Transcript Highlights:

• regardless of size may work together and jointly establish a medical examiner's district, allowing them to share
• I just wanted to share costs in the back of an unfunded, yeah, yeah, I thought that was offered partially
• I think, you know, that is a shared outcome, I think, for both you and me.

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:

• But for those who are feeling disappointed about the amendments today, I share your heartbreak.
• the building trades and our friends in the carpenters, and I think all the members of this committee share
• AB 306 helps ensure that lessons learned in an individual jurisdiction may be shared effectively across
• We can meet statewide housing goals without sacrificing the places that tell our shared story.
• It would allow subregional entities to form earlier, COGs to determine subregional shares earlier, and

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• happy to share if anyone needs that data.
• Before diving into the proposal itself, I'd like to share a little bit of background.
• And we'll make sure to share those accordingly. Okay, that'll be a ways down the road.
• The benefits are narrowly concentrated, but the costs are widely shared.
• The benefits are narrowly concentrated, but the costs are widely shared.

Summary: The subcommittee first received an informational update on the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GoServe), including California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, and the Youth Empowerment Commission. GoServe reported strong participation in College Corps, Youth Service Corps, and Climate Action Corps, along with outreach results from OCPSC and the Trusted Messenger Network. The Department of Finance said the programs remain a priority but noted prior budget reductions, while the LAO said it had no new recommendations. Committee members raised questions about program diversity, geographic reach, administrative costs, and whether the programs duplicate existing volunteer opportunities; one member criticized the programs as costly and duplicative, while another emphasized the value of volunteerism and asked about the men’s service challenge. The item was informational only. The committee then heard an overview of the Board of Equalization’s property tax responsibilities and its first budget proposals since the 2017 reorganization. BOE described its role in county assessment oversight, state-assessed property valuation, and related tax administration. Members asked about BOE’s interaction with counties, property tax reassessments, and local tax notices; BOE explained it mainly works with county assessors and handles technical property tax questions, while local special district charges are generally outside its scope. The committee also considered a BOE proposal to implement SB 293, which would give additional time for certain intergenerational property tax transfer claims after the 2025 wildfires. BOE requested $154,000 for guidance, public materials, and inquiry response work, saying the change is urgent for wildfire-affected families, especially in Altadena. The LAO had no concerns, and the item was held open. BOE also presented an information technology modernization proposal for its state-assessed property program, seeking $3.2 million in 2026-27 and $3.1 million in 2027-28 to replace a 30-year-old mainframe system. BOE said the current system relies heavily on manual data entry and paper processes, creating inefficiencies, cybersecurity risks, and delays, while modernization would free staff for more audits and valuation studies. The LAO supported the need but urged a high bar for new IT projects; Finance said the project met the threshold of necessity. Members generally supported the upgrade but asked about audit gains, revenue impacts, and implementation risks, and the item was held open. Finally, CDTFA gave its department overview and then discussed a proposal to require all delivery network companies, such as Uber Eats and DoorDash, to be treated as marketplace facilitators for sales tax purposes. CDTFA said the current carve-out creates confusion for restaurants and small businesses because some DNCs collect and remit tax while others do not, and the change would improve compliance and shift reporting to larger platforms. Members debated whether the proposal amounts to a tax increase for consumers, with CDTFA and Finance arguing it is a consistency and compliance measure rather than a new tax, while others said it would likely raise consumer costs. The committee also discussed broader CDTFA issues, including local sales tax districts, revenue-sharing agreements, and the growth of special taxing jurisdictions. No votes were taken, and the agenda items were informational or held open.

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you so much for the opportunity to share testimony today.
• Please share. Good afternoon, everyone.
• That's a goal that I believe that everyone shares.
• That's what they share.
• Please share your testimony.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is just kind of showing and sharing where each of the regions are with their listening sessions
• Any feedback that we receive through the AOC's feedback loop, I am sharing that with the accountable
• So it's been about six or seven months, and we have done a lot of work, and we're excited to share it
• We're really encouraging sharing of resources and really not reinventing the wheel.
• And just to share that the second largest district...

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Counties may partner with one another to share equipment, personnel, or even space to best serve their
• </c> partner with one another to share partner with one another to share equipment,<00:04:46.639><c>
• Do you have any feedback from them that you can share with our committee?
• </c><00:09:19.519><c> Well,</c><00:09:19.760><c> Senator,</c> share with our committee?
• Well, Senator, share with our committee?

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 01:09 Roll Call 02:11 SB 7 12:42 SB 7 Vote 13:48 SB 30 17:26 SB 30 Vote 19:56 SB 28 46:35 SB 28 vote, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Let me share something that to me is a shame.
• But I want to share it with this committee because of the makeup of the committee.
• And let me share with you why it's even more important.
• Bauer in sharing our opinions.
• Bauer, thank you again for letting me share your time a little bit.

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• This is because many market-rate housing projects include a share of units that are deed-restricted to
• I do have some of the concerns shared by the League of California Cities, only because I...
• According to data from HUD, it costs an average of over $16,000 a year to share an off-campus apartment
• It requires jurisdictions to distribute a meaningful share of multifamily and lower-income housing in
• Thank you for sharing that painful experience. Committee members, Assembly Member Wilson.

Summary: The Assembly Local Government Committee heard a long agenda of housing, water, and local finance bills, with the chair repeatedly reminding attendees about hearing rules and noting that several measures were being heard without a quorum at first. Early items included AB 407, which would broaden eligibility for state-run loan and financing programs to help small businesses fund environmental, seismic, and ADA upgrades, and AB 93, which would require data centers to estimate and report water use and follow state best practices. AB 93 drew support from water advocates and local government groups, while the Data Center Coalition opposed it, arguing the bill could be overly restrictive, difficult to retrofit, and raise trade secret or security concerns. The committee also heard AB 650 on housing element review, AB 1044 on creating a new Tulare County groundwater sustainability agency, and AB 523 on allowing proxy voting for single-representative member agencies on the Metropolitan Water District board; all drew broad support from local agencies and related stakeholders and no recorded opposition in the room. Several housing bills were presented as part of a broader fast-track housing package. AB 507 would streamline adaptive reuse of office buildings into housing, especially in downtowns with high vacancy; supporters said it would revive urban cores and help meet housing and climate goals, while the League of California Cities and a few cities opposed it unless amended, citing concerns about one-size-fits-all by-right approval and fee limitations. AB 1294 would create a universal housing application and limit early application requirements; it drew strong support from housing and business groups, with the American Planning Association and League of California Cities seeking more flexibility and input. AB 610 would require local governments to disclose housing constraints in their housing elements and limit new constraints after certification for three years unless disclosed; supporters said it would improve transparency and certainty, while opponents warned it could chill legitimate local policy choices and inclusionary housing requirements. Both AB 610 and AB 698, which would require analysis of the housing and property tax impacts of proposed transfer taxes, were moved out of committee on 7-0 votes after discussion and amendments. The committee also heard AB 1112, which would repeal an outdated Riverside County property tax provision affecting Rancho Mirage; the city argued it was the only qualifying no-low property tax city not receiving the standard minimum and sought equal treatment. After quorum was established, the bill was passed 6-0 with amendments and sent to Appropriations. AB 1021, heard later, would make it easier for school districts and other local education agencies to build employee housing, with the author citing teacher recruitment and retention problems and support from education stakeholders. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly emphasized the need to balance housing production, local fiscal tools, and infrastructure needs, and several authors accepted committee amendments and committed to continued negotiations with opponents.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, I stopped by each of your offices to share an executive summary of the requested exceptional
• There's a fiscal and policy issue about the Texas Share System recommendation.
• We have a few exceptional items I'll share a little more detail about.
• So, um, I appreciate you sharing this with us.
• It, it appears to me that please feel free to, to share your, uh, I'll phrase as a question.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> there's going to have to be risk sharing there's going to have to be risk sharing involved.<00:47
• </c> only two groups you can risk share with. only two groups you can risk share with.
• Um, we have the ability to share confidential information.
• Um, we have the ability to share confidential information.
• So, the minutes I shared with you McGee.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Rosato, for coming and sharing your perspective.
• ><c> shared</c><02:36:25.200><c> by</c><02:36:25.480><c> the</c><02:36:25.640><c> DOE,</c> to be shared
• </c> there isn't a mechanism for even sharing there isn't a mechanism for even sharing the<02:38:42.880
• addresses, but apparently it's only the state-identified student ID numbers that are shared.
• So, we have no way to share information because we don't collect it.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That is not shared.
• That is not shared.
• </c><00:30:26.600><c> the</c> recognize the fact that we share the recognize the fact that we share the
• I never shared that. It means a lot, and the nurses were struggling.
• And unless you've been a patient, I'm glad people have been sharing it.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committees on Health and Labor heard testimony on HB 1244, a measure relating to labor standards at health care facilities and nursing staff ratios. Committee members opened by explaining hearing procedures, including a suggested two-minute testimony limit and Zoom rules. The bill drew extensive testimony from hospitals, nursing organizations, unions, and individual nurses, with the central debate focusing on whether staffing ratios should be set by statute or left to collective bargaining and unit-level staffing decisions. Opponents included the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Straub Benioff Medical Center, Hawaii Pacific Health, Kapiolani Medical Center, and Queen’s Health Systems. They argued that fixed ratios are too rigid for the changing conditions of hospital care, could worsen workforce shortages, and should be handled through labor negotiations, staffing committees, and existing agreements. Several also pointed to investments in nursing education, loan repayment, and workforce development as better solutions. Queen’s said it had recently reached an agreement with nurses after more than 40 meetings that included a staffing framework, and Kapiolani and others emphasized the need for flexibility in emergencies and specialty care. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Pride at Work Hawaii, the Hawaii Nurses Association/American Nurses Association chapter, Hawaii Nurses Association Local 50, UNAC/UHCP, and individual nurses, said unsafe staffing levels contribute to burnout, turnover, errors, and patient harm. Testifiers described chronic short staffing, emotionally and physically exhausting workloads, and situations in which nurses were responsible for too many patients at once. Supporters argued that safe ratios are necessary to protect both patients and nurses, and that collective bargaining has not been enough to ensure safe conditions statewide, especially in facilities without unions. No vote or final committee action was announced in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• They shared with me recently that they're insured...
• They shared with me recently that their insurer required them to trim their trees near the roof's overhang
• Thank you for coming up today and sharing your experience.
• And I also want to thank the victims for coming forward and for you for sharing your story and for everybody

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee met to consider several insurance-related bills, with SB 1301 by Senator Allen and SB 876 by Senator Padilla receiving the most discussion. SB 1301 would reform residential property insurance non-renewals by requiring clearer written explanations, giving policyholders a chance to fix identified issues, and limiting non-renewals based on unreasonable grounds. The bill was supported by consumer advocates, fire survivors, local officials, and several organizations, while insurers said they had worked extensively with the author and were moving to neutral, though they still raised implementation and proprietary-information concerns. The committee voted to pass SB 1301 as amended to Appropriations, with the roll left open briefly before the bill was declared out. SB 876 would overhaul wildfire and disaster claims handling by requiring updated replacement-cost estimates, stronger extended replacement-cost and building-code coverage options, faster status updates when adjusters change, and other consumer protections. Supporters included the Department of Insurance, United Policyholders, consumer groups, and local representatives, who argued the bill addresses underinsurance, delays, and inconsistent claims handling exposed by recent wildfires. Several industry groups said recent amendments resolved major concerns and moved them to neutral, while the California Fair Plan remained respectfully opposed pending further review. The committee approved SB 876 as amended to Judiciary, again leaving the roll open briefly before finalizing the vote. The committee also took up a consent item, SB 536 by Senator Archuleta, which was approved unanimously to Appropriations. Other bills listed at the start of the hearing, SB 555 and SB 795, were pulled at the request of the authors and were not heard.

Transcript Highlights:

• She really saw me, and I want to share a story that I don't know people know is really public, and quite
• and</c><00:09:29.280><c> I</c><00:09:29.360><c> want</c><00:09:29.560><c> to</c><00:09:29.640><c> share
• </c><00:09:29.839><c> a</c> &gt;&gt; She really saw me and I want to share a &gt;&gt; She really saw
• me and I want to share a story<00:09:30.240><c> that</c><00:09:30.440><c> I</c><00:09:30.480><c> don't

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And after it passed, my team at the IFPC Legal Center had the opportunity to share our recommendations
• I want to close by briefly sharing why parental choice for education matters.
• Grace, thank you for sharing a little bit about yourself. I, too, love photography.
• Grace, thank you for sharing a little bit about yourself. I, too, love photography.

Committee: Senate Local Government and Taxation

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> Thank you for sharing that with me. >> Yes, sir. >> Hi, Chris. >> What's up? >> How you doing?
• &gt;&gt; Thank<00:02:52.080><c> you</c><00:02:52.080><c> for</c><00:02:52.239><c> sharing</c><00:02:52.480
• </c> &gt;&gt; Thank you for sharing that with me. &gt;&gt; Thank you for sharing that with me.

Committee: House Tuscaloosa County Legislation

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• opportunity to be uniquely collaborative, sets up a way for them to actually think about ways that they can share
• ways that<00:09:12.240><c> they</c><00:09:12.480><c> can</c><00:09:12.959><c> uh</c><00:09:13.120><c> share
• </c><00:09:13.519><c> adjudicated</c><00:09:14.480><c> water</c> that they can uh share adjudicated water
• that they can uh share adjudicated water rights<00:09:15.120><c> without</c><00:09:15.519><c> losing

Bills: SF0050 , SF0068 , SF0084 , HB0087 , HB0029 , HB0061 , HB0090

Committee: Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Keywords: groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls, monitoring wells, public reporting, irrigation, water management, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, water development

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, the comment would be I share my compadres concerns with the comment would be I share my compadres
• And though I share those concerns, I kind of like the flexibility that the department.
• Though I share those concerns, I kind of like the flexibility that the department can evolve as the world

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first considered RS 33-117, a proposal from Rep. Levitt to give charter school enrollment priority to children of school founders, siblings, foster children, and then active-duty Title 10 military families. Members moved to introduce the bill, and the committee approved introduction by voice vote. The next item was House Bill 599 on digital curriculum funding. Rep. Raymond said the bill would change the program from first-come, first-served grants capped at $50,000 per district to a needs-based process administered by the State Department of Education. Superintendent Critchfield described a scoring rubric focused on underserved and rural districts, alignment with reading/math/college-and-career goals, implementation and evaluation plans, prior funding history, and sustainability. Some members questioned how “need” would be defined and worried the criteria were too discretionary. A motion to send the bill to the floor was replaced by a substitute motion to hold the bill in committee until a date certain, and the committee agreed to hold HB 599 until the 19th. The committee then heard House Bill 516, a cleanup bill related to last year’s law restricting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity. Rep. Hawkins and a lobbyist supporting the bill said the measure would remove leftover language from the earlier version and clarify that the K-12 restriction was intended to be broad. Opponents, including Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, argued the bill would erase age-appropriate discussion of LGBTQ topics and create vague censorship concerns. Idaho Family Policy Center supported the bill, saying schools were not complying with the prior law. Members raised questions about possible effects on CTE and health-related courses, parental opt-in rules, and legal conflicts with existing code. After testimony and discussion, the committee voted to send HB 516 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

Transcript Highlights:

• welcome the 50 students from James Campbell High School for the early this morning for advocating, for sharing
• this morning for for the early this morning for advocating<00:04:56.160><c> for</c><00:04:56.400><c> sharing
• </c><00:04:56.639><c> their</c><00:04:56.880><c> impressive</c> advocating for sharing their impressive
• advocating for sharing their impressive and<00:04:58.080><c> insight</c><00:04:58.800><c> in</c><00:

Bills: SB2042 , SB2892 , SB1163 , SB2076 , SB2116 , SB2122 , SB99 , SB2088 , SB2114 , SB2117 , SB2118 , SB2245 , SB2386 , SB2079 , SB2043 , SB2155 , SB2268 , SB2932 , SB3240

Keywords: SB2042, Hawaii insurance, captive insurance, sponsored captive, class 4 captive, minimum capital, surplus requirement, unimpaired capital, insurance commissioner, HRS 431:19-104, commercial insurance, risk retention, insurance regulation, financial solvency, captives, Ways and Means, CPN, feral chickens, chickens, animal control

Transcript Highlights:

• The assessments are not limited, as Chapter 720 requires, to an owner's proportionate share of the common
• It provides that assessments payable to the developer may not exceed the members' proportional share
• I will close by sharing that I am a primary caregiver for my adult disabled son and my widowed mother
• We'll share that adopted. Any other business before the committee today? Senator Boyd moves.

Bills: S0936 , S1724 , S1014 , S1498

Committee: Senate Regulated Industries

Keywords: temporary door locking device, emergency safety, building code, training programs, fire exit security, utility services, municipal agreements, public meetings, rates and fees, public service commission, municipal utility, water service, wastewater service, property owners, annexation, civil action, community associations, condominium, homeowners associations, structural integrity

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries heard and advanced four bills. First, members took up SB 1724 on utility services, adopting a late-filed delete-everything amendment by Senator Martin. The amended bill would require annual customer meetings for certain municipal utility customers outside city limits, cap use of gross utility revenues for general government purposes, require excess funds to be reinvested or returned, reduce the outside-city surcharge and rate differential caps, and phase out certain surcharges tied to existing bond covenants. The Florida League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the need for time to complete rate studies and budget adjustments. The committee then reported the bill favorably. Members also heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices, which would define and authorize such devices, direct the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the building code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or debate, the bill was reported favorably. The committee next considered SB 1014, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water and wastewater service solely because a property owner will not annex, if the property is near a municipal main line, not already served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. An amendment narrowed the distance trigger to one-half mile and clarified the main-line requirement. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about impacts on annexation policy, potential duplication of services, and possible subsidy of outside customers, but the committee still reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1498 on community associations. A strike-all amendment made technical changes to turnover inspection and electronic voting provisions and added two major policy changes: requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors, with a misdemeanor penalty for willful noncompliance, and prohibiting certain developer-controlled mandatory club fee arrangements that generate perpetual profit beyond proportional expenses. Testimony in support came from homeowners describing alleged governance abuses and mandatory fee schemes in their communities, while the Community Associations Institute supported the amendment. The committee reported CS for SB 1498 favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senators Bracey Davis and Calatayud asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on selected bills.