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• programs.
• programs.
• So I wanted to highlight a few of our priorities, first being the Edible Food Recovery Grant Program
• And our third priority is the broader organics grant program, which has been instrumental in minimizing
• the 617 program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, gentlemen, does your bill provide for grants to private homeowners? Mr.
• Senate Bill 142 updates the grid modernization Representative Dixon: grant program by asking MER and
• It also adds a couple new grant programs. Representative Dixon: Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• So this program is currently in practice and being utilized.
• Can you tell me more about how successful that program was with True Health?

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• Indians or Alaska Natives, and the amount of funding for each program.
• This is an evolving program for us as well.
• There are actually a number of USDA programs that work as well.
• As you heard me say earlier, Pueblo, Navajo, and land grant, and then county, and then grants in Milan
• When we were in Tohachi, we heard from the CLEPSI program.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• programs.
• programs.
• So I wanted to highlight a few of our priorities, first being the Edible Food Recovery Grant Program
• And our third priority is the broader organics grant program, which has been instrumental in minimizing
• the 617 Program.

Summary: The meeting began with a budget subcommittee hearing on a proposed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tax credit trailer bill. Assembly Members Ávila Farías and another member spoke in support, emphasizing union jobs, refinery investments, and the need to decarbonize aviation. The Department of Finance said the Governor’s proposal would provide a $1 to $2 per gallon credit against the diesel excise tax for SAF sold in California from 2026 to 2036. The Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended rejecting the proposal, arguing it is a relatively expensive way to reduce emissions, has uncertain environmental benefits, could significantly reduce transportation revenues, and conflicts with the spirit of voter restrictions on transportation taxes. Committee members questioned whether the credit would mainly benefit out-of-state producers, whether firms would have diesel tax liability to use the credit, and whether the proposal would shift production away from renewable diesel and raise fuel prices. Administration and CARB staff said the credit is intended to support aviation decarbonization, preserve jobs, and help keep California on track toward its 2045 climate goals. LAO and UC Berkeley testimony countered that the policy could mostly subsidize existing technologies, that feedstock supply is limited, and that the net emissions benefit may be small relative to the cost. Members also asked about the effect on local streets and roads, SHOP, and trade corridor funding; Finance estimated a $165 million annual revenue impact would reduce those programs, while LAO said the reductions would mean fewer projects over time. No vote was taken, and the chair said the issue would remain open for further discussion. The committee then moved to a zero-emission vehicle incentive trailer bill proposing a one-time $200 million appropriation to CARB for a new point-of-sale incentive program focused on first-time buyers and leases of new and used light-duty ZEVs. Supporters said the program would help offset the loss of the federal EV tax credit, maintain momentum in California’s ZEV transition, and use a one-to-one match with participating automakers to double the state’s investment. LAO recommended rejection, saying the proposal does not meet the high budget bar this year, lacks enough program detail to evaluate, is unlikely to move sales significantly given the size of the appropriation, and could duplicate existing state and utility programs. Members asked about current incentives across light-, medium-, and heavy-duty sectors, the recent decline in ZEV sales, and whether the program would help lower-income buyers rather than subsidize purchases that would have happened anyway. CARB said the proposal is meant to fill a gap in the light-duty market, where sales fell sharply after the federal credit expired, and noted existing programs for other vehicle classes. The Department of Finance also addressed a separate question about the Motor Vehicle Account, saying a previously planned GGRF transfer was no longer needed because updated forecasts showed the fund had sufficient balances, though LAO said the account still has a structural long-term imbalance. The discussion ended before any vote or action on the ZEV proposal.

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• It touches upon Internet Crimes Against Children programs.
• It touches upon Internet Crimes Against Children programs.
• The second thing the bill does is it renames the existing online sting operations grant program.
• The bill does is it renames the existing online sting operations grant program to be known as the Internet
• Crimes Against Children Grant Program in order to better align with the mission.

Bills: S0164 , S0656 , S0892

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Keywords: wrongful death, unborn child, civil liability, medical provider, parental rights, habitual felony offenders, violent crimes, enhanced penalties, criminal justice, recidivism, 999, senate, all

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• As far as I'm been granted status.
• It is um as I said fally program.
• </c> required as part of that grant to required as part of that grant to receive<09:36:59.756><c> uh<
• </c><10:56:03.200><c> that</c> be to expand existing programs that be to expand existing programs that
• </c><10:56:16.160><c> that</c> the resources of of local programs that the resources of of local programs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:05:04.880><c> and</c> surplus land revitalization program and surplus land revitalization program
• </c><00:16:35.440><c> which</c> through a combination of programs which through a combination of programs
• Um and those programs are very programs.
• </c> excuse me case management um grants excuse me case management um grants management.<01:20:57.679
• </c> continue with those federal grant continue with those federal grant requirements<01:31:02.880><c

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It penalizes taxpayers. by allowing waste, fraud, and abuse in our welfare programs.
• So CalWORKs must be a robust and well-supported program to accommodate for the increased needs.
• To ensure that we continue to reform our social safety net from a survival program into a thriving program
• So yes, this continues to reform CalWORKs into a more humane, a more liberating program.
• Notably in the Bay Area Toll Bridge Capital Improvement Program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Section 3 also indicates that the agency may adopt an existing statewide or nationwide program. training
• program.
• program.
• It directs the TEA to monitor bilingual education and special language programs in order to increase
• the quality of these programs for our students.

Bills: HB178 , HB1551 , HB1939 , HB2040 , HB2354 , HB2674 , HB3029 , HB3460 , HB3631 , HB3662 , HB5201 , HB5381 , HB178

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise, religious literature, Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, New Testament, ninth grade

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• Pell Grants, for example, used to be 12 credits full-time.
• cannot use the program.
• program to avoid predictable, costly, and preventable... ...and communities grant program to avoid predictable
• The Deaf and Disabled Communications Program and the Transportation Network Company Access for All Program
• Communications Program and the Transportation Network Company Access for All Program.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long Daily File with several guest introductions and floor speeches. Members recognized visiting student leaders, championship football teams from Tuolumne County, Alpha Kappa Alpha members at their Capitol day, and later a descendant of Wong Kim Ark. The chamber also adopted a procedural motion allowing certain members to host guests in the rear of the chamber. Among the major policy items, AB 578 on food delivery platform refund practices passed 47-2, AB 344 on successor beer manufacturer definitions passed 61-0, AB 454 to make California’s migratory bird protections permanent passed 55-12 on the urgency clause, AB 482 updating the Table Grape Commission passed 64-1, AB 1237 to support transit access for 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket holders passed 56-15 on the urgency clause, AB 738 on wildfire rebuild solar exemptions passed 42-2, AB 1460 on 340B pharmacy access for clinics passed 41-5, AB 750 on homeless shelter oversight passed 49-1, AB 1061 on housing in historic districts passed 41-13, AB 1523 on expanding mandatory mediation thresholds passed 65-0, and AB 316 on AI-related civil liability passed 56-0. AB 761 authorizing the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to seek a sales tax ballot measure passed 47-12. The chamber also adopted several resolutions. AJR 3 urging protection of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid passed 53-2 after extensive debate that included criticism of federal cuts and counterarguments focused on state Medi-Cal policy and budget decisions. ACR 65 proclaiming California Tourism Month was adopted by voice vote after coauthors were added, and ACR 62 recognizing California Nonprofits Day was also adopted by voice vote with 65 coauthors. AJR 5 affirming birthright citizenship and opposing efforts to end it passed 58-1 after a lengthy, highly partisan debate centered on the 14th Amendment and the Wong Kim Ark precedent. The session also included passage of AB 571, a CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon, which was presented as a long-running bipartisan effort to create a final resting place for Orange County veterans.

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• Representative Grant: Thank you for that, and I understand that this is a very divisive issue.
• Representative Grant: Thank you for that, and I understand that this is a very divisive issue.
• Representative Grant: Thank you for that, and I understand that this is a very divisive issue.
• Representative Grant: Thank you for that, and I understand that this is a very divisive issue.
• He's 16, finishing high school through the early college program.

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The program has been a housing. The program has been a resounding<00:03:45.440><c> success.
• and programs via DHS.
• and programs via DHS.
• </c><00:15:35.040><c> and</c> and some of those are grants and and some of those are grants and programs
• We're still trying to program set up.

Bills: HF2740 , HF2901 , HF4443 , HF3943

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: affordable housing, housing finance, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, low-income housing tax credit, LIHTC, Section 42, compliance period, housing stability, rental housing, affordable rental housing, homelessness, housing insecurity, housing supply, preservation, recapitalization, distressed properties, regulatory relief, local affordable housing aid, Interagency Council to End Homelessness

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• It says Grant program. It adds infant. I'll crab a disease to the newborn screening program.
• Grant. Yes. Grow. Yes. Alright moment. Yes. Jurors. Yes. Kincart Jonsson. Yes, Long. Yes, Melo.
• These people are the backbone of this program.
• She understands the program and my family has what we need.
• That is what this program does because we have providers and home helping my twins at home.

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• There's an objection to grant unanimous consent to reconsideration by Ms. Dixon.
• So say we pass the program and we create this other option.
• that would be responsible for implementing the program.
• program.
• I see this program from a very narrow lens.

Committee: House Banking and Finance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , undergraduate programs, as well as graduate, non-traditional, and apprenticeship programs.
• programs.
• write grants for this program and supporting their content and curriculum needs.
• write grants for this program and supporting their content and curriculum needs.
• , and our SESTA programs.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

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• aliens, likely coming for employment, fell by nearly 50% when a state implemented a mandatory E-Verify program
• However, I will grant that when we add requirements, there will be a time cost.
• So, from this system in its current state, I believe it is a very effective tool, and we are not granting
• Chair. effective tool and it is if we are not granting any more authority to them than what they already
• software needed to oversee the implementation of this program?

Bills: HB3725 , HB3260 , HB3660 , HB3369 , HB3370

Committee: House Business

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 3725, as amended by a PCS, which would require employers statewide to use E-Verify or a federal equivalent when hiring new employees. The author argued the bill would help reduce illegal immigration, protect wages and jobs for lawful workers, and impose only minimal costs because E-Verify is free and quick to use. Members raised concerns about burdens on small businesses, farms, and ranches; state versus federal authority; enforcement by the Department of Labor; identity theft and false positives; possible litigation; and what would happen if the federal system went offline or changed. The author said the bill includes good-faith protections, a trigger repeal if the federal program expands, and that he would file additional language to address shutdown-related disruptions. No motion was made, and the bill remained in committee. The committee then heard and passed several other measures without opposition. House Bill 3260 would add the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association as an approved provider for continuing education credits for funeral director license renewals, and it passed 9-0. House Bill 3660 would authorize natural organic reduction, described as transforming human remains into soil, and it also passed 9-0. House Bill 3369 would revise food truck fire code requirements by allowing portable fire extinguishers instead of an automatic suppression system and by allowing licensed plumbers, not just Oklahoma LP Gas, to inspect or install certain gas plumbing; members discussed possible conflicts with another LP gas fix and agreed to work together, and the bill passed 9-0. Finally, House Bill 3370 would extend the effective date of the food truck fire code to November 1, 2028, creating a sunset to allow more time for a broader solution. The author said he preferred another option but wanted this bill available if needed. After brief clarification, the committee passed HB 3370 9-0. The meeting ended with the chair noting there would be three meetings left in the session.

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• House Bill 78, sponsored by the Water, Forest Health Grant Program, an act relating to state forestry
• House Bill 78, Forest Health Grant Program, was re-referred to Committee No. 2, Appropriations. Mr.
• </c> had said in the amendment, the grant had said in the amendment, the grant program<00:56:12.640><
• Being a grant program, there won't be a concern.
• Being a grant program, there won't be a concern.

Keywords: 916, all

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• We use them to fund programs like Medicaid expansion or the granted Advantage program.
• Advantage program.
• We use them to fund programs like Medicaid expansion or the granted Advantage program.
• Advantage program.
• Advantage program.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We have some federal grants from the recreational trails program.
• </c> program. Okay. program. Okay.
• Um I coming from for the program?
• grant</c><00:29:14.159><c> funded</c><00:29:14.559><c> from</c> program.
• We also are grant funded from program.

Bills: SB2190 , SB2338 , SB2424 , SB2356 , SB2981 , SB3028 , SB3187 , SB2378 , SB2398 , SB2192 , SB2155 , SB3219 , SB3218

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: affordable housing, employment contracts, salary caps, housing finance, public housing authority, executive compensation, parking minimums, off-street parking, transit-oriented development, TOD, housing supply, smart growth, redevelopment, adaptive reuse, micro units, rail transit, public transit stations, county zoning, land use, urban planning

Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on a series of housing-related Senate bills. SB 2190 SD2 on inclusionary zoning drew support from HHFDC, Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and Hako Seed Center, with opposition from OHA and Aloha Independent Living Hawaii. SB 2338 SD1, dealing with housing agency personnel authority, received comments from the Attorney General cautioning that the bill should be clarified to avoid conflicts with civil service and collective bargaining laws and recommending removal of a provision limiting employment contracts; HHFDC said its comments addressed those concerns and supported the measure. SB 2424 SD1, concerning HHFDC, received broad support from housing, business, and community groups, with one opposition. Testimony focused on changing the definition of “qualified resident” so people who already own an HHFDC-assisted unit could later purchase another if their housing needs change; HHFDC said the current rule forces people to sell before buying again and that the bill would help people move up the housing ladder and encourage more housing development. SB 2356 on parking also drew broad support from state agencies, housing advocates, business groups, and local officials, with Unite Here Local 5 in opposition. SB 2981 on land use had strong support from many organizations and 67 individuals, with Unite Here Local 5 opposing. SB 3028 SD2 on property conveyance generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Indivisible Hawaii, and others, backed restructuring the conveyance tax into a marginal rate system and urged changes to revenue allocations, including dedicated funding for homeless services, DHHL, and the rental housing revolving fund. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii supported the marginal-rate concept but opposed dedicated special-fund allocations and criticized the bill’s blank sections. Committee members questioned the historical purpose of the conveyance tax, and the Tax Foundation explained it was originally a modest tax tied to property-value tracking when the state still ran the property tax system. The committee also heard SB 3187 SD2 on off-site construction, SB 2378 SD2 on housing permitting, and SB 2398 SD2 on residential housing utilities. OPSD supported SB 3187 but said it preferred the House version and wanted clarification that off-site certification should apply to factories in Hawaii, not out of state, to avoid outsourcing labor; it also suggested starting with a small scope. SB 2378 SD2 drew support from engineering, housing, and labor groups, with testimony that the House version included needed fixes to make the program insurable. On SB 2398 SD2, the Board of Water Supply opposed the bill, saying it could require disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information beyond ordinary water-availability assessments and raise critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity concerns; developers and housing groups supported the measure. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Grant for explanation of the bill and a motion thereon.
• >> Lady from Grant. >> No group or stakeholder has expressed any opposition to this bill. >> Gentleman
• We have programs like One Lexington that have helped cut youth-related homicides in half since 2021.
• We have programs like One Lexington that have helped cut youth-related homicides in half since 2021.
• ><c> Lexington</c><00:17:08.240><c> that</c> have programs like one Lexington that have programs like

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