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• That best product for the state. We also spoke to many states as well.
• Edgepoint and our product. energy, but Edgepoint is very excited to be working with the PED and the state
• States?
• State government.
• In addition, the state...

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• Senator, the state already owns the state fairground.
• We have a big state, Mr.
• Is it going to be built on state land? Mr.
• House Bill 219 creates New Mexico's 36th State Park.
• It's a New Mexico state flag.

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• It's supported by the State Central Services Fund.
• F is a letter from the Treasury of State for $300,000.
• This is to establish a new state motor pool program after the state fleet was transferred from DFA.
• B is Division of State Police, $4,000.
• B is Division of State Police, $4,000.

Committee: All ALC-PEER

Summary: The committee met to review a large slate of fiscal year 2026 and 2027 appropriation, transfer, and continuation requests across multiple sections. Early items included temporary appropriations for agencies such as Health, DHS, Education, Public Safety, State Police, Emergency Management, Aeronautics, Military, Economic Development, and Game and Fish, covering items like maternal health outreach, energy assistance repayments, Wynne High School tornado rebuilding, senior food services, cybersecurity, crime victim reparations, aviation grants, conservation incentives, and emergency tower maintenance. Members asked questions on several items, including DHS aging carry-forward funds and Treasury custodial banking fees tied to COVID-era balances; the committee also approved a disclosure by the chair on the Game and Fish-related item before voting to approve the section. The committee then approved continuation requests, CARES Act and ARPA reallocations, and federal grant appropriations. Notable discussion included the Boonville developmental disability project, ALIGN program reallocations at several universities, a small business technical assistance grant at UA Little Rock, and a Department of Public Safety highway safety grant, for which members requested more detail on operating expenses and professional fees. Additional approvals covered a transfer to the Merit Teacher Incentive program, restricted reserve fund transfers for military medical command and university projects, and a state central services deduction held at 2%. The Department of Commerce also received approval for a reallocation of positions and spending authority tied to its organizational realignment. Later sections included shared technology and higher education transfers, cash fund appropriations for school Medicaid reimbursements, corrections, youth mental health, narcotics detection canines, bike safety equipment, a state motor pool pilot, and law enforcement safety costs. The committee also reviewed budget classification transfers, including a Governor’s Office legal fee transfer related to a California lawsuit, and heard explanations about E-Rate reimbursements affecting the Office of State Technology. Members asked about VOCA funding levels for crime victim services and about the National Security Grant Program for nonprofits and faith-based organizations; officials said federal funding had declined from prior highs but appeared to have stabilized, and that the nonprofit security grant is an annual federal program. The meeting concluded with review of pay plan requests, DHS overtime funding for child protection caseloads, and a year-end adjustment request allowing DFA to make up to $1 million in transfers to close the books, after which the committee adjourned.

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• This will help Texas to plan not only for the new water projects that the state needs, but also our state
• We also heard from people throughout the state and many of our businesses throughout the state who were
• So when you laid this out in State Affairs and on the floor, you stated that the intention was for the
• the member state.
• Of the state share, 25 percent is to be used specifically for state-funded veteran services.

Summary: The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote. A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11. The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0. Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.

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• took care of it, it's in the state plan.
• One thing that I've already come to understand is QR codes and how QR codes can be used.
• So we've been in four ERs all over the state, all over the country, actually.
• So any EMS operating in the state of Missouri can opt into this program." "Okay.
• So, as the previous witness stated, this is an issue we take very seriously.

Committee: House Health and Mental Health

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• It's not going abroad to buy energy or across state lines even.
• It's not going abroad to buy energy or across state lines even.
• </c><00:55:25.440><c> Um,</c> their energy usage and energy costs.
• Um, their energy usage and energy costs.
• ><c> is</c> to the state and if more energy is to the state and if more energy is needed,<01:11:35.440

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This program allows for participants to use a substitute address designated by the Secretary of State
• Currently, California state law does not provide adequate protections for their sensitive data.
• The Engaged California program brings this work to California at a scale fit for our great state.
• For our great state. I'm happy to answer any technical questions you have here today. Thank you.
• In 2022, California enacted the Age-Appropriate Design Code, AADC.

Summary: The committee heard AB 1979, which would limit the use of AI in health care by requiring licensed professionals to retain final clinical judgment, prohibiting automated systems from directing unlicensed individuals to perform licensed clinical functions, and clarifying medical-record privacy rules for direct-to-consumer health chatbots. Supporters, including nurses and labor groups, said the bill preserves patient safety and keeps care decisions in human hands. Hospital and industry groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could create compliance burdens and interfere with training and legitimate AI-assisted care. The bill was approved 6-1 and placed on call. Members then considered AB 2624, which would expand California’s Safe at Home confidentiality program to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers facing harassment or doxing. The author and supporters described threats, stalking, and online targeting of immigrant advocates and said the bill would let them use substitute addresses to protect their safety. Opposition focused mainly on concerns about the bill’s legal enforcement language, though the author said it mirrors existing Safe at Home provisions and does not create a new private right of action. The measure passed 4-1 and was placed on call. AB 2103 would make Engaged California a permanent statewide public engagement program. The author and the Office of Data and Innovation said it is meant to broaden civic participation through structured deliberation and transparent publication of results. Some members raised concerns about partisan balance and topic selection, while supporters emphasized the need to reach Californians who do not typically participate in hearings. The bill passed 6-0 and was placed on call. The committee also heard AB 2, a social media accountability bill for harms to children and teens, and AB 883, which would expand privacy protections and shorten data-broker deletion timelines for elected officials and judges; both drew support and opposition, were approved on committee votes, and placed on call. Later, the committee began AB 2023, a chatbot safety bill for children that would require age verification, safety audits, default protections, and limits on ads and data sharing; testimony was strongly supportive from child-safety advocates, while industry groups raised concerns about vague standards, audits, and liability.

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• As you all recall, when the governor gave a State of the State, he said, "Send me an OIG bill, and I'll
• Over state government programs and what I call providers, which are the recipients of state funds, is
• Governor Walz expresses his support for the idea in his state-of-the-state address, and then here we
• Not balancing our state budget.
• That is occurring within our state.

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• out-of-state races.
• and State Bonding Fund by contract with the State of North Dakota.
• , state entities.
• I don't live in the energy-producing part of our state, oil and coal.
• I don't live in the energy producing part of our state, oil and coal.

Committee: Joint Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• I’m representative John Schurz from District 9, Washington, Payette, Canyon County.
• Current Idaho Code addresses three classes of electric-assisted bicycles.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 989, all

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• Teresa and I actually started in the State Capitol. She has served for 21 years in this building.
• Doug LaMalfa was not a typical Washington politician.
• This bill mirrors a framework of SB 474, which limits commissary price markups in state facilities to
• SJR 18 actually builds on an effort that is being done in many states around the United States, Montana
• houses in the United States.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• THE BACK OF THE LINE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS FLORIDA AS TROOPER BARGE JUST SAID IS ONE OF FOUR STATES
• FLORIDA IS ONE OF ONLY NINE STATES THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR WARRANTS IN MISDEMEANOR CASES LIKE DUI.
• AS A TRANSFER FROM STATE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO OFFICIAL MILITARY ORDERS.
• THESE ARE CASES WHERE THE STATE GOT IT WRONG, NOT INTENTIONALLY BUT THE STATE GOT IT WRONG WITH HUNDREDS
• STATE AND YOU ALL HAVE WHEN YOU PASS THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Right now there's only one state higher, one southern state higher than Alabama.
• We're getting to the point where we're getting close to those states that are typically high energy states
• We're getting to the point where we're getting close to those states that are typically high energy states
• We're getting to the point where we're getting close to those states that are typically high energy states
• We're getting to the point where we're getting close to those states that are typically high energy states

Bills: HB303 , SB360 , SB325 , HB477 , SB329 , HB381 , SB330

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• Teresa and I—Teresa actually started in the State Capitol.
• Doug LaMalfa was not a typical Washington politician.
• This bill mirrors a framework of SB 474, which limits commissary price markups in state facilities to
• SJR 18 actually builds on an effort that is being done in many states around the United States, Montana
• houses in the United States.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest and retirement recognitions, including tributes to long-serving Assembly staff Liz Foster and Teresa Trujillo. Members also made procedural motions, including placing SB 546 on the inactive file, re-referring SB 716 to the Local Government Committee, and rescinding prior actions on SB 1344 and SB 1273 to return them to the third reading file. The body then took up a long series of concurrence and third-reading items, with most measures passing overwhelmingly. Among the bills discussed were AB 442 on working forest management plans, AB 2042 on civil actions, AB 1145 on vehicles, ACR 162 honoring Congressman Doug LaMalfa, AJR 17 on immigration registry renewal, SB 941 limiting commissary markups in private detention facilities, SB 1306 on controlled substances and semiconductor manufacturing, SB 1169 extending tentative map validity, SB 1211 on conviction integrity units, SB 971 on older adult education, SB 1193 on Alameda County discretionary funds, SB 1115 on public cemetery district trustee removal, SB 1187 removing language-access provisions from a Brown Act transparency measure, SB 505 on money transmitter security, SB 799 on the South Bay Regional Housing Trust, SB 994 banning NDAs for local officials and staff, SB 1405 on unclaimed retirement distributions, SB 881 extending food-bank-related tax incentives, SJR 18 on campaign finance reform, SB 1307 on forged real estate documents, and SB 1196 on utility hookup timelines. Most measures were approved with little or no opposition; SJR 18 passed 43-14, and several items required urgency or 54-vote thresholds and were adopted. The Assembly also adopted HR 136 designating Home Hardening Week and the consent calendar, including ACR 228. The session concluded with adjournment-in-memory presentations for David and Lupe Navarro and Rachel Summers, followed by an announcement that the Assembly would reconvene the next day at 9 a.m. for a floor session recognizing departing members, and the House adjourned until Tuesday, August 18 at 9 a.m.

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• in the state of Virginia.
• We've got a lot of data from other states.
• Currently, work on community and home hardening is guided through a long array of state codes, regulations
• This is about the insurance crisis this state is facing.
• We have communicated with three of the major carriers in the state, State Farm, Travelers, and AAA, who

Summary: The committee heard several insurance-related bills. SB 371 by Senator Cabaldon would lower uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage requirements for rideshare companies from the current $1 million level to $100,000 per person and $300,000 per incident, with added transparency and data-reporting provisions. Uber, Lyft, and several business groups supported the bill as a way to reduce fares and improve affordability, while consumer attorneys, labor groups, and others opposed it as a major cut in protection for injured passengers and drivers. Committee members raised concerns about whether savings would actually reach riders and drivers, but the bill was approved on a do-pass vote to the next committee, with one member not voting. SB 487 by Senator Grayson would change how settlement or judgment proceeds are distributed when peace officers or firefighters are injured by a third party, ensuring they receive at least two-thirds of the at-fault party’s liability insurance limits in certain cases. Supporters, including public safety unions and an injured deputy sheriff, said current law can leave injured first responders with little or no recovery after employer reimbursement, while opponents representing cities, counties, and public agencies argued the bill would reduce recovery of taxpayer-funded workers’ compensation costs and lacked sufficient data. The committee members who spoke largely supported the bill, and it passed on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with one member not voting. SB 616 by Senator Rubio would create an independent community hardening commission within the Department of Insurance to develop statewide wildfire mitigation recommendations and a post-catastrophe reporting process. The Department of Insurance, local governments, consumer groups, and fire-related organizations supported the measure as a way to improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while water agencies opposed provisions touching water infrastructure and warned of litigation and ratepayer impacts. The bill advanced on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with some members not voting and one member voting no. The committee also heard SB 547 by Senator Perez, coauthored by Senator Rubio, which would extend wildfire-related insurance cancellation/nonrenewal moratoriums to commercial properties; insurers removed their opposition after amendments, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a do-pass vote.

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• According to the state audit report last year, if state workers telework three or more days weekly, the
• And according to the Sacramento Bee's reporting, more than 70 state offices could not accommodate state
• So this bill updates state telework policy to require state departments to have a written, thought-out
• So I agree that he said they are the backbone of state government, and we ought to back up our state
• I am a state worker at the State Water Resources Control Board.

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on AB 1729, which would update California state telework policy. The author and many unionized state workers argued that telework has improved productivity, reduced emissions and commuting costs, saved the state money on office space, and should be governed by written, evidence-based departmental policies rather than blanket return-to-office mandates. Supporters emphasized flexibility, morale, and the need for transparency through a public dashboard. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill was later moved on a 2-1 vote, with the item placed on call. Members also heard AB 805, which would create a Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to connect high school career technical education with registered apprenticeships. The author and supporters said the bill implements recommendations from the California Youth Apprenticeship Model report and would expand earn-and-learn pathways, especially for youth facing barriers. The bill passed the committee 3-0 and was placed on call. Two workers’ compensation and labor-relations bills drew sharp opposition. AB 1576 would reform the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund; supporters said it would reduce litigation and employer assessments, while opponents argued it did not go far enough and preferred the administration’s trailer bill. AB 1582 would make it an unfair labor practice for UC or other higher education employers to disregard arbitration decisions on contracting out; supporters said it would protect arbitration outcomes for service workers, while UC argued it would interfere with bargaining agreements and threaten patient and student services. Both bills were moved on 2-1 votes and placed on call. After quorum was established, the committee also advanced AB 1630, allowing union representatives to invite bargaining-unit members to observe meet-and-confer sessions remotely; AB 2650, a CalSavers cleanup bill to improve retirement savings access and administration; AB 2054, expanding paid family leave eligibility for relatives of military service members on domestic duty; AB 2157, making permanent the Displaced Oil and Gas Workers Fund pilot program; and AB 1838, requiring bidders on local public works projects to disclose recent wage-and-hour violations. AB 1630 and AB 2157 were both placed on call after divided votes, while AB 2650 and AB 2054 passed 2-1 and 3-0 respectively, and AB 1838 was placed on call after a 1-1 vote. The transcript ends as the committee begins AB 2682, which would conform the appeal process for transportation network company driver unionization law.

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• Judy E., State Building Trades, in opposition.
• Please state your name. Please state your name, your affiliation, and your position only.
• few states that does not have an official state butterfly.
• how best to spend our state tax dollars.
• State your name, affiliation, and position.

Committee: Senate Governmental Organization

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Please state your name. Thank you. Please state your name, your agency, and your position only.
• Judy E., State Billing Traits, in opposition.
• few states that does not have an official state butterfly.
• how best to spend our state tax dollars.
• State your name, affiliation, and position.

Committee: Senate Governmental Organization

Summary: The Senate Government Organization Committee met without a quorum at first, then later established one and took up a series of bills, many focused on regulatory oversight, state symbols, food insecurity, immigration enforcement, and ethnic media funding. SB 885 by Senator Strickland proposed requiring legislative approval for major regulations with an estimated economic impact over $50 million; supporters argued it would restore accountability and help address affordability, while labor and environmental opponents warned it would delay important health and safety rules. After discussion of committee amendments and concerns about timing, the bill was moved out on a due-pass motion, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee also heard SB 986, a similar regulatory oversight bill by Senator Saryato, which accepted committee amendments and advanced after supporters emphasized separation of powers and opponents raised delay concerns. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado created an Office of Food Security and Affordability to coordinate food programs across departments; members generally supported the goal but urged stronger reporting and oversight guardrails, and the bill was moved forward with the roll held open. The committee then heard several symbolic designation bills. SB 1214 by Senator Ochoa Bogh would designate the Western monarch as California’s state butterfly; supporters highlighted the species’ ecological importance and conservation value, and the bill advanced as amended. SB 1178 by Senator Reyes would designate the California yellow jacket as the state wasp; testimony emphasized its role in pest control and agriculture, and it also moved forward as amended. SB 1286 by Senator Richardson would designate the California sea lion as the official state pinniped; the author and Marine Mammal Care Center described sea lions as a conservation success story and a sentinel species, and the bill passed out of committee as amended. The committee also considered SB 1171 by Senator Caballero, which would make private entities that contract with ICE ineligible for state-funded loans or grants. Supporters framed it as a response to harmful ICE enforcement practices, while opponents warned it could sweep in providers of essential services such as food, medical care, and legal research for detainees and could invite retaliation against California funding. The bill was approved on a 7-3 vote, with the roll held open. Finally, SB 1358 by Senator Rubio, the Ethnic and Community Media Equity Act, would create a database and contracting framework to direct more state advertising and outreach funds to ethnic and community media; supporters said it would improve reach, trust, and effectiveness in underserved communities, and the bill advanced on a strong vote with the roll held open. The committee also took up the consent calendar after quorum was established, and several items were held open for absent members.

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• I think California might be the state. They're really going after those states.
• Some states, I remember Representative Herndon may jump in here if she remembers, some states will see
• It doesn't just come to the state.
• State to state specific specific agreements with Washington, Oregon, and Montana, and we're focusing
• Um, the state doesn't have jurisdiction outside of state and private lands, so that would be up to the

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• Following this senseless tragedy, our leadership publicly stated that the responders were, and I quote
• We do not recognize EMS as an essential service in the state.
• And they don't just cover Hennepin County; they cover the whole state.
• of EMS in the state as a whole.<00:28:17.600><c> John,</c> whole.
• If Washington wants to do something, this is what they can do. issue is the wheels moving means that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all