed-use zoning, commercial zones, Growth Management Act, GMA, state preemption, local land use, development regulations, ground-floor retail, ground-floor commercial, permit waiver, waiver process, density, urban growth area