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• Is there anyone wishing to provide public testimony in opposition?
• It tells providers no matter what harm is done, California will protect you.
• AB 1646 provides clarity.
• We provide direct services, and we work with direct service providers like Black Women Revolt Against
• AB 1889 provides a common-sense solution.

Summary: The committee began without a quorum and heard several bills in subcommittee format. AB 1546, which would increase penalties for repeat DUI offenders by allowing a third DUI within 10 years to be charged as a wobbler, requiring a fifth DUI to be a felony, and lengthening ignition interlock and license revocation periods, drew strong support from law enforcement and district attorney groups and opposition from public defenders and reform advocates who argued the bill would further criminalize substance use and mental health issues. No vote was taken because there was no quorum at the time. AB 1595, aimed at standardizing post-conviction procedures for wrongful conviction claims and clarifying courts’ authority to consider new evidence, was supported by innocence and public defender organizations and opposed by district attorneys, who said existing habeas law is already clear and that the bill would add complexity and burden courts. AB 292, which would impose mandatory jail time for repeat felony domestic violence offenders within seven years, was supported by sheriffs, prosecutors, probation officers, and local governments, but opposed by domestic violence survivor advocates and public defender groups who warned it would not deter abuse and could criminalize survivors and divert resources from services. AB 1816, allowing courts to extend probation up to one additional year for sex offenders who have not completed required treatment, drew support from probation and law enforcement groups and opposition from public defenders and civil liberties advocates concerned about longer supervision, technical violations, and barriers such as poverty and treatment access; the committee later took a roll call and passed the bill 3-1, with one member not voting, sending it to Appropriations. After quorum was established, the committee also passed AB 1627, which would bar people with misconduct in immigration enforcement from becoming California peace officers, and AB 1927, which would create a misdemeanor for falsely impersonating a bail agent to solicit bail, both on due pass motions to Judiciary/Appropriations as amended. AB 1854, a shield-law measure expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care providers, patients, and related businesses from out-of-state legal process, was supported by the Attorney General’s office and reproductive rights groups and opposed by anti-abortion and family policy organizations; it was moved on a due pass motion to Judiciary. The committee then heard AB 1872, which would make repeat adult swatting offenses a felony/wobbler and require restitution for property damage, with support from law enforcement, prosecutors, and civil liberties advocates and opposition from public defenders and justice reform groups who argued the bill would not deter conduct and could disproportionately affect people with mental illness or undocumented status. A motion to advance AB 1872 was made, but the transcript cuts off before any final vote on that bill.

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• </c> providers work together. providers work together.
• It cannot pay providers.
• It cannot pay providers.
• It cannot pay providers.
• </c> &gt;&gt; We can provide that. &gt;&gt; We can provide that.

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• international money transfers... ...impose an excise tax on international money transfers and will provide
• The bill does, however, provide a missing and necessary enforcement mechanism.
• And it, again, provides accountability to government that would seek to violate those rights.
• Anyway, I've provided a picture of some of the guns that are in the list.
• I've provided a picture of some of the guns that are in the list, well, all of them actually.

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Idaho Digital Learning Alliance, IDLA, is an online public service that has existed since 2002 to provide
• It provides that administrative costs do not exceed 30% of the total budget.
• If you look at the fiscal note, these are numbers that have been provided to us by the IDLA.
• Thank you for the opportunity to provide you the impact on the students in your communities.
• I know the resource that they provide to our schools, particularly to our rurals.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4010, providing a statutory program for loaning financial
• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4191, relating to providing child care generally.
• Engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4191 relating to providing child care generally second
• It provides that a virtual charter school can be used if the county that the child is located in does
• A provision has also been added that provides the proprietary information provided to the Insurance Commissioner

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• The Legislature voted on providing support for these programs.
• The Legislature voted on providing support for these programs.
• I'll be glad to get the 990 to you as soon as it's provided.
• I think they provide some of this, yes. But when you've got 4,000...
• I think they provide some of this, yes.

Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, and then took up several measures. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 2787, a one-time $2 million supplemental for the Choosing Childbirth program through the State Department of Health. Supporters said the money would prevent a lapse in services for more than 4,000 mothers and children, especially in rural areas, until the organization can reenter the bidding process in 2028. Opponents questioned the nonprofit’s transparency, donor base, leadership, and prior use of state funds, arguing the Legislature should not provide another supplemental without clearer accountability. The bill passed 70-19, and the emergency clause also passed. The House also considered Senate Bill 546 on data privacy. After floor amendments removed the emergency clause and set a January 1, 2027 effective date, the bill was explained as a comprehensive consumer data privacy measure applying to certain businesses operating in Oklahoma. It would give consumers rights to access, delete, and opt out of the sale of personal data, with enforcement through the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division and civil penalties for violations. The bill passed 84-4. In addition, House Bill 2786 received a joint committee report and passed with no debate; it provides supplemental funding to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to complete fiscal year 2025 payments to CCBHCs and other vendors, and its emergency clause also passed. The House adopted House Resolution 1034 recognizing February as Black History Month. The chamber also heard several introductions and announcements before adjourning.

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• Provide an explanation on strike all article number 04629? Rep. Gentry: I'm sorry?
• Chair: Provide an explanation. Rep. Gentry: Basically the same explanation I just went through.
• We are currently not in a position to make any changes or provide clarity specifically to the language
• HB 4085 provides conveyance of 406 acres of state land known as the Cemetery Road Wastewater Treatment
• All these features are provided without charge.

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• Increases reimbursement rates for Medi-Cal providers.
• We're taking money away from the providers.
• We have a lack of providers already, and this money takes away.
• Instead of providing safety nets for people going through new treatment programs.
• Compassionate is providing treatment, responsible providing supervision and accountable.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This bill provides the essential state support for intensive special education needs.
• We provide shared special education services to students with disabilities, particularly those who have
• We provide free comprehensive health care to veterans.
• We're ready to provide shelter. But we can't.
• The developments currently provide about 200 homes to 500 residents.

Bills: HF568 , HF433 , HF1689 , HF3135 , HF3137 , HF3145 , HF2887 , HF2819 , HF2802 , HF2664 , HF2267 , HF799 , HF800 , HF3049 , HF296 , HF580 , HF1438 , HF1237

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction

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• grants to those systems and providing additional resources for technical assistance.
• Are y'all here as resource witnesses, or yes, sir, happy to answer any questions or provide commentary
• And I want to thank the chairman and committee members for the opportunity to provide comments.
• Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony. Thank you, Ms. Any questions for this panel?
• We could provide that. Level of coordination that could be missing, so to speak.

Bills: SB 7

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 4662 establishes a grant program to provide funds to rural rail transportation districts or
• It's important to remember that short lines provide the first and last mile service for many of these
• The state, when it provided funding in 1981 for rural rail districts... districts to be formed was a
• This would be similar to the veteran discount program provided on toll roads all across Texas.
• in Texas, providing much-needed financial relief to first responders in the state.

Bills: HB1589 , HB2208 , HB2297 , HB2560 , HB2725 , HB3080 , HB4417 , HB4473 , HB4520 , HB4662 , HB4888 , HB4905 , HB4906

Committee: House S/C on Transportation Funding

Keywords: HB 1589, toll road, toll project, toll project entity, voter approval, local control, county election, commissioners court, Transportation Code, Chapter 372, road construction, highway funding, infrastructure, public referendum, ballot measure, transportation policy, Texas toll roads, regional mobility, toll collection, vehicle registration

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• This bill would provide that any individual who retires in good standing as a law enforcement officer
• arrange to purchase weapons since some agencies do not issue weapons, so they wouldn't have one to provide
• What this does is it makes the failure to provide name and address information when… ...provide name
• So what we did is we took the refusal to provide ID... did is we took the refusal to provide ID under
• an explanation. for failing to provide an explanation for why you're doing what you're doing.

Bills: HB105 , HB296 , HB15 , HB264 , HB34 , HB304 , HB146 , HB26 , HB15 , HB34 , HB26

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: law enforcement, retirement benefits, Alabama Peace Officers, agency-issued badge, agency-issued pistol, resisting arrest, custody, public safety, Alabama law, traffic infractions, traffic ticket, disposition, criminal contempt, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, compliance, false information

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• </c><00:04:34.400><c> to</c> Services procedures that they provide to Services procedures that they provide
• </c><00:10:13.079><c> whistle</c> the bill that um provides whistle the bill that um provides whistle
• We owe it to our hardworking state workers to provide this protection. Thank you, Leader Clor.
• </c><00:17:56.200><c> additional</c> that will provide additional that will provide additional whistleblower
• </c> hardworking state workers to provide hardworking state workers to provide this<00:18:10.840><c>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 23, authored by Representative Robbins, was heard on a motion to advance it to the next committee. The bill, as amended by the A1 author’s amendment, would clarify the statutory definition of abuse, fraud, and waste and expand whistleblower protections for state employees who report those issues to legislators, the legislative auditor, or constitutional officers. Robbins said the measure is intended to protect state workers and align whistleblower language with existing Inspector General definitions; he also cited recent fraud investigations as the backdrop for the bill and noted a Senate companion, SF 475, with bipartisan support. Devon Bruce of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees testified in support of the bill’s protective intent but raised concerns that it only covers classified state employees, creating uneven treatment between classified and unclassified workers and between state and local public employees. Bruce also warned that the bill does not fully address data practices issues, including the handling of nonpublic, private, or proprietary information, and suggested broader privacy protections for whistleblowers’ identities. In response to questions, Robbins said the bill was not meant to change data practices law and that those issues should be addressed separately. Members debated whether the bill was ready for further consideration and whether it should also go to the fraud oversight committee or Judiciary. Motions to lay the bill over and to re-refer it to the fraud prevention and state oversight committee both failed. After a roll call vote, the committee approved the bill 7-6 and sent House File 23 to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development.

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• </c> providers and physicians. providers and physicians.
• </c> to pay the the providers better. to pay the the providers better.
• </c> the providers to take Medicaid. the providers to take Medicaid.
• </c> provider rate. provider rate.
• </c><03:39:30.440><c> So,</c> that care provider. So, that care provider.

Keywords: 916, all

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• This creates 40Z, which also provides for a trust fund. It provides for zoning changes.
• This creates 40Z, which also provides for a trust fund. It provides for zoning changes.
• This will provide... So thank you for your consideration on this.
• It would also provide funding for smaller development projects up to 25 units.
• This bill provides whose needs should we be prioritizing.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Housing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing opened a hybrid hearing focused on housing production bills, with Chairs Julian Cyr and Rich Haggerty emphasizing Massachusetts’ housing shortage and the need to produce more than 200,000 units over the next decade. The committee then heard testimony on a wide range of proposals, including social housing, starter homes and the “missing middle,” accessory dwelling units (ADUs), single-stair residential buildings, permanent affordability homeownership, and housing for people with disabilities. Several witnesses framed the bills as tools to expand supply, lower costs, and address racial and generational wealth gaps. Representative Connolly testified for H. 1478 on the Massachusetts Social Housing Program, describing publicly owned, mixed-income housing financed through a revolving loan fund. Senator Feeney testified for S. 989 on missing middle starter homes, arguing for zoning changes, incentives, and affordability tools to support smaller starter homes and duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. Multiple witnesses, including housing advocates, real estate representatives, and local officials, supported the ADU trust fund bill and the single-stair study bill, saying they would reduce barriers, support homeowners, and enable more family-sized and infill housing. Some witnesses opposed bills they said would weaken ADU reforms or add new restrictions, while others urged broader deregulation to speed production. A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 1576/S. 1010, the Homes for Lasting Affordability bill, which would create a permanent affordability homeownership program for low- and moderate-income buyers and support small developments with long-term affordability restrictions. Testimony from community land trust leaders, legislators, and housing advocates emphasized that permanent affordability can preserve public investment, stabilize neighborhoods, and help families build wealth over generations. Senator Miranda and Representative Worrell tied the bill to closing the racial wealth gap and expanding access to homeownership for Black and Latino residents. The committee also heard testimony on S. 971, which would reform the Housing Development and Incentive Program to require more affordability in Gateway City projects. The committee additionally heard from Senator Kennedy and disability advocates on S. 1004, which would strengthen the Alternative Housing Voucher Program for people with disabilities by codifying project-based vouchers and aligning the program more closely with other voucher systems. Witnesses described long waitlists and the lack of accessible, affordable units as major barriers that can lead to homelessness or unnecessary institutionalization. No votes were taken during the hearing; the session was devoted to testimony and questions from committee members.

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• There were a lot of questions about the amount of funds that we provide for technical assistance.
• So we've been using that mandatory authority that you've provided us.
• That's for the funds that the Legislature has provided to us, the SAFER program.
• They’ve provided lots of guidelines for the groundwater sustainability agencies.
• You provide answers to help educate us in making some of these very important decisions.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules first handled several routine actions, including approving three governor’s appointments not required to appear: Anthony Surich as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, Craig Snelling J.D. to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and Nicholas Mueller to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission. The committee also approved referral of bills to committees, all by 4-0 votes. It then took up appointments requiring testimony, beginning with Jereen DiAdamo to the State Water Resources Control Board. DiAdamo focused her remarks on safe drinking water, groundwater sustainability, conservation, and Bay-Delta restoration. She said the number of Californians without safe drinking water has fallen from 1.6 million to 800,000 since 2019, credited the SAFER program, technical assistance, and mandatory consolidation authority, and described ongoing work on failing and at-risk systems, domestic well mitigation, SGMA implementation, and the Bay-Delta Plan. Senators pressed her on audit follow-up, measurable goals for reducing the remaining unsafe systems, funding uncertainty, and concerns from environmental and tribal groups that the board has favored water users over ecosystem protections. Supporters from water, agriculture, business, and local agencies praised her collaborative style and consensus-building, while opponents argued she had not done enough to protect the Delta and called for new leadership. The committee ultimately voted 4-0 to advance her appointment to the full Senate. The committee then heard from Sivagunda Gunda for reappointment to the California Energy Commission. He highlighted progress on grid reliability, zero-carbon generation, and planning for California’s energy transition, including transportation fuels, building electrification, and the eventual retirement of Diablo Canyon. Senators questioned him about the future of Kern Energy and small refineries, the state’s transportation fuels plan, fuel imports and costs, and whether California can retire Diablo Canyon by 2030 without harming reliability. Gunda said the state is planning as if Diablo Canyon retires in 2030, that current resource additions make reliability manageable, and that affordability and market coordination remain key issues. The committee then voted 4-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate, and the hearing recessed afterward.

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• for health care, provides for education, provides for trauma centers, provides for many other things
• for health care, provides for education, provides for trauma centers, provides for many other things
• for health care, provides for education, provides for trauma centers, provides for many other things
• for health care, provides for education, provides for trauma centers, provides for many other things
• our community colleges provide.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• So we're not debating whether or not we're going to provide this exemption.
• I don't believe it's government's role to provide low-income housing.
• So I think a property tax is not a good tax to provide an exemption for.
• You might have Starlink; we're providing the cash flow.
• She was left to raise all those kids and provide financially for them.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The appropriation provides for an additional $25,893,000 to the maintenance appropriation provided to
• Additionally, this bill provides an exemption from Section 67-315, Idaho Code.
• Nor can we provide the oversight that the legislative branch is supposed to be providing to the rest
• This bill provides an additional $32,823,800 to the maintenance appropriation provided to public safety
• It also provides a supplemental appropriation for FY 2026.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard prayer and the pledge, approved the journal, and received committee reports and messages from the Governor and House. Several bills and resolutions were moved through the calendar, including committee referrals, enrollments, and transmittals of already-passed measures. The chamber also received new first-reading bills, including appropriations measures and policy bills on elections, education, and endowment land leases. On the floor, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 117 recognizing Idaho’s ties with Italy and the opening of an Idaho office in Italy. The resolution was supported with remarks about historical Italian immigration to Idaho and wartime cooperation involving Italian POW labor in Idaho agriculture. The Senate also adopted House Concurrent Resolution 30, which directs the Medicaid Legislative Review Panel to study and provide guidance on implementing comprehensive Medicaid-managed care; that measure passed by roll call, 20-10 with one absent. The Senate then adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 114, adding a new joint rule to limit the number of bill drafts and RSs a legislator may bring in a year, with exceptions for budget bills, amendments, trailer bills, interim committee legislation, and leadership-approved exceptions; it passed 35-0. The chamber also adopted Senate Joint Memorial 115 urging federal action on pelican impacts to Idaho fisheries, and Senate Resolution 120 honoring State Police K-9 Kimber for her service. Later, House Bill 723 on child care licensing and protections for children in residential care facilities passed 32-3 after debate focused on abuse prevention, unannounced inspections, and a bill of rights notice for children. In the afternoon session, the Senate passed several appropriation bills, including Senate Bills 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, and 1386, covering the Endowment Fund Investment Board, Idaho State Lottery, Fish and Game, Veterans Services, Public Utilities Commission, Industrial Commission, and Pardons and Parole. Most were described as enhancement or maintenance budgets funded largely through dedicated or federal funds, with debate emphasizing small hardware purchases, program restorations, and agency operating needs. Senate Bill 1382 for Fish and Game passed 23-12, and House Bill 848, the legislative branch appropriation bill, was brought up for consideration as the transcript ended.

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• It also removes line 11 and inserts the words 'providing applicability' and 'providing an effective date
• Providing applicability, providing an effective date. That's the amendment.
• There are other insurances that are already provided, depending on where the child is, that will provide
• So I hope that provides some clarity to the members on the committee.
• So I hope that provides some clarity to the members on the committee.

Summary: The committee took up a series of bills and reported several of them favorably, often after brief sponsor presentations, supportive public testimony, and unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Early measures included PCS for CSHB 1069 on background screenings for athletic coaches and qualified entities, CS/HB 365 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and CS/HB 269 plus its linked public-records bill CS/SB 298 on domestic violence and dating violence. The domestic violence package focused on using NG-911 technology for discreet help-seeking, expanding protections to dating violence victims, and preserving confidentiality for participants in related programs. The committee also approved HB 6507, a claims bill for injuries involving DCF negligence, after limited discussion. Members then considered PCS for CSHB 1159, which increases penalties and updates terminology for sexual offenses involving minors, child sexual abuse material, and related crimes. The bill was amended to replace “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” and to address childlike sex dolls, and it passed unanimously. The committee also heard CS/HB 529 on community-based care lead agency and subcontractor liability insurance. That bill would remove a statutory liability-insurance requirement for certain child welfare providers amid an insurance market crisis; it drew extensive debate, with supporters saying it would prevent agencies from shutting down and opponents warning it would reduce accountability and leave children vulnerable. It passed 15-4 as amended. The committee next approved PCS for CSHB 277 on domestic violence and protective injunctions. The bill creates a Pinellas County pilot for electronic monitoring with victim notification, raises the victim relocation allowance, strengthens penalties for repeat injunction violations, and adds protections involving military orders and pets. Testimony was strongly supportive, including from survivors, and the bill passed 18-0 as amended. CS/HB 1009 on government publication of advertisements and public notices also passed, after an amendment requiring notices to remain publicly accessible; newspapers and press groups opposed it, arguing it would fragment access to notices, while the sponsor said it modernizes outdated posting rules. Finally, the committee heard PCS for CSHB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations, which would create a state process for designating domestic terrorist organizations and bar public support for them; the bill drew sharp constitutional objections from civil liberties, press, labor, and advocacy groups over due process, free speech, and viewpoint discrimination concerns.