Transcript Highlights:

• simply be a bill that, in consultation with our office, would set minimum cybersecurity standards and practices
• simply be a bill that, in consultation with our office, would set minimum cybersecurity standards and practices
• have been made that that has been happening, and that money is being used improperly, and it is practically
• and</c><00:39:47.200><c> it</c><00:39:47.359><c> is</c><00:39:47.760><c> is</c><00:39:48.000><c> practically
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Committee: Joint Elections

Keywords: Elections - Room 210; 29 January, 2026: 2:30 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Cross: what does this bill do if we're already doing this, if this is already in practice?
• It’s really an internal policy for the state of Arizona based on best practices that have worked so well
• I think it addresses best practices, and you can make yourselves better, if it's us or the City of Phoenix
• not be able to redirect the federal dollars, but we could ask more questions and help with best practices
• Yet many of us practice without consistent access to specialty support for early diagnostic guidance

Committee: House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met on January 28 and heard several bills, beginning with introductions of members and staff. The committee first considered HB 2056, which would appropriate $100,000 to the Arizona Department of Water Resources for a feasibility study of brackish groundwater desalination sites. Sponsor Rep. Gail Griffin argued the state should explore use of large brackish groundwater reserves amid Colorado River concerns, while one speaker opposed the bill on aquifer-protection grounds. The committee voted 11-6-1 to give HB 2056 a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up HB 2798, as amended, which appropriates $100,000 to the Arizona Geological Survey to compile data on materials relevant to nuclear energy, including thorium and other non-uranium fuels. Rep. Carbone and others framed the bill as an economic development and national security measure, while opponents questioned whether Arizona has meaningful deposits and whether the state should fund the research. The University of Arizona testified that the Geological Survey could do the work. The committee adopted the Livingston amendment and then approved the bill 11-5-1. Next, the committee considered HB 2303, which codifies investment standards for the State Treasurer, emphasizing safety and principal preservation and prohibiting speculative investments and insider misuse. The Treasurer’s Office supported the bill, saying it reflects existing policy and ethics rules, though members asked for clearer definitions of “speculative” and how the bill would interact with other statutes. The committee passed HB 2303 15-0 with two members present and one not voting. HB 2344, which directs the Treasurer to manage the local government investment pool internally and allows a third-party contract only for emergency backup, also passed after questions about local control and whether the bill was necessary; the vote was 12-2-3 with one not voting. The committee later heard HB 2759, a $500,000 appropriation to the Department of Veterans’ Services to partner with an educational institution in Yavapai County for veterans programs. Retired Navy SEAL Chief Richard Rodriguez testified about Embry-Riddle’s veteran population and emergency assistance needs for housing, travel, and equipment, while opponents objected to using state funds for a private institution and argued veterans services should be broader and statewide. The bill received a due pass recommendation 11-6-1. The committee also approved HB 2207, which funds the prison Braille transcription program at $300,000 and was described as a successful rehabilitation and service program, and HB 2224, as amended to $1 million, which funds the Double Up Food Bucks produce incentive program through SNAP; supporters said it helps families, farmers, and local economies, and the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Cross, what does this bill do if we're already doing this, if this is already in practice?
• It’s really an internal policy for the state of Arizona based on best practices that have worked so well
• I think it addresses best practices, and you can make yourselves better, if it's us or the City of Phoenix
• not be able to redirect the federal dollars, but we could ask more questions and help with best practices
• Yet many of us practice without consistent access to specialty support for early diagnostic guidance

Bills: HB2056 , HB2202 , HB2207 , HB2224 , HB2303 , HB2344 , HB2532 , HB2759 , HB2798

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding

Transcript Highlights:

• And it becomes very economical and very practical. The challenge is it takes a lot of maintenance.
• They don't practice it. They use the word, and there's a difference.
• They don't practice it. They use the work and there's a difference.
• a more appropriate yellow-light time tied to the actual speed of the vehicles on the roadway, a practice
• a more appropriate yellow-light time tied to the actual speed of the vehicles on the roadway, a practice

Bills: SB1024 , SB1032 , SB1059 , SB1062 , SB1064 , SB1097 , SCM1001 , SCR1004

Committee: Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Keywords: roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, transportation funding, authorization, road improvements, intersection safety, transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• Legally, this practice is significant under the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Federal Trade Commission
• Hampshire RSA 358, a non-disclosure of readily available lower prices is an unfair or deceptive practice
• Legally, this practice is significant under the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Federal Trade Commission
• Hampshire RSA 358, a non-disclosure of readily available lower prices is an unfair or deceptive practice
• approval of draft of the Senate bill to establish a study committee relative to health insurance practices

Committee: Senate Rules and Enrolled Bills

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a national best practice to indicate to you all maybe the risks that you're taking on in the current
• They have to be practicing in a rural area, and then the $5,000 or $3,000 maximum credit depends on which
• In practice, what this means is that most in-network insurance providers are essentially paid under a
• Practicing medicine is complex, as we're seeing.
• I'm grateful for this committee wanting to be really thoughtful and practical about how we can do that

Committee: House Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• To bring some transparency to this practice, SB 709 requires that contracts disclose on the first page
• Admitting persons to practice law in this state is a core responsibility of the State Bar.
• Admitting persons to practice law in this state is a core responsibility of the state bar.
• vote on concurrence in Senate amendments so that the board may continue to exist and regulate the practice
• vote on concurrence in Senate amendments so that the board may continue to exist and regulate the practice

Summary: The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, then returned to session with prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk following news of his shooting. Members then handled a series of procedural motions, including suspending rules, moving several bills to the inactive file, re-referring bills to committees, and authorizing committee meetings. The chamber also observed adjournments in memory for several individuals, including Ermilo Don Rodas, John Burton, Nina Chomsky, and Barbara “Bobby” Samperey. On the floor file, members considered and passed a long list of Senate bills, largely on bipartisan or unanimous votes. Topics included consumer protection and transparency for self-storage contracts (SB 709), adoption jurisdiction (SB 450), privacy and name/image protections (SB 683), an audit of the February 2025 bar exam (SB 47), data broker transparency (SB 361), used-car buyer protections (SB 76), state parks land acquisition streamlining (SB 630), cemetery work group deadlines (SB 777), financial enforcement authority (SB 825), utility outage reporting and reliability planning (SB 292), vital records confidentiality (SB 313), health care coverage and hormone therapy access (SB 418), workplace outreach (SB 578), Holocaust and genocide education (SB 472), county jail treatment for misdemeanor incompetency cases (SB 820), and AI companion chatbot safeguards for minors and self-harm risks (SB 243). Most measures passed with little or no opposition, though SB 578 drew sharp debate over the workplace outreach program and its funding. The Assembly also took up concurrence items and approved numerous Assembly bills with Senate amendments. These included transparency in legislative nondisclosure agreements (AB 1370), affordable faculty/staff housing provisions at community colleges (AB 648), tribal youth foster care reforms (AB 1378), EV charger payment regulations (AB 1423), technical Political Reform Act changes (AB 1511), diacritical marks on vital records (AB 64), reproductive health protections with urgency (AB 260), union and collective bargaining protections (AB 288), bench trial statement-of-decision streamlining (AB 515), agricultural land stewardship (AB 524), geothermal exploratory project rules (AB 527), Medi-Cal field medicine changes (AB 543), tobacco-related provisions (AB 573), social media platform rules (AB 656), state parks transaction reporting (AB 679), professional licensing changes (AB 742), and child care staffing and assistant teacher pathways with urgency (AB 753). Votes were generally strong, with several measures passing unanimously or near-unanimously.

Transcript Highlights:

• renaissance package, most notably in that is for emergency room physicians who decide they want to go practice
• oversight that we do with dental students and their ability to have sovereign immunity when they go practice
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice. You can't use that.
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice, which allows the Board of Optometry to be able
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice, which allows the Board of Optometry to be able

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, and a retiring Senate employee. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators should not plan to be in next week, with hopes of sharing more budget news soon. The chamber then moved to third reading and took up a major bill on citizen initiatives and constitutional amendments, with sponsors saying it was needed to address documented petition fraud and to protect the integrity of the process. That bill drew extensive debate. Supporters argued that recent investigations showed widespread fraud in petition gathering, that the measure would add reasonable guardrails, and that it would prevent taxpayer-funded government messaging from being used to influence ballot measures. Opponents said the bill would make it much harder for ordinary Floridians to place amendments on the ballot by adding costs, deadlines, registration requirements, fines, and felony exposure, and they warned it would chill grassroots participation and effectively favor wealthy or corporate-backed campaigns. After debate, the Senate passed the bill 28-10. The Senate then adopted several House amendments and concurred on a series of education and public-safety measures, including bills on stem cell therapy, student-athlete electrocardiograms, cardiac emergency planning in schools, school safety, Bright Futures and other education policy items, and educator preparation. Most of those measures passed unanimously or with overwhelming support, and the chamber also recognized additional interns and a long-serving education advocate before recessing and returning to continue with House messages.

Transcript Highlights:

• oversight that we do with dental students and their ability to have sovereign immunity when they go practice
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice. as a second piece in there that was an oversight
• that we do with dental students and their ability to have sovereign immunity when they go practice in
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice. You can't use that.
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice, which allows the Board of Optometry to be able

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing interns, pages, a retiring sergeant-at-arms employee, and advocates visiting for a Prader-Willi Syndrome awareness resolution. Leaders also noted ongoing budget talks with the House and said senators should not plan to be in next week while negotiations continue. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for House Bill 12.5, a citizen-initiative elections bill. Sponsors said it was intended to address petition fraud and protect the integrity of the constitutional amendment process, citing investigations, arrests, and fraudulent petition activity tied to recent initiatives. Opponents argued the bill would make it much harder and more expensive for citizens to place amendments on the ballot, chill volunteer participation, and effectively favor wealthy or corporate interests. After extensive debate, the bill passed 28-10. The Senate then moved through a series of education bills, including measures on Bright Futures, Gold Seal, Florida ABLE, dual enrollment, educator preparation, and broader education policy, all of which passed unanimously. After a recess, the chamber took up House messages and concurred in amendments to bills on stem cell therapy, student athlete ECGs, cardiac emergency response plans, and school safety. Those measures also passed with broad support, with the school safety bill drawing some questions about the Guardian program and child care facilities.

Transcript Highlights:

• Competent medical students need a stable and healthy place to train.” practice in these communities when
• practice in these communities when they're<00:31:34.799><c> completed.
• Medicine Residency Program has Family Medicine Residency Program has residents<00:31:40.240><c> practicing
• /c><00:31:40.960><c> family</c><00:31:41.360><c> medicine</c><00:31:42.159><c> in</c> residents practicing
• family medicine in residents practicing family medicine in Cloquet,<00:31:43.279><c> Grand</c><00:31

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• training or um Uh, requirements, is that, is that a requirement to serve or is that just standard practice
• Told me to do what best practices, industry standards, and generally accepted law enforcement principles
• Number 1, accountability, and number 2, practicality. The first being accountability.
• Practicality. which I haven't heard today is what happens if we remove deadly conduct when it comes to
• That is not always practical, and I think everyone here knows if someone's pointing a firearm, um, action

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, uh, requirements is that is that a requirement to serve or is that just standard practice to hold
• Number one, accountability, and number two, practicality. being accountability, we see a negation of
• Practicality.
• It's highly encouraged, and if practice...
• That is not always practical and I think everyone here knows if someone's pointing a firearm Action beats

Bills: HB2034 , HB2436 , HB3010 , HB3033 , HB3138 , HB3177 , HB3426 , HB3686 , HB3858 , HB4176 , HB4257 , HB4264 , HB4804 , HCR98

Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• or fraudulent practices that were happening either with the subcontractor they were working with or
• In this bill it talks about if the sponsor reports the violation as soon as practical to the secretary
• What does as soon as practical mean? It means that as soon as they have the ability to do it.
• . ...decided to move forward with charges and said that it wasn't as soon as practical, so it would be
• So as soon as practicable component could, you know, they could report it two years later and, you know

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation. A substitute amendment was adopted that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate aviation flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and dedicate $10 million annually for a traffic signal modernization program. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales-tax transfer to the State Transportation Trust Fund, a bid-protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for CS for SB 628, Lucy’s Law, which strengthens boating safety penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless operation. After the sponsor withdrew a pending amendment, the committee heard emotional testimony from Lucy’s parents and others in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee next considered CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, under a strike-all amendment. The bill’s major provisions included removing non-purity additives from public water systems, requiring clearer labeling for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, criminalizing drone harassment over farmland, updating agriculture disaster recovery programs, creating an honest services registry for charities tied to countries of concern, expanding FFA-related scholarships and school infrastructure, and allowing the state to repurchase certain former agricultural lands converted to solar fields. Testimony included strong support from agriculture and related groups, opposition from the Florida Bankers Association over a private right of action related to financial discrimination, and criticism from speakers opposed to fluoride removal. The bill was amended and then reported favorably despite some opposition. The committee also reported favorably SB 796, which authorizes DEP general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems to replace failing septic tanks. The committee then took up a large strike-all for CS for SB 1618, a K-20 education package. The amendment combined provisions on VPK flexibility, early grade success, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention, teacher assignment transparency, restrictions on spending public funds for political or social activism, emergency opioid antagonists, corporal punishment consent, teacher certification pathways, and other higher-education and workforce items from SB 1624, including guardrails for certain private religious postsecondary institutions. Members questioned the new prohibition on using public funds for political or social activism, with the sponsor saying it was intended to keep public schools from being a battleground for ideology; Equality Florida and the ACLU opposed that section. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee began extensive debate on CS for SB 7016, a major initiative-petition reform bill. The sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse documented in a large Office of Election Crimes and Security report and would impose tighter rules on petition circulators, including Florida residency and U.S. citizenship requirements, training, shorter submission deadlines, stronger penalties, new identification requirements on petitions, and a 25% invalid-signature trigger for investigations by election-crimes officials. Senators raised numerous questions about due process, public records, penalties, the treatment of volunteers and former felons, the verification process, and the practical effect of the new deadlines and thresholds. The discussion was ongoing when the transcript ended, and no final vote on SB 7016 is shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• or fraudulent practices that were happening either with the subcontractor they were working with or
• In this... ...bill it talks about if the sponsor reports the violation as soon as practical to the secretary
• What does as soon as practical mean? It means that as soon as they have the ability to do it.
• . ...decided to move forward with charges and said that it wasn't as soon as practical, so it would be
• So, as soon as practicable component could, you know, they could report it two years later and, you know

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation, adopting a substitute amendment that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and fund a traffic signal modernization program with $10 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales tax transfer to the trust fund, a bid protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for SB 628, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety, which would strengthen penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless vessel operation. Lucy’s parents gave emotional testimony in support, describing the fatal 2022 boating crash and urging stronger accountability. The sponsor withdrew pending amendments, and the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, was next; the strike-all amendment covered a broad range of agriculture-related changes, including water fluoridation restrictions, labeling rules, drone restrictions over farmland, disaster recovery programs, an honest services registry, FFA-related provisions, and agricultural land preservation. Testimony included support from agricultural and gun-rights groups, opposition from banking, dental, and local-government advocates, and a lengthy public debate over fluoridation and financial discrimination. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems was reported favorably with little debate. The committee then took up CS for SB 1618 on K-12 education, adopting a delete-all amendment that combined a wide range of education provisions, including VPK flexibility, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention requirements, teacher assignment reporting, restrictions on spending public funds on political or social activism, postsecondary and workforce-related changes, and other school and college system updates. Several speakers opposed the activism-related funding restriction, while the sponsor said the bill was intended to keep publicly funded schools focused on education; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 7016 on initiative petitions, adopting a strike-all amendment that would sharply tighten petition circulation rules and increase penalties. The proposal would require circulators to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, impose training and registration requirements, shorten petition submission deadlines, require more identifying information on petition forms, limit sponsors to one amendment per election cycle, and create new enforcement and investigation triggers, including a 25% invalid-signature threshold. Sponsors argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect the integrity of constitutional amendment petitions, while senators raised concerns about due process, public-records issues, burdens on volunteers, and the impact on voters and sponsors. The bill was not reported in the portion provided, and the discussion remained ongoing at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Over the past several years, the Legislature in practice has allocated already 11% of that Prop 98 to
• So over the past several years, the legislature in practice has allocated already 11% of that prop $98
• continue building a legacy where access, equity, and hope are not just promises, but they are our practice
• Let's make sure that... ...equity and hope are not just promises, but they are our practice.
• I'm proud to present AB 1122, a practical, forward-thinking bill that ensures every California high school

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee met with a quorum and first approved a consent calendar containing AB 341, AB 1098, and AB 1316, sending those measures to the Human Services, Judiciary, and Appropriations Committees respectively. The committee then heard AB 977, which would require CSU to audit surplus land and work with California tribes to identify three regional burial sites for Native American remains that cannot yet be repatriated. Supporters, including tribal leaders and archaeology groups, said the bill is needed to honor ancestors and address the large number of remains still held by CSU; CSU said it is committed to repatriation but had no formal position. The bill passed to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote. Members also heard AB 1093, creating a California-Mexico higher education exchange program, and AB 1035, expanding the California College Promise to cover tuition for students pursuing community college bachelor’s degrees. AB 1093 drew support for strengthening cross-border educational and economic ties, but some members raised concerns about border-region sewage problems and the bill’s budget implications; it was held for later consideration. AB 1035 received strong support from community college leaders and faculty who said it would help low-income and first-generation students complete workforce-focused bachelor’s degrees, but several members questioned whether it would stretch Prop. 98 funding and whether the state should prioritize broader affordability concerns. AB 1035 passed to Appropriations on a 3-2 vote. The committee next approved AB 922, which would let the University of California keep access to federal criminal-history information for hiring background checks, avoiding delays and added costs if statutory authority is required. UC said the bill is needed to maintain safety and hiring operations, and it passed to Public Safety on a 5-0 vote. AB 1346, protecting military dependents from losing in-state residency status because of family travel, also passed unanimously to Military and Veterans Affairs. AB 1212, allowing UC to use low-income housing tax credits to build affordable housing for faculty and staff on UC land, drew support from UC and labor groups but opposition from members concerned about preferential access to public resources; it was held for later action. Finally, the committee approved AB 500 and AB 684, both aimed at increasing transparency around UC admissions policy changes and UC BOARS decision-making, sending AB 500 to Education and AB 684 to Governmental Organization, each on 5-0 votes. The hearing then moved on to AB 1122 on dual enrollment, with the author and witnesses presenting the bill as a way to expand college access for high school students.

Transcript Highlights:

• competitive integrated employment designed to offer a range of services to test new service delivery practices
• It doesn't work. doesn't pay the best for the best practices that we know about.
• It would identify and disseminate best practices, and make recommendations for legislative, regulatory
• policy changes consistent with Employment First, based on the collection of data and known best practices
• Really, the recommendations focus on increasing the consistency of the practices of the rates used, the

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the best practices in collaborative courts is to identify participants based on their risk to
• I think it's a combination of effective evidence-based treatment practices and having a robust treatment
• I've been on several panels practicing for 10 years.
• Prior to that, I was a member of the panel and had practiced exclusively devoted to indigent appellate
• We are a statewide association of criminal defense lawyers in private practice and also working in public

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Proposition 36 and its implementation, with judicial and budget officials describing it as a major shift from misdemeanor to felony processing for repeat drug possession and certain theft offenses. Witnesses explained that the law creates a treatment-mandated felony process that can lead to dismissal if a defendant completes treatment, but also requires evaluations, court monitoring, and potentially long, open-ended supervision. Judicial representatives said the new law is already generating large numbers of filings, creating workload, staffing, courtroom, and facility pressures, and that access to treatment beds, housing, and evaluation capacity is limiting participation. Several speakers emphasized that collaborative courts are effective but are not a perfect fit for Prop. 36 because those programs are typically probation-based and serve different risk/need populations. Court officials from San Bernardino and Orange counties said the impacts vary by county but are severe, with some counties seeing hundreds or more filings in a short period and others moving more slowly to build treatment infrastructure first. They argued that Prop. 36 is effectively an unfunded mandate unless the state provides more resources for judges, staff, facilities, treatment, housing, and supervision. The Legislative Analyst’s Office noted that Prop. 36 will reduce the Proposition 47 savings that fund mental health and substance use treatment grants, but said the near-term reduction is relatively modest and that the full effect will take time to appear because of the way those savings are calculated. Members of the committee repeatedly raised concerns that the state is underfunding the courts and counties needed to carry out the new law. The committee also reviewed the Governor’s proposed trial court operations budget, including a partial restoration of a prior $97 million cut and additional ongoing funding. Judicial branch officials said the restoration helped avoid furloughs, hiring freezes, and service reductions, and supported cybersecurity, technology, staffing, and records management. The LAO recommended that the Legislature seek more detail on how midyear restorations are handled and consider clarifying language for transferring unspent trial court trust fund monies to the General Fund. Finance said the flexibility in the ongoing funding was intentional and would be taken back for consideration. In a separate item, the committee heard testimony on a $6.3 million increase for Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal appointed counsel programs. Judicial officials and appellate project representatives said the system is facing a crisis because indigent appeals have risen sharply while the number of panel attorneys has fallen, leaving many cases waiting months for counsel. They argued the proposed increase would help but is still below what is needed to recruit and retain attorneys and prevent delays that affect criminal, juvenile, and child welfare cases. The committee also discussed the Tracy courthouse project in San Joaquin County, where local officials said reopening a courthouse closed since 2011 is necessary to serve a growing population and relieve overcrowding elsewhere. The LAO and Finance both noted the project is next in line under the facilities plan, though LAO suggested the Legislature could consider whether other facility priorities should come first.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a practical matter, we don't have any issues with the existence of a deferred retirement option plan
• 17.080><c> a</c> on the existing retirement plan uh as a on the existing retirement plan uh as a practical
• :17.960><c> we</c><00:18:18.039><c> don't</c><00:18:18.200><c> have</c><00:18:18.320><c> any</c> practical
• matter we don't have any practical matter we don't have any issues<00:18:19.039><c> with</c><00:18:19.280
• think if law enforcement is aware that it is, you know, not just because, when you think about the practical

Committee: House Labor

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• maybe jot down your questions, and if we've got the information readily accessible, otherwise, my practice
• maybe jot down your questions, and if we've got the information readily accessible, otherwise, my practice
• I would assume that there would be some oversight to where they don't adversely affect current practices
• To where they don't adversely affect current practices, add confusion between counties, cities, and the
• I would assume that there would be some oversight to where they don't adversely affect current practices

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• information security provisions in the bill with existing standards and account for ongoing data sharing practices
• However, in practice, it is not.
• Given the overwhelming complexity of utility accounting practices and the massive number of individual
• correct mistakes before they are found by others and allow escalating penalty levels if utility practices
• AB 2279 is a timely and practical solution that strengthens regional broadband consortia like ours so

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

Keywords: 987, senate, all