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• CEOs say tariffs will impact their business performance.
• This is where we're evaluating last year and making predictions for next year.
• This is where we're evaluating<01:25:28.800><c> last</c><01:25:29.040><c> year</c><01:25:29.199><c> and
• </c><01:25:29.520><c> making</c> evaluating last year and making evaluating last year and making predictions

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That scope defines what that professional license allows to be performed.
• states for all of the professions that if you practice the profession without a license, you are performing
• As you can see, this bill would allow anyone to practice the profession of interior design and perform

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• But this is the actual performance of it, and the relationship has to be with the physician.
• But this is the actual performance of it, and the relationship has to be with the physician.
• But this is the actual performance of it, and the relationship has to be with the physician.
• But this is the actual performance of it, and the relationship has to be with the physician.
• Recommendations regarding access or the performance of it.

Bills: HB0028 , HB0080

Committee: Senate Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: sexual exploitation, child protection, law amendment, explicit conduct, sex crimes, identification cards, nursing facilities, assisted living, renewal process, resident rights, 916, all

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• We're also requesting an increase in some of our performance funding for our district technical colleges
• The beauty of this is that local educational agencies can use this beyond the initial program performance
• The pandemic did have an impact on how CTE performed.
• Finally, I want to take a brief look and share with you about our performance incentive funds. history
• process that we have implemented for the last several years that provides local liaisons with the performance

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Your job, as you rightly defined it, is to make sure that the commission is performing its duties.
• I make no statement of competence, but in the event that that person is not performing, having come from
• I think when it comes to her performance or any of the staff's performance, I actually think it's the
• You know, you mentioned the derecho, the performance. of CenterPoint during the derecho was lauded for
• This creates competing interests since there's always some work for them to perform.

Committee: Senate Nominations

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• It's to provide the standard. performance measures in the new bill pattern for that new campus.
• Item number two is was adopted was to correct a performance measure at the University of Texas at El
• Item number six is the performance-based research operations mission-specific formulas.
• Item number two is for the performance tier. formula, and that was adopted, and that was $2.3 billion
• And I've discussed this with you, Madam Chairman, on agency performance and measures, particularly. salaries

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• 2024 NFL Coach of the Year for his exceptional leadership, strategic brilliance, and outstanding performance
• 2024 NFL Coach of the Year for his exceptional leadership, strategic brilliance, and outstanding performance
• Guiding them to career-best performances and significant achievements throughout the season.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• At these clinics, we perform free screening tests for nitrates and chlorides and offer a free follow-up
• DNR staff When DNR staff were<01:15:15.280><c> able</c><01:15:15.560><c> to</c><01:15:15.760><c> evaluate
• the</c><01:15:16.600><c> impact</c><01:15:17.120><c> of</c><01:15:17.200><c> the</c> were able to evaluate
• the impact of the were able to evaluate the impact of the sustainable<01:15:17.960><c> timber</c><01
• :15:18.240><c> harvest</c><01:15:18.560><c> decision,</c> When DNR staff were able to evaluate the impact

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• having a contract with data centers, but a data center having a contract with someone to actually perform
• having a contract with data centers, but a data center having a contract with someone to actually perform
• An exemption from a tax preference performance statement, JLARC review, and the 10-year expiration is
• Since the refresh passed, millions of work hours have been performed building and expanding data centers
• issued prior to July 1, that the sales tax exemption would only apply to all of the work that was performed

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: 904, all

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• Relations in collaboration with DEHURD and chapter 394-C, to include reporting requirements on intern performance
• </c> Authorize the state and counties to broadly perform repair work or maintenance work, as opposed
• the repair or maintenance of that street that the county or the state or the county respectively performed
• that the county or the the state or the county<00:32:50.799><c> respectively</c><00:32:51.279><c> performed
• performed at the time.<00:32:52.720><c> Um</c><00:32:53.360><c> so</c><00:32:53.600><c> there</c><00

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up a long decision-making agenda on numerous House bills, largely in the tax, appropriations, public safety, agriculture, and land-use areas. Early action included HB 476, which passed with amendments after discussion of tax impacts and a committee report change; HB 796 also passed with amendments to protect several individual income tax credits from the bill’s effect. Other measures were advanced with amendments or without changes, including HB 1059, HB 1145, HB 1173, HB 1439, HB 800, HB 934, HB 990, HB 101, HB 106, and a series of bills in the 1026–1055 range, many of which were passed unamended or with technical/effective-date changes. Several bills were deferred, including HB 1147, HB 807, and later items on the agenda. The committee also approved a number of policy and agency-structure changes. HB 430 was amended to create or expand an internship/workforce development program with reporting requirements; HB 505 and HB 506 were amended to adjust appropriations and FTEs; HB 774 added an appropriation section for two FTEs; HB 1052 limited use of universal service fund money; HB 1296 shifted a reporting requirement from BNF to the Department of Defense; and HB 1064 moved the State Fire Council and Fire Marshal Selection Commission to the Department of Law Enforcement and set the fire marshal salary. HB 427 made major biosecurity-related changes, including moving the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity in 2026 and adding new appropriations. HB 830 was amended to allow third-party historic preservation reviewers under ethics and conflict rules, with a two-year sunset and committee-report comments on vacancies. Public safety and regulatory bills also moved forward. HB 302 on cannabis drew opposition from Senator Awa, who said it would shut down a medical provider in his district; the bill nevertheless passed with amendments adding criminal penalties, enforcement authority, and a 2027 effective date for cultivator licenses. HB 306 on water code penalties passed unamended, HB 860 on liability for road resurfacing passed with amendments to limit liability to the work actually performed and eliminate joint and several liability, and HB 141 on public land leases passed with technical amendments. HB 1159 establishing a commercial harbor emergency evacuation working group passed as is, and HB 1482 on hemp passed with amendments exempting existing permit holders and certain retailers, aligning THC limits, and setting a far-future effective date. Most votes were adopted without recorded opposition, though several members noted reservations on specific measures.

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• The court has held that engaged in the lawful performance or execution of a legal duty means when an
• officer is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and acting within the scope of his
• an officer uses force and knows what they're doing is illegal, then they are not engaged in the performance
• does that with the initial edit that you can't resist an arrest or detention when the officer is performing
• of their duties under 943.10, but under the good-faith performance of their duties under 943.10.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard and advanced a series of bills on inmate medical billing, court-order transmission, animal abandonment during disasters, first responder peer support, firearm purchase waiting periods, capital felony aggravators, domestic violence protections, boating safety, restitution for leaving the scene of a crash, xylazine trafficking, and offenses against law enforcement officers. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with some opposition or caution raised on the xylazine bill, the boating safety bill, and parts of the law-enforcement-officer bill. Several measures were presented as responses to specific tragedies, including the Martin County jail medical billing bill, the Baker Act transmission bill, Trooper’s Law for restrained dogs, the Jason Rayner Act, and Lucy’s Law. HB 407 would cap certain emergency medical charges for Martin County jail inmates at 110% of Medicare rates, mirroring Department of Corrections practice; it passed 15-0. HB 513 would require faster electronic transmission of certain court orders, including Baker Act orders, to law enforcement within six hours; it passed 15-0. HB 205, Trooper’s Law, creates a third-degree felony for abandoning a restrained dog during a natural disaster; it passed 15-0. HB 421, as amended, expands peer support for first responders to certain support personnel involved in crime scene work or evidence handling; it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 383 would let law enforcement, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and active military service members bypass the three-day handgun waiting period without a concealed carry permit; it passed 18-0. HB 693 adds an aggravating factor in capital cases when the victim was gathered with others for a school, religious, or public government meeting; it passed 17-1 after opposition testimony from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. PCS for HB 19 and HB 41, the Haven Act, would expand domestic and dating violence protections, including a feasibility study for a web-based 911 alert system and confidentiality/public-records protections for victims; both passed 18-0. PCS for HB 289, Lucy’s Law, would align boating penalties with driving offenses and expand boating safety card requirements; it passed 18-0 despite concerns from one witness that the bill should go further. HB 479 would allow courts to order restitution in leaving-the-scene property-damage cases; an amendment changing mandatory to discretionary restitution was adopted, and the bill passed 18-0. PCS for HB 57 would regulate xylazine, add trafficking penalties, and include veterinary-use exceptions; it passed 17-0 after one witness opposed mandatory minimums. HB 175, the Jason Rayner Act, clarifies that officers are protected when acting within the scope of their duties and adds manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses requiring life imprisonment; it passed 17-0 after debate over self-defense and unlawful police conduct.

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• Every voter, regardless of party affiliation or no party affiliation, would get to evaluate and vote
• systems that voters be able to read from a ballot meaningful information about candidates so they can evaluate
• systems that voters be able to read from a ballot meaningful information about candidates so they can evaluate
• partisan primary, who will come into that primary, and then that is what you would have to use to evaluate

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-12, H.503, a proposal to implement all-party state primaries for Massachusetts state and federal elections. The committee opened with procedural remarks explaining Article 48 requirements and then heard first from two subject-matter experts. Professor Costas Panagopoulos of Northeastern University testified that top-two primary systems in other states have produced mixed results: they may modestly increase primary turnout in some cases, but the research does not show a reliable reduction in polarization, and such systems can weaken party gatekeeping, increase strategic behavior, raise campaign spending, and reduce general-election choice for voters whose preferred party is not on the ballot. Katie King of the National Conference of State Legislatures outlined the different primary models used nationwide, explained that Massachusetts currently uses an open-to-unaffiliated primary, and reviewed legal distinctions between blanket primaries and top-two systems; she noted that blanket primaries were struck down by the Supreme Court, while Washington’s top-two system was upheld because it narrows the field rather than nominating party candidates. She also said voter education and administrative preparation would be important if the system changed. The proponents’ panel, led by Danielle Allen of the Coalition for Healthy Democracy, argued that Massachusetts has chronically uncompetitive elections, low turnout, and too many uncontested races, and that all-party primaries would give every voter a meaningful choice in the first round and force candidates to appeal to a broader electorate. Allen said the proposal is designed specifically for Massachusetts and differs from other states by allowing party endorsements to appear on the ballot, which supporters said would preserve useful information while shifting control of the preliminary election from party insiders to voters. Jim Henderson, the coalition’s counsel, said the bill is narrowly tailored to state-level primaries and would amend Chapter 53 to put all voters on equal footing. Other supporters, including Kevin Johnson, Kate Kavanaugh, and Spencer Reynolds, emphasized that the reform could increase competition, reduce polarization, improve participation by independents and underrepresented voters, and create more accountability to the full electorate. Committee members pressed the witnesses on turnout, the practical effect of endorsements, whether the proposal would simply shift party influence to an earlier stage, and whether it could disadvantage minority-party or independent candidates. Senator Fattman repeatedly asked about evidence that turnout would materially increase, while Representative Peisch and others questioned whether requiring or seeking endorsements would create new barriers or pressure candidates to clear the field. Supporters responded that the system would modestly increase primary participation, that the general election would remain the decisive contest, and that endorsements would be optional and handled through party rules. No vote was taken at the hearing; the committee heard testimony and questions only.

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• enormous advocate of safety, safety, safety, but the safety can go so far and be considered and evaluated
• and be but the safety can go so far and be considered<00:45:00.400><c> and</c><00:45:00.560><c> evaluated
• ,</c><00:45:01.760><c> and</c><00:45:02.000><c> then</c><00:45:02.160><c> you</c> considered and evaluated
• , and then you considered and evaluated, and then you check<00:45:02.640><c> that</c><00:45:02.960><c

Keywords: 958, all

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• It requires them to undergo a psychological evaluation and appropriate counseling before being eligible
• 09.119><c> undergo</c><00:38:09.599><c> a</c><00:38:09.839><c> psychological</c><00:38:10.720><c> evaluation
• </c> to undergo a psychological evaluation to undergo a psychological evaluation and<00:38:11.599><c>

Bills: HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93 , HB63 , HB19 , HB80 , HB41 , HB20 , HB60 , HB100 , HB71 , HB91 , HB93

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: paternity, child custody, joint custody, parental rights, family law, domestic violence, shared parenting, Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, human trafficking, victim restitution, civil action, criminal prosecution, labor servitude, sexual servitude, class A felony, class B felony

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• with the Air Resources Board, to study and submit in their next transportation fuels assessment an evaluation
• with the Air Resources Board, to study and submit in their next transportation fuels assessment an evaluation
• bill requires the fund administrator to provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature to evaluate
• perhaps this is one of those six-month study bills that we might be able to come back next year and evaluate

Summary: The chamber reconvened after a late-night session and first adopted the consent calendar, including ACR 107 on the Diablo Range, by a 48-0 vote. Members then took up several Senate bills and Assembly measures, with repeated remarks about the long hours and the need to respect staff and keep proceedings moving. A vote change was also announced for Assembly Member Patel on SB 414, changing from aye to not voting. The main policy debate centered on energy, climate, and affordability. SB 237, dealing with oil and gas policy, refinery closures, pipeline safety, Kern County permitting, gasoline blend flexibility, and regional fuel coordination, drew strong support from members who framed it as a managed transition to stabilize fuel supply and protect jobs, and strong opposition from members who called it a giveaway to oil interests and a setback for climate goals. The bill passed 59-0. SB 254, an energy affordability and wildfire package, included wildfire mitigation financing, a successor wildfire fund, transmission cost reductions, clean energy permitting changes, and energization timelines; members raised some concerns about local control, but the bill passed 58-0. SB 840 and AB 1207 advanced the cap-and-invest reauthorization package, with supporters emphasizing emissions reductions, housing, transit, wildfire prevention, and community air programs, while opponents argued it would raise costs and function as a tax-and-spend scheme. SB 840 passed 54-15 and AB 1207 passed 55-10, both with urgency and immediate transmittal. Members also approved SB 352, which makes the Bureau of Environmental Justice permanent and requires air quality monitoring and reporting on AB 617 implementation, by 43-19. AB 825, authorizing California to help establish a Westwide electricity market, was presented as a way to lower bills, improve reliability, and reduce emissions; it passed 67-2 and was sent to the Governor. Additional actions included concurrence in Senate amendments to AB 8 on cannabinoids and AB 383 on firearms cleanup, and the chamber began consideration of AB 764 on wildlife as the transcript ended.

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• Since I haven't had the time to sort of evaluate the balance of funds and changing them, I will oppose
• time</c><00:19:59.280><c> to</c><00:19:59.440><c> sort</c><00:19:59.600><c> of</c><00:19:59.679><c> evaluate
• </c> haven't had the time to sort of evaluate haven't had the time to sort of evaluate sort<00:20:00.320

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• violations of the mobile home residency law to the Attorney General in any given year for further evaluation
• will further reduce the number of complaints, and the data will show that the program should be re-evaluated
• author moving away from making the MRLPP permanent and being open to increasing reporting so a true evaluation
• moving away from making the MRLP be permanent and being open to increasing reporting so a true evaluation

Summary: The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard a long agenda of housing-related bills, beginning with AB 518 on low-impact camping areas. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting for small rural camping operations on private land, expand outdoor access, and support rural economies, while opponents from campground associations and counties warned it could undermine existing regulation, create enforcement problems, and allow advertising of unpermitted sites. Members raised concerns about fire safety and local control, but the bill was ultimately passed as amended on an 8-0 vote. The committee then approved AB 635, which would require HCD to refer up to 25 of the most serious mobile home residency law complaints to the Attorney General. Supporters said mobile home residents need stronger enforcement against egregious park-owner violations, while opponents argued the existing program is underused, costly, and should remain subject to a sunset. After discussion of the program’s surplus and enforcement role, the bill passed 9-1. AB 893, which expands ministerial approval for mixed-income housing near college campuses and broadens eligibility for affordable units to students, faculty, and staff, also drew strong support from student advocates and housing groups and respectful opposition from the League of California Cities over local control and height limits; it passed 10-0. AB 925, the Mobile Home Emergency Safety Act, would require stronger emergency preparedness measures in mobile home parks, including accessible exits, working fire hydrants, and gas shutoff access, with a fee increase to fund enforcement. Supporters framed it as a life-safety measure in disaster-prone areas, while opponents argued the bill duplicates existing requirements and imposes an unnecessary fee increase. The committee voted 6-1 to send it to Appropriations, with the bill left on call. The consent calendar, including several other housing and local government bills, was approved 8-0. The committee also heard AB 712, which would increase penalties and attorney-fee protections for applicants enforcing state housing laws against public agencies; supporters said it would improve compliance, while special districts opposed the bill as overly broad and unclear. Members discussed indemnification and timing issues, and the bill was advanced with amendments to Judiciary.

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• single experience simply hasn't been enough, I think, to give either us or the sheriffs a chance to evaluate
• </c><00:38:49.040><c> to</c> or or the sheriffs um a chance to or or the sheriffs um a chance to evaluate
• c> know,</c><00:38:50.320><c> the</c><00:38:50.560><c> effectiveness</c><00:38:51.440><c> of</c> evaluate
• , you know, the effectiveness of evaluate, you know, the effectiveness of that.<00:38:52.240><c> But<

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And section 14 establishes a task force to evaluate issues and provide recommendations to the legislature
• And section 14 establishes a task force<00:20:20.960><c> to</c><00:20:21.200><c> evaluate</c><00:20:21.679
• ><c> issues</c><00:20:22.000><c> and</c><00:20:22.320><c> provide</c> force to evaluate issues and provide
• force to evaluate issues and provide recommendations<00:20:23.200><c> to</c><00:20:23.440><c> the</c

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• include measurable outcomes, as defined in section 3303, subdivision 10, a plan for measuring and evaluating
• :25:23.679><c> for</c><00:25:24.000><c> measuring</c><00:25:24.480><c> and</c><00:25:24.720><c> evaluating
• </c> 10 a plan for measuring and evaluating 10 a plan for measuring and evaluating the<00:25:25.480><

Keywords: 1183, house