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• island communities. ultimate collaborators assisting and ultimate collaborators assisting and sometimes
• </c> perpetuity so how so this this program perpetuity so how so this this program this<01:06:23.839>
• </c> resources because the vector program resources because the vector program over<01:32:50.320><c>
• is an agricultural biocurity my program is an agricultural biocurity program<01:44:34.760><c> um</c>
• </c> within that program is the coconut within that program is the coconut rhinoceros<01:44:39.080><c

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• program.
• Being able to use the funds from this program in order to assist in the purchase of land can go a long
• </c><00:41:59.720><c> in</c> from this program in order to assist in from this program in order to assist
• of $1 million; a technical assistance program, $3.2 million.
• A technical assistance program: $3.2 million. I should mention these are proposals.

Bills: HF1063

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: grain buyers, grain dealer, grain elevator, agriculture, financial reporting, audit, CPA review, independent accountant, financial statement, balance sheet, cash flow, nonpublic data, licensee oversight, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, grain purchase volume, insolvency, nonpayment, warehouse chain, fiduciary duties, producer protection

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• So I'm just wanting to know, like, what is a refusing program or not programming is.
• , and mentoring programs.
• Every time you take them out of a school and put them back at school, they go behind.
• A 12-month program is really ineffective. Shorter programs are more effective.
• You have to work with the school.

Bills: HB2389 , HB2456

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: juvenile justice, youth sentencing, juvenile rehabilitation, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families, community supervision, community transition services, suspended disposition, less restrictive alternative, sentencing grid, juvenile confinement, juvenile prison, rehabilitation, recidivism, mental health treatment, substance use disorder, chemical dependency, trauma-informed care, racial disparities, equity

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• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
• Uh, eradication programs were, uh, successful, uh, for the New World screw worms through Mexico.
• Um, September 2024, New Worlds school worms were detected in Honduras.
• I'm the big game program director for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Uh, they then switched to the, they call it the Southwest program.

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

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• after school.
• We have a sub-division map of one of our new construction projects last year.
• This is a consistent challenge with new construction as well.
• I am Sylvia Aguilar, Programs and Operations Manager for the Casita Coalition.
• I'm Don Roland with Granite Construction Company. We are opposed to SB 1174.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><00:09:33.360><c> of</c> uh to continue the the construction of uh to continue the the construction
• and its sibling program Metro Move, based on a law passed in 2021 effective in 2025, moved that program
• Chair, Representative, Metro Move is a program that the council began in 2024 that operates a program
• So we are able to provide programs.
• </c> that program. that program.

Bills: HF4693

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: transportation, license plates, validation stickers, replacement fees, government fees, 1183, house

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• Division I athletic programs must be in good standing with the NCAA.
• And it also specifies design and construction phases.
• construction.
• Chair, I think we do need to get that School of Medicine built.
• It's simply saying $150 for UNM School of Medicine is its guidance.

Summary: The committee first announced that House Bill 180 would be rolled because of administration concerns, with plans to meet with stakeholders and sponsors later in the week. The committee then took up House Bill 8, which would create and transfer $300 million to a Major Capital Projects Fund for higher education, with stated priorities of $150 million for the UNM School of Medicine, $50 million for a multipurpose building at NMSU, and $100 million for student life and housing projects statewide. The sponsor and staff explained eligibility rules, match requirements, waiver procedures, and how institutions would apply through the Higher Education Department, with the legislature retaining final appropriation authority. Public testimony was strongly supportive. Representatives from the New Mexico Council of University Presidents, NMSU, and the independent community colleges said the bill would address major capital and housing needs, especially for student housing and facilities that are not well served by current funding streams. Committee members asked detailed questions about match waivers, who would set waiver standards, whether housing and family housing projects would qualify, and how the fund would interact with the budget and the State Investment Council. Staff clarified that the fund is a transfer from the general fund rather than an endowment, and that the $150 million for the UNM School of Medicine in the budget depends on passage of HB 8. Members also discussed the bill’s graduation-rate standards for athletics projects, noting current rates at UNM and NMSU are below the 65% threshold and would need to improve over time. After questions concluded, the committee adopted an amendment that removed the general-fund transfer language and struck a section on page 5, then voted “do pass” on House Bill 8 as amended. Representative Pettigrew was noted in opposition.

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• impact some of the work that we're doing with school-based programs, clinics, and folks in the schools
• program in our schools so that youth can access addiction treatment services as well.
• I do know that we, through the involvement program, returning students who want to go back to school,
• Recognizing that even 18 schools through the Evolvement of Program alone is, there are a lot more schools
• We know that we're going to have Arvio Health working on the Alternative to School Suspension Program

Committee: House Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee

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• We've had constructive criticism.
• Well, that is one program, one or two programs that are high demand.
• I went to North Garland High School. That's where I graduated from my school. Okay. All right.
• We talked in your nurses program, for example, this one example of a program in high demand: what is
• For NCTC, I could tomorrow double my cohort at the ADN program, easily fill that program, teach those

Summary: The Senate Committee on Higher Education met with a quorum, adopted its interim rules on a 6-0 vote, and heard opening remarks from members and staff introductions. The chair emphasized higher education’s role in workforce development and noted a Legislative Budget Board survey issue that was resolved after a community college initially did not respond because the survey was marked optional. The committee then focused on monitoring implementation of Senate Bill 37, which governs public higher education boards, curriculum review, faculty senates/councils, training for regents, and the ombudsman office. Testimony from Chancellor Brandon Creighton of Texas Tech, Commissioner Wynn Rosser, UNT Chancellor Michael Williams, and Ombudsman Brandon Simmons described how SB 37 is being implemented. They said boards now have stronger authority, faculty senates are advisory, and institutions are reviewing general education curricula and other programs for rigor, relevance, and workforce value. Rosser said the statewide advisory committee is reviewing the core curriculum and board training requirements are being administered, while Simmons reported the ombudsman office has received 73 complaints, opened two investigations, and expects a third, with many complaints outside its jurisdiction or harassing in nature. Members questioned witnesses about transfer credits, board training content, auditing, conflicts of interest, curriculum decisions, and whether any institutions were missing deadlines. Rosser said non-transferable credits have declined since reporting began under earlier law, and that the most common reason is courses outside degree requirements. Witnesses said they were not aware of institutions missing the SB 37 review deadlines. Senators also raised concerns about an appearance of impropriety in a Texas Tech-related matter and about whether a Dred Scott case should be taught in law school, with Creighton saying the curriculum review process did not prohibit teaching Supreme Court cases and that he would follow up. Later testimony from University of Houston, Texas State, UT, and Texas A&M system officials said their systems had updated policies, abolished prior faculty senates, created compliant advisory councils, and completed or were completing core curriculum reviews and related governance changes.

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• Then the chaplain would come to the school. I'm assuming it would come to the school. Yes, ma'am.
• is because they didn't leave the public schools, the public schools left them.
• high school.
• Gender is not a dualistic construct. There are not just two... Construct.
• I went to middle school in Africa Town at Mobile County Training Middle School.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• AB 2508 does not eliminate these programs.
• You know, to execute these energy efficiency programs well requires reliable... puts these programs and
• up not having a program.
• up not having a program.
• Which of these programs are indeed worthwhile?

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• any school building.
• school property or beside them.
• school property or beside them and beside school structures, which would pose a significant risk to the
• Towers next to schools to provide broadband access to those schools.
• Some schools in my area, you have an elementary school, and then you have a high school or another type

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 750 by Rep. Cox, the “Click to Cancel Act,” regulating automatic renewal contracts. After adopting technical and substantive amendments, members discussed easier cancellation methods, reduced notice requirements, shorter record-retention periods, a 30-day cure period, small-business exemptions, and limiting damages to actual damages. The bill drew support from consumer advocates and opposition cards from industry groups, and it was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 259 by Rep. DeWitt addressed damage to underground infrastructure during BEAD-funded broadband excavation projects, requiring notice before digging and making contractors repair or pay for damage before final payment is released. An amendment added pre-construction coordination, a point of contact, and fault-based liability language. Members discussed rural utility damage, broadband buildout, and the need to protect small water systems; the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 220 by Rep. Schlegel, which requires covered platforms to maintain an easy-to-use reporting mechanism for child sexual abuse material and exploitation. After technical and clarifying amendments, the sponsor and members discussed scope, nonprofit and small-business exclusions, AG enforcement discretion, and concerns about clear-and-conspicuous placement. The bill was reported favorably as amended. Next, HB 830 by Rep. Wright required proxy advisors to disclose when anti-management recommendations are not based on written financial analysis and to provide that analysis when it exists. After amendments excluding certain affiliates and 501(c)(3) charities, the sponsor and a witness argued the bill was about transparency and fiduciary duty, while LASERS testified in opposition, saying the measure could make proxy advice unavailable and create a hardship for its internally managed portfolio. The bill was nonetheless reported favorably as amended. The committee also advanced HB 463 by Rep. McMakin, which raises the maximum local 9-1-1 service charge from $1.25 to $2.00, with an amendment requiring annual reporting and local governing authority approval; testimony explained the funding need for Next Generation 9-1-1, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Finally, the committee began HB 536 by Rep. Coates on wireless communication facilities near schools. After adopting technical and then lengthy substantive amendments narrowing the school proximity zone, adjusting setbacks, adding co-location and permit timing provisions, and clarifying uniform application, members raised concerns about whether the bill duplicated existing safety standards, could delay deployment, and whether it would apply only to new towers. The sponsor and a parent witness emphasized school safety and emergency planning, but discussion remained ongoing when the transcript ended.

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• to school buildings and facilities.
• the program.
• advertising the program.
• </c> program to go on for five years. program to go on for five years.
• </c><01:46:25.199><c> or</c><01:46:25.440><c> any</c> school can carry in their school or any school

Keywords: 916, all

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• It essentially treats these changes as new construction.
• It essentially treats these changes as new construction.
• It essentially treats these changes as new construction.
• The school board had no recourse for these things in the past.
• The school board had no recourse for these things in the past.

Keywords: 989, all

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• AN AREA WHERE REASON THE PROPERTY WOULD BE NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH FEMA NATURAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
• CODIFIES AN IMPORTANT PROVISION THAT STREAMLINES THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROCESS TO ACCELERATE AND APPOINT
• WHEN THE DIVISION PLANS TO APPLY FOR OR ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS
• THE NEW ELEVATE PROGRAM DIRECTS THE PROVISION STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID AND REIMBURSABLE BY FEMA.
• COMFORTING WOULD IT BE SCHOOLS ERECTED TO BE -- TO TEACH STUDENTS INDUSTRY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Committee assistant, please call the roll. Senators Cabaldon, Padilla, Ochoa? No. Padilla? Aye.
• Committee Assistant, please call the roll. Senators Cabaldon. Aye. Cobaldon. Gonzales. McNerney.
• And with that, committee assistant, please call the roll. Motion is due pass to Judiciary.
• Committee assistant, please call the roll. Senators Cabaldon, aye. Alden, aye.
• Committee assistant, please call the roll. Motion is due pass to the Judiciary.

Summary: The committee heard several privacy, technology, and public safety measures. SB 898 by Senator Weber Pearson would require manufacturers of connected consumer products to disclose the minimum period of software support and notify consumers when support is nearing or has ended. Consumer Reports supported the bill as a consumer protection and cybersecurity measure, while some members raised concerns about enforcement through the unfair competition law and the possibility of private lawsuits. The bill was moved on a 5-1 vote to the Senate Judiciary Committee, with amendments to be taken there. SB 1279 by Senator Gonzalez would authorize Long Beach to place speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway under the same privacy and equity guardrails as the existing pilot program, including no facial recognition, confidentiality of DMV data, warning notices, and reduced fees for low-income recipients. Supporters said the cameras would address severe speeding and fatal crashes on PCH, while opponents raised civil liberties, due process, and concerns about automated enforcement and identifying the actual driver. The committee voted 6-2 to send the bill to Appropriations, and it was placed on call. The committee also advanced SB 1111 by Senator Ashby, the Artificial Intelligence Abuse Protection Act, which would create civil remedies for nonconsensual AI voice, image, and video cloning. Support came from SAG-AFTRA and Common Sense Media, and members discussed concerns about employer liability and the scope of the bill, but no opposition testified. The measure passed 7-1 to Public Safety and was placed on call. SB 1217 by Senator Grove, backed by survivors of trafficking and nonconsensual intimate imagery, would create a DOJ-run clearinghouse to verify removal requests and require platforms to take down intimate images within 48 hours. Survivors described ongoing harm from images still circulating online; members focused on privacy, DOJ capacity, cybersecurity, and the lack of a private right of action. The bill passed 8-0 to Public Safety and was placed on call. Finally, SB 1095 by Senator Perez would require fusion centers and participating agencies to adopt MOUs limiting the sharing of sensitive personal information for immigration enforcement or racial profiling, require annual reporting, and add oversight and audit provisions. Supporters argued fusion centers have operated with too little transparency and have been used to circumvent California privacy and immigration laws; some members raised operational concerns about defining prohibited sharing and how the restrictions would work in practice. The discussion continued, with the author noting committee amendments and existing state law as the basis for the bill's guardrails.

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• However, an assisted outpatient treatment program has proven that community-based outpatient treatment
• The ability to do assisted outpatient treatment, if they've got a good program somewhere like Fort Stockton
• program.
• Slide 27 talks about supportive housing and rental assistance, which is a program that offers rental
• So on the expansion program concept, I'm looking at how many schools have signed up.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• after-school program funds, the 21st Century funds.
• I mean, we're going Missouri Afterschool Network to school-age after-school program.
• I am simply trying to move these dollars back to the school-age after-school program, which, though similar
• If we say school-age after-school program, does this allow DESE to spread that $4.3 million through direct
• schools, or those job-based programs.

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The House Budget Committee met with a quorum and began by taking up a series of budget bills and committee substitutes, including House Bills 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, which were laid over. The chair then walked members through a committee amendment package, explaining a mix of technical corrections, fund swaps, and adjustments involving highway patrol fringe costs, summary budget timing, rural health care, the CCBHO FMAP correction, and marijuana-fund reallocations. Members adopted the chair’s decrease amendments and later adopted the corresponding increase amendments, including partial restoration for Care to Learn, a Title I grant language change, an Overpass and Seymour road project, technical corrections for DPS and health-related items, and restorations for Jordan Valley and FQHC substance abuse funding. After a brief recess for session and lunch, the committee returned to House Bill 2 and began considering member amendments. On House Bill 2, the committee adopted Representative Lewis’s amendment making the curriculum transparency and parent portal item a pilot program, and Representative Davidson’s amendment adding $2 million in federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for One-Time Wonder School. Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to shift funding from Missouri Star Solutions and WorkKeys to the Success Ready Student Assessment failed, as did Representative Taylor’s proposal to move $1.2 million from career ladder to community college nursing programs. The committee then rejected Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to redirect Title I Innovation and Improvement Grant funds back to the governor’s recommendation, and later adopted Representative Steinhoff’s vocational rehabilitation amendment, which restored the department’s request and drew down additional federal matching funds. The committee also adopted Representative Hyne’s language amendment to allow flexibility between the MOQPK pre-K grant program and the Child Care Works tri-share program, though members discussed concerns about cross-bill flexibility and whether funds would actually be available. Representative Fogle’s amendment to require budget communications sent to committee chairs to also go to the full Budget Committee was defeated after members expressed concern about information overload and the difference between required distribution and requested information. The committee then took up a lengthy debate over Representative Fogle’s amendment to remove language barring Parents as Teachers participation for children already enrolled in public pre-K. Supporters argued the programs serve different purposes and that families should not be forced to choose between them, while opponents said the language was intended to prevent duplication of services and preserve resources for children without other options. After extensive discussion, the amendment failed. The committee continued with additional House Bill 2 amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on the remaining items.

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• , manufacturing, people who have high school and maybe a two-year degree, many more people employed.
• And many of these jobs go to people who have high school and two-year trainings.
• So they need help with that pipeline of people at the two-year level or high school level.
• It means providing an entire ecosystem to set these programs up for success.
• And the last is evidence-backed program optimization, where our teams can provide...

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology held a hearing on California’s medical technology landscape, with opening remarks emphasizing the sector’s size, economic impact, and role in jobs and innovation. The first panel contrasted MedTech with biopharma, describing MedTech as hardware- and manufacturing-oriented, more incremental in development, and more dependent on supply chains, land use, and mid-skilled workforce pipelines. Witnesses argued California is the epicenter for MedTech because of its mix of engineering, software, hospitals, and manufacturing ecosystems, and cited clusters in places like Irvine, Fremont, Carlsbad, and the Bay Area. They also highlighted examples such as Penumbra and Vyaire Medical Systems to show how local manufacturing, community college training, and reshoring can support growth. The panel discussed cybersecurity, trade relations, supply chain disruptions, and the need for better coordination with hospitals and regulators, while AdvaMed stressed that medical devices are already heavily regulated by the FDA and should generally be exempt from broader state laws that could create a patchwork of requirements. Members also discussed AI in MedTech, workforce training, and the possible effects of federal NIH funding cuts, with witnesses saying MedTech is less dependent on NIH than biopharma but still benefits from a strong innovation ecosystem. Committee members then asked about AI, affordability, patient satisfaction, women’s health, and the R&D tax credit. Witnesses said AI is helping reduce errors, redundant testing, and imaging time, while keeping clinicians in the loop, and that digital pathology and robotic surgery are improving diagnosis and treatment. They also noted that packaging, plastics, and recycling can affect FDA approvals, and that FemTech is an active and growing area for investment and acquisition. Several members raised concerns about California’s regulatory and incentive environment, including the loss of the R&D tax credit, and witnesses said the absence of tax incentives has made it harder to keep companies and jobs in the state. The second panel featured company representatives from Lyca Biosystems, Intuitive, Saravia Neurosciences, and Newman. Dr. Monroe described digital pathology as a way to digitize tissue slides, improve access to subspecialty review, and enable AI-assisted diagnosis, especially for cancer care and rural areas. Intuitive highlighted robotic-assisted surgery, including the da Vinci system and the Ion bronchoscopy platform, and said its technologies improve precision, reduce complications, and support clinician-led care. Saravia Neurosciences presented an early-stage neurotechnology for dementia that uses MRI-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation and AI-driven personalization, and argued California needs a state translational fund to bridge the gap between discovery and commercialization. Newman, a startup working on home diagnostics, said California’s permitting, zoning, and manufacturing rules make it difficult to scale advanced manufacturing locally and urged streamlining, reduced red tape, and incentives to keep manufacturing jobs in-state. Committee members again focused on tax credits and asked how the state could better support manufacturing, translational funding, and the retention of high-paying MedTech jobs.

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• Is parental choice recognized in the Medicaid to schools program?
• </c><05:53:56.718><c> Look,</c> Medicaid to schools program. Look, Medicaid to schools program.
• </c> in the Medicaid to schools program? in the Medicaid to schools program?
• So with that, sir, we're all the way through all of the Division 3 HB 2 issues. to schools program as
• long as parental to schools program as long as parental consent<05:54:29.440><c> is</c><05:54:29.958

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 66, a right-to-know measure that would broaden access from “citizen” to “person,” including out-of-state requesters. Members also adopted an amendment removing the current no-filing-fee provision for appeals of unfavorable right-to-know ombudsman rulings, citing budget concerns. The bill was then reported ought to pass as amended on a 16-9 vote, with a minority report requested. House Bill 187, which would let a parent or guardian seek a protective order on behalf of a minor alleging abuse by someone outside the family or household, was described as a narrow fix with little fiscal impact. It passed unanimously, 25-0, and was placed on the consent calendar. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a report on potential harms and benefits, was retained because its policy had been folded into House Bill 2; the committee voted 25-0 to retain it. House Bill 219, dealing with renewable portfolio standard changes and lower renewable energy certificate values, drew opposition from members who said it would weaken renewable energy development and raise concerns about energy costs, but the motion to retain was adopted 14-11, allowing the bill to be moved into House Bill 2. The committee then retained House Bills 365, 552, 566, 572, 607, 611, and 624, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, generally because the relevant policy or funding had been incorporated into House Bill 2 or because the bills were viewed as technical or low-impact. HB 566 was described as a landfill leach-management bill with a fiscal note under $10,000 annually and was sent to consent. HB 572 and HB 607 were retained because their money components were moved into HB 2, though one member objected that HB 607 represented an unfunded mandate for the Hampton Beach Area Commission. House Bill 511, concerning ICE detainers and county detention practices, generated the most debate. Supporters said the amendment clarified how long counties may hold detainees without a federal contract and compared the detention period to existing bail rules; opponents argued the bill could sanction detention of people not charged with crimes and raised due-process concerns. The committee adopted the amendment 14-11 and then reported the bill ought to pass as amended on another 14-11 vote, with a minority report requested. House Bill 639, involving securities and digital currency issues, was also reported ought to pass after members noted unresolved concerns but said the Secretary of State’s Securities Division was willing to continue working on it in the other body; the vote was 16-10.