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• resiliency proceeding to strengthen public safety, improve compliance from service providers, and assess
• There's still Assess additional measures that will deliver reliable service to Californians.
• We are assessing the data elements that providers are submitting to make sure they continue to be compliant
• We are assessing the data elements that providers are submitting to make sure they continue to be compliant
• Once we get our final proposal approved by the federal government, we are absolutely going to be assessing

Committee: House Communications and Conveyance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's not to leave any injured party not whole, but it is to make sure that we're fair and assess damages
• But in terms of trying to assess the cost of a future service, we're going to use these guidelines in
• And follow up on that, so the pretrial risk assessment is that something that the state already does?
• The pretrial risk assessment, there are a few judicial districts that utilize it.
• Some have come up with their own. risk assessment. Some have possibly purchased a risk assessment.

Bills: SB2030 , SB1926 , SB2170 , SB2151 , SB2166 , SB1213 , SB1381 , SB1824 , SB1876 , SB1728 , SB1582 , SB1286 , SB1386 , SB1708 , SB1618

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: expungement, record sealing, criminal records, clean slate, automatic expungement, expedited expungement, criminal history, OSBI, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, deferred judgment, delayed sentence, pardon, pardon and parole board, law enforcement records, sealed records, arrest records, conviction records, reclassification of felony to misdemeanor, reentry, second chance

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• I'll also touch on the fraudulent activity that occurred during the pandemic, and I will try to assess
• And I will try to assess the main question of the hearing: whether EDD is prepared for the next downturn
• And this is a testimony I have here from two weeks before I was born in 1984, assessing EDD's current
• And the Governor's strike team, which assessed EDD's capabilities during the pandemic, recommended that
• with that cost assessment.

Summary: The Budget Subcommittee on State Administration held an informational hearing on whether the Employment Development Department is ready for the next recession, with a focus on EDD Next, the department’s long-running technology modernization effort. The Legislative Analyst’s Office reviewed EDD’s major benefit programs, the history of prior modernization attempts, the current Integrated Claims Management System work, and the department’s remaining risks, including continued reliance on a COBOL-era mainframe and the challenge of adapting quickly to future federal or state policy changes during a downturn. The LAO also explained that most pandemic-era fraud was tied to temporary federal unemployment programs rather than California’s core UI system, and that the state’s UI loan repayment is not largely attributable to fraud. Members raised concerns about the cost of repeated modernization efforts, paper versus online claims, appeal overturn rates, WARN notices, and legislative oversight of the project. EDD’s panel said the department has made substantial customer-service and processing improvements, including online self-service tools, improved call center features, identity verification, fraud controls, language access upgrades, and a new document management system. Officials reported that as of early 2026, about 83% to 85% of claims across programs were being processed timely within two weeks, and said paid family leave delays in 2024 were tied to the transition into the disability insurance online platform and seasonal workload patterns. They also said EDD is working with the Department of Technology on EDD Next and that the project will proceed in phases, with paid family leave and disability insurance first and unemployment insurance later. Members pressed EDD on persistent paid family leave backlogs, the share of paper applications, response times for constituents, and whether the department tracks long-running cases and WARN notice trends. EDD said its service standard is generally immediate response through phone, chat, or callback tools, while more complex cases can take longer because the department may be waiting on claimants or medical providers. The department also said it tracks call outcomes and outstanding cases, and that it can provide additional data on WARN notices. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with plans to continue discussing EDD Next and paid family leave at a later March 10 budget hearing.

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• We further ask that the TEC adopt the proposed final order included in the binder as item F and assess
• Our next group contains 6 appeals where staff is recommending a reduction of the fines assessed during
• Original fine assessed was $1800.
• Um, it was assessed because of my late filing, obviously, and I acknowledge the importance of complying
• As previously stated, staff's original assessment was that the delay in filing the affidavit was not

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• But the initial assessment was just that.
• It's necessary to assess whether schools are prioritizing merit and academic rigor.
• competing because students will not want to attend a school where they are actually obsessed or assessed
• or the accuracy of those assessments is in question.
• more of a good-old-boy network because you don't... don't have any objective standards by which to assess

Bills: HB232

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• But, but the initial assessment was just the 20 million for the operational costs to get it going and
• These measures provide policymakers with the tools necessary to assess whether schools are prioritizing
• , competing because students will not want to attend a school where they're actually obsessed or assessed
• The accuracy of those assessments is in question, and it seems much more important to me that you have
• becomes more of a good old boy network because you don't have any objective standards by which to assess

Bills: HB232

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• But the initial assessment was just that.
• These measures provide policy makers with the tools necessary to assess whether schools are prioritizing
• competing because students will not want to attend a school where they are actually obsessed or assessed
• or the accuracy of those assessments is in question.
• more of a good-old-boy network because you don't... don't have any objective standards by which to assess

Bills: HB1784 , HB2088 , HB3062 , HB3475 , HB3741 , HB4279 , HB4763 , HB5154 , HB5294 , HB5508 , SB1401 , HB232 , HB232

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: students, homeless, foster care, higher education, liaison officer, housing assistance, transition support, law school, Rio Grande Valley, legal education, public university, accreditation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, mental health resources, substance abuse education, El Paso, university system, funding, public education

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• We are expecting the midterm serving assessment, which is currently in progress, and data to be analyzed
• They also now are subject to $1,000 special assessment, which you've never ever see any justification
• And finally, we recommend that at the special assessment of $1,000, which you never see the justification
• The trailer bill language would triple the annual assessments for independent mortgage banks licensed
• And for clarification, based on the proposal in terms of the trailer bill language, that annual assessment

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• There are insurer assessments that are built into the bill.
• Because it is a stable billion dollars and then we have a billion dollars in industry assessment that
• So this bill, let me remind you, maintains the assessment responsibility of insurance companies up to
• next layer then be the borrowing the money from them, or would it be, because you could also put assessments
• , member company assessments, insurance company assessments.

Committee: House Insurance

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• This amendment corrects a technical drafting error and makes the provision relating to the assessment
• which a defendant may be assessed for mental health diversion.
• But what affirmative duty does April Pizzo have to assess the situation?
• But what assertive duty does April Pizzo have to assess the situation?
• I'm trying to assess, with all the amendments, what does the bill do now as amended, please?

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Summary: The committee met and took up several criminal justice, public safety, and boating measures. It first heard SB 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, which would create mental health diversion options for eligible misdemeanor and felony defendants, expand mental health and substance abuse grant uses, require evaluations and treatment recommendations in certain cases, add Hillsborough County to a forensic diversion pilot list, and create a behavioral health data repository. After adopting a technical amendment, the bill received strong support from NAMI Florida, family advocates, sheriffs, and the Murphy family, and was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 86, expanding peer support programs for certain law enforcement support personnel, and SB 472, allowing inmates who complete approved education in correctional facilities to receive credit toward professional licensure requirements. Both bills were amended and then reported favorably without opposition. SB 276, which increases penalties for unlawfully sheltering or aiding an unmarried minor and creates a defense for actions taken to protect a minor from danger, drew questions about runaway youth, LGBTQ youth, and the scope of the defense; the sponsor said he was open to further amendment, and the bill passed favorably. Members then approved SB 402, updating the unlawful use of uniforms, medals, or insignia statute to reference the armed forces by definition rather than by branch. SB 490, as amended, would let law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers carry concealed off duty and exempt law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and active military service members from the three-day waiting period for rifle and shotgun purchases; it passed 8-1 after debate over the waiting period and equal treatment concerns. Finally, the committee passed SB 628, Lucy’s Law, to strengthen boating safety and penalties, after adopting an amendment that removed proposed changes to warrantless blood draws and boating education requirements; the bill was supported by the family of Lucy Fernandez and passed unanimously. The meeting then adjourned.

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• </c><03:00:46.720><c> Rob</c> and assessment division and Mr. Rob and assessment division and Mr.
• </c><03:01:22.080><c> and</c> highlights within the assessment and highlights within the assessment and
• 05.680><c> and</c> questions on assessment and questions on assessment and accountability<03:12:06.640
• </c><03:33:50.479><c> is</c> leave us and on the YTOP assessment is leave us and on the YTOP assessment
• </c> assessments, what does it look like? assessments, what does it look like?

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> programs or min choices assessment programs or min choices assessment results<00:30:13.520><c> or
• assessment assessment data?
• It's just an assessment of if DHS were to apply certain policy changes to the benefits, the programs,
• It's just an assessment of if of fraud.
• It's just an assessment of if DHS<01:03:16.480><c> were</c><01:03:16.640><c> to</c><01:03:16.880><c>

Bills: HF3378

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

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• I urge the House and Senate to act swiftly in passing the SCREEN Act so that President Trump can sign
• I assess the scientific progress of grants that fund cancer research.
• 07:31:54.000><c> numerous</c><07:31:54.478><c> offices</c><07:31:55.478><c> I</c><07:31:55.680><c> assess
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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• No takings assessment was required because the rule does not limit the use of real property.
• A constitutional takings assessment was not required by North Dakota Century Code 28-32-09 and was not
• No constitutional takings assessments were required or prepared.
• A constitutional takings assessment was not required.
• A constitutional takings assessment was prepared and attached to this report, and these rules were not

Committee: Joint Administrative Rules Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• The purpose of this outcomes review hearing is to assess...
• The purpose of this outcomes review hearing is to assess and improve the outcomes of specified laws.
• The California Department of Insurance's 2022 operational assessment report, the most comprehensive review
• A growing residual market concentrates risk, increases assessment exposure for insurers, and signals
• And if FAIR Plan policies remain underpriced and subsidized through assessments on regular insurers and

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• go through our security design review process, we help review and mitigate and do privacy impact assessments
• And so we're adding into that an AI risk assessment as well.
• The AI risk assessment piece is really to be focused on high-risk projects that would include those that
• So we align that risk assessment process with the NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• that forward with other interested parties as we continue to talk, as well as discussing how we can assess

Bills: HB2426 , HB2606

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: pollution control, efficiency, appeals process, environmental regulation, hearing board, data protection, privacy, performance measures, reporting requirements, office of privacy, 904, all

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• the complaint is otherwise resolved, the department must issue either a citation and notice of assessment
• the complaint is otherwise resolved, the department must issue either a citation and notice of assessment
• own and orders the employer to pay amounts owed in an administrative order, the department may also assess
• own and orders the employer to pay amounts owed in an administrative order, the department may also assess
• to the requirements of the Wage Payment Act that also includes things like issuing a notice of assessment

Summary: The committee held public hearings on several Labor and Workplace Standards bills. HB 2492 would require building and construction apprenticeship programs, beginning in 2027, to include two hours of behavioral health and wellness training covering topics such as suicide prevention, substance use disorder, recognizing distress, peer support, and connecting to resources. The prime sponsor and many labor, apprenticeship, and contractor witnesses supported the bill, describing high suicide and overdose rates in construction and sharing personal stories about losses and struggles in the trades. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee then heard HB 2405, a Department of Labor and Industries request bill creating a pilot to allow earlier treatment for PTSD claims in workers’ compensation, including up to 11 treatment sessions before claim adjudication and limited follow-up treatment after closure. L&I and NFIB supported the measure as a way to speed treatment and reduce barriers, while one legal advocate supported it but raised technical concerns about pre-claim treatment and urged more focus on workplace prevention; another witness cautioned against emphasizing psychiatric drug treatment. The bill was heard only; no action was taken. HB 2406 would expand L&I’s ability to send notices electronically, with opt-in/opt-out provisions and some changes to timing rules for workers’ compensation and WISHA notices. L&I supported the bill as a modernization measure, while labor and workers’ advocates opposed changes affecting workers’ compensation notices, arguing that email should not become the default for vulnerable workers who may miss deadlines. HB 2478 would give L&I discretion, rather than a mandate, to investigate wage complaints and allow penalties when the department initiates an investigation; L&I supported it as a more efficient enforcement tool, and the committee discussed how complaints would still be handled and communicated. Finally, HB 2471 would create a state collective bargaining framework for private-sector workers if federal labor law or the NLRB no longer covers them. Supporters said it would preserve organizing and dispute-resolution rights if federal protections fail, while agricultural employers and NFIB opposed it, arguing it would inappropriately apply to agriculture and small businesses, could disrupt perishable harvests, and should rely on secret-ballot elections rather than card check. No votes were taken on any of the bills in the hearing.

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• In your staffs, what's the preferred assessment tool for literacy progress in elementary school?
• And it doesn't completely different pieces in assessment, but it does correlate very well with our 3rd
• Our math assessments have become reading assessments.
• The next year and every year thereafter, I had a 100% passing rate on that assessment because I taught
• Uh, assessments that they've built that they've created all the way back to the star test with Renaissance

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• Section three modifies the kindergarten fall assessment statute.
• :52.080><c> it</c><00:03:52.319><c> delays</c><00:03:52.720><c> by</c><00:03:53.440><c> one</c> assessment
• Um it delays by one assessment statute.
• :09:24.399><c> on</c> performance of teacher candidates on performance of teacher candidates on assessment
• </c> assessment of knowledge and skills. assessment of knowledge and skills.

Bills: HF1306

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response, 1183, house

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• While this bill will increase the maximum assessment cap amounts that may be collected by the commission
• , AB 482 does not increase the assessment.
• the assistance. cap amounts that may be collected by the commission, AB 482 does not increase the assessment
• We have not raised the assessment, the commission board hasn't, since 1994 because we've been close to
• We have not raised the assessment, the commission board hasn't, since 1994 because we've been close to

Summary: The Assembly Agriculture Committee met as a subcommittee at first because a quorum was not yet present, then adopted its committee rules for the 2025-2026 legislative session by a 5-0 vote. The committee heard a series of agriculture-related bills, with most measures receiving broad support and moving forward. AB 1142 by Assemblymember Hoover would raise the fee thresholds for small public horse events that are exempt from equine medication monitoring rules; supporters said the current limits are outdated and hurt small riding clubs, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 411 by Assemblymember Papin would allow ranchers to compost livestock carcasses on-farm; supporters cited cost, environmental, and predator-control benefits, while rendering industry representatives asked for amendments to protect existing services and limit the bill’s scope. The bill passed to Natural Resources. AB 482 by Assemblymember Solache would modernize the California Table Grape Commission law and raise assessment caps without increasing assessments themselves; it passed to Appropriations. AB 312 by Vice Chair Alanis would shorten the holding period for ag theft property from six months to three months; it also passed to Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 937 and AB 947 by Assemblymember Connolly. AB 937 would make technical changes to the Organic Transition Pilot Program to improve access to organic transition support, with testimony from a farmer who said the program helped him pursue organic certification; the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 947 would expand and refine technical assistance under the Healthy Soils/Climate Smart Agriculture programs, including training, grant writing, matching funds coordination, equipment sharing, and outcome monitoring; supporters said the changes would help small and organic producers access state climate programs, and it also passed to Appropriations. AB 1486, presented by the chair, would use Proposition 4 funding to start grants for public postsecondary agricultural research farms focused on climate resiliency; members praised the role of CSU and UC research farms, and the bill passed to Natural Resources as amended. The most extensive discussion centered on AB 928 by Assemblymember Rogers, the California Cockfighting Cruelty Act. Supporters argued the bill would help law enforcement target cockfighting and rooster trafficking, reduce avian disease risks, and protect public health and animal welfare; opponents, including poultry hobbyists, breeders, and 4-H-related participants, said it would overreach into lawful poultry keeping and harm heritage-breed and youth programs, urging instead that cockfighting penalties be increased to a felony. Committee members echoed concerns about unintended impacts on legitimate poultry owners and requested continued work on exemptions and language. The bill passed to Judiciary on a 5-2-1 vote, with one no vote and one abstention, and the chair noted that further committee review would continue as the bill advances.