Transcript Highlights:

• I would imagine there are some right now, but if there's gaps there, we would be very happy to work with
• parents</c><00:58:15.240><c> um</c><00:58:15.559><c> I</c><00:58:15.640><c> would</c><00:58:15.880><c> imagine
• </c> given to parents um I would imagine given to parents um I would imagine there<00:58:16.440><c> are

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• But this would be an easy database share, an information share, if you can imagine a report that's related
• um</c><00:56:00.480><c> if</c><00:56:00.599><c> you</c><00:56:01.039><c> can</c><00:56:01.200><c> imagine
• </c> information share um if you can imagine information share um if you can imagine a<00:56:01.720><

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I want you to imagine that if there's roads in your state that New Hampshire DOT or your town or community
• I want you to imagine that if there's roads in your state that New Hampshire DOT or your town or community
• I want you to imagine that if there's roads in your state that New Hampshire DOT or your town or community
• I want you to imagine that if there's roads in your state that New Hampshire DOT or your town or community

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561. The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.

Transcript Highlights:

• If this were your community's history, I would imagine you'd be hearing from your constituents as part
• Were your community's history<01:39:29.119><c> I</c><01:39:29.199><c> would</c><01:39:29.440><c> imagine
• ><01:39:29.800><c> you'd</c><01:39:30.000><c> be</c><01:39:30.080><c> hearing</c> history I would imagine
• you'd be hearing history I would imagine you'd be hearing from<01:39:30.480><c> your</c><01:39:31.040

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If you could imagine those of you that practice, it's a totally different practice today than it was
• 1991<01:04:24.279><c> if</c><01:04:24.400><c> you</c><01:04:24.520><c> could</c><01:04:24.680><c> imagine
• /c><01:04:25.079><c> those</c><01:04:25.240><c> of</c><01:04:25.359><c> you</c> 1991 if you could imagine
• those of you 1991 if you could imagine those of you that<01:04:25.839><c> practice</c><01:04:26.440>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• there a shortage in the human resources department, or I'm just wondering because typically I would imagine
• 01:08:40.040><c> would</c> wondering because typically I would wondering because typically I would imagine
• 40.880><c> know</c><01:08:41.159><c> you</c><01:08:41.359><c> could</c><01:08:41.640><c> consider</c> imagine
• you know you could consider imagine you know you could consider things<01:08:42.520><c> like</c><01:

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You can imagine that.
• community quite a stir in the in a small community you<01:03:37.720><c> can</c><01:03:37.920><c> imagine
• 40.200><c> but</c><01:03:40.440><c> I</c><01:03:40.599><c> just</c><01:03:40.880><c> said</c> you can imagine
• that um but I just said you can imagine that um but I just said will<01:03:42.079><c> you</c><01:03:

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Imagine how much farther we could go with the kind of no-cost, common-sense reform that is proposed in
• I would imagine.
• And he felt, you know, a certain way about that, as I imagine.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health, and privacy. SB 574 by Senator Umberg would require transparency and human oversight when attorneys, judges, and court neutrals use AI; it drew support from privacy advocates and committee members, with no opposition. SB 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, would update child sexual exploitation laws to cover live-streamed and AI-generated abuse material and clarify that viewing such content can be criminally punishable; prosecutors, child advocacy groups, and others supported it, while no one appeared in opposition despite opposition on file. SB 813 would create a California AI standards and safety commission and a voluntary two-tier certification framework for AI safety standards; supporters said it would create scalable, independent oversight, while TechNet and CalChamber opposed it as duplicative, under-defined, and likely to create a de facto mandate. The committee discussed market pressure, federal preemption concerns, and the role of voluntary standards, but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. Senator Padilla also presented SB 300, which would strengthen protections for minors from sexually explicit chatbot content by moving from a reasonableness standard to an affirmative duty to prevent such exposure and to prohibit facilitation. Supporters said new evidence showed greater risks and that companies can and should build stronger safeguards; opponents, including TechNet and CCIA, argued the bill was premature because SB 243 had only recently taken effect and warned it could create strict-liability-like exposure. Padilla then presented SB 903, which would bar AI chatbots from being advertised as therapists, require licensed clinician oversight and informed consent for AI use in psychotherapy, and protect patient confidentiality; it received broad support from mental health professionals and labor groups, while industry and health associations were opposed unless amended over triage and crisis-detection language. The committee members emphasized the need for human judgment in mental health care and noted ongoing negotiations on amendments. The committee also heard SB 1119, a companion to AB 2020, which would require annual risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, default child settings, parental controls, limits on data use, public incident reporting, and third-party audits for chatbots used by children. Supporters argued the bill would address documented harms and improve transparency, while industry groups objected to ambiguous standards, liability exposure, and the private right of action. A roll call vote was taken on SB 1119 after quorum was established; the motion to pass to Appropriations succeeded on a 5-1 vote, with one no vote and the measure left on call for absent members. Finally, SB 354, a privacy bill for insurance consumers, would modernize outdated insurance privacy rules, bar sale of personal information, and expand consumer rights to know, correct, and delete data. Supporters said it would implement Proposition 24’s privacy mandate, while a large coalition of insurers, agents, brokers, and related businesses opposed unless amended, mainly seeking a small-business exemption and narrower treatment of publicly available information; members and the author said negotiations were ongoing and the bill had already been substantially revised.

Transcript Highlights:

• , like other people said up here, to really look at it and see what would happen, because I can't imagine
• Unfortunately, we had two fatalities last year in the summer in Plainfield, but also imagine all the
• I can imagine.

Keywords: 1146, all

Transcript Highlights:

• golf clubs and ski trips and diamond rings and $1,000 generators, and every possible luxury you can imagine
• bought for one child, whereas in a public service— Every possible luxury you can imagine bought for
• It has clearly been used and abused beyond my wildest imagination. So sorry about that.

Summary: The Senate met, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then handled a series of messages and floor actions. The chamber transmitted a large group of Senate bills to the governor and Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004 to the Secretary of State. It also received House requests to return Senate Bills 1175 and 1198 for reconsideration, which were granted without objection. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House concurrent resolutions. On H.C.R. 2001, a constitutional referral on election requirements, senators debated a Judiciary Committee amendment and a Hoffman floor amendment that would require voter ID, allow election-day tabulation of early ballots at polling places, and require legislative funding for implementation. Supporters said the measure would improve election security, voter confidence, and speed up results; opponents argued it was vague, could undermine mail voting, and lacked clear implementation details. The amendment was adopted, and after further debate the Committee of the Whole gave H.C.R. 2001 a do-pass recommendation by a 15-12 vote. Later, on third reading, the full Senate passed H.C.R. 2001 by a 16-12 vote and transmitted it to the House. The chamber also considered H.C.R. 2003, a referral on student athletics and biological sex. Senator Ortiz offered a floor amendment to replace the blanket ban approach with rules based on athletic ability and inclusion; supporters said it would preserve fairness while avoiding discrimination, while opponents said it would gut the measure and weaken protections for girls’ sports. The Ortiz amendment failed 11-16, and H.C.R. 2003 then received a do-pass recommendation in Committee of the Whole and later passed third reading. H.C.R. 2044, a referral on prohibiting preferential treatment and discrimination, also received a do-pass recommendation without recorded controversy. The Senate then adjourned after completing the remaining procedural motions and votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• And one of the things I've been doing in these first few months is, as you can imagine, meeting with
• It is, as you might imagine, a small but relatively small, you know, compared to the larger individual
• And then some of these other imaginative ideas, Sidecar Health, Presidio Care, some of these other insurance

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But I can imagine what it would take. When your memory... Military.
• But I can imagine what it would take.
• When your memory of your time there is, 'It was cold,' I can only imagine what else he remembered and

Summary: The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute. The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing. The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• We can imagine a future governor who takes issue with the very notion of second chances.
• I could never have imagined the reality that she had been coerced, raped, filmed, posted online, and
• Just to hear that 1.2 million images have already been created of children, and I can't even imagine

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of public safety bills. The chair announced recess and return times, noted several consent items, and said SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Testimony procedures were explained, including limits on principal witnesses and public comment. Several bills were heard out of file order with authors presenting and witnesses speaking in support and opposition. SB 1446 would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make votes public, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluations in certain cases. Supporters, including the author and district attorneys, said it would improve transparency and public safety; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The bill was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual or serial sexual offenses from elderly parole eligibility; the author and district attorneys cited recent releases of serious sex offenders and the need to respect victims and sentences, while opponents said the elderly parole process is already rigorous and evidence-based and that the bill would reduce rehabilitation incentives. The chair and other members strongly supported the measure, but no vote was taken. The committee also heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement forces from entering California without the governor’s permission; the author and supporters framed it as a state sovereignty and constitutional authority measure, and the committee discussed an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for implementation of Proposition 36; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and related services, while opponents called it fiscally reckless and said the budget process was the proper place to address funding. The chair summarized amendments removing a specific appropriation and limiting eligible recipients, and members emphasized that the voters approved Prop. 36 but it remains underfunded. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer oversight for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment providers, especially ABA providers serving children; it drew support from health plans and behavior analysis groups and no opposition. SB 1210 would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to all gang databases, including local ones; supporters described privacy harms and racial disparities, while police chiefs opposed applying CalGang rules to informal local investigative files. SB 1019 would create a DOJ cargo theft task force; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, and port interests described organized theft, rail sabotage, and supply-chain losses, and there was no opposition. SB 1217, on non-consensual intimate image removal, was introduced with privacy and public safety amendments and framed as a survivor-driven effort to create a DOJ clearinghouse for rapid takedown requests; the author said it would help end ongoing digital harm from exploitation.

Transcript Highlights:

• He might be able to tell you, but probably over 60 years, I'd imagine.
• He might be able to tell you, but probably over 60 years, I'd imagine.
• Representative Swiontek, Representative Nelson, I would imagine that we would pursue whatever the current

Committee: Joint Water Topics Overview Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As you can imagine, those are over 500 local literacy plans.
• As you can imagine, those are over 500 As you can imagine, those are over 500 local<00:14:27.880><c>

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Can<01:19:40.160><c> you</c><01:19:40.320><c> imagine</c><01:19:41.120><c> if</c><01:19:41.360><c> we
• </c><01:19:41.560><c> proposed</c><01:19:42.360><c> a</c><01:19:42.400><c> bill</c> Can you imagine if
• we proposed a bill Can you imagine if we proposed a bill that<01:19:42.880><c> said</c><01:19:43.080

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Can you imagine being a parent of a child who just experienced a mental health crisis and you're given
• Can you imagine being a find care.
• Can you imagine being a parent<02:12:23.199><c> of</c><02:12:23.360><c> a</c><02:12:23.520><c> child<

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• .<00:55:16.000><c> I</c><00:55:16.160><c> would</c><00:55:16.319><c> imagine</c><00:55:16.559><c> they
• I would imagine they go hospitals.
• I would imagine they go through<00:55:17.040><c> the</c><00:55:17.200><c> Medicare</c><00:55:17.680><

Bills: SF0023 , SF0057

Committee: House Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: mental health, involuntary hospitalization, examiners, public safety, Wyoming legislature, hospital pricing, healthcare transparency, public health, civil penalties, shoppable services, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're particularly supportive of the work because, as you can imagine, our members, our members are 50
• We're particularly supportive of the work because, as you can imagine, our members, our members are 50
• We're particularly supportive of the work because, as you can imagine, our members, our members are 50

Bills: SF0032 , SF0010 , SF0001 , HB0001

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

Transcript Highlights:

• So you can imagine why 400 or 200 times that standard is highly concerning.
• And I can't imagine what that was like looking in a meeting and why it's taking so long to get anything
• How many stakeholders would be the Department of, and as your EPA, I would imagine, who are all the people

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from the Environment Department on PFAS contamination in private wells in La Cienega, Santa Fe County. Staff said the plume likely came from historic use of firefighting foam associated with airport and National Guard fire-training activities, with possible additional contribution from septic systems and consumer products. They described the contamination as affecting about 200 private wells, the short-term response of providing residential filters through a $2 million legislative appropriation, and ongoing work to define the plume’s full extent, identify responsible parties, and consider longer-term regional water solutions. Members asked about filter costs, replacement schedules, disposal of used cartridges, follow-up testing, health studies, and whether cleanup or containment had begun; the department said cleanup would follow once the plume is fully mapped and that DOH is soliciting interest in a blood study. The committee also discussed the need to track disposal of PFAS filters and the possibility of broader statewide capacity for similar work. The committee then took up abandoned uranium mine cleanup. NMED and EMNRD staff reviewed the new uranium mine reclamation program created by HB 164, the state dashboard tracking sites, and the FY26 appropriation of $20 million for neglected contaminated sites, of which $12 million is being used for neglected uranium mines and the remainder for other contaminated sites. They said six contractors were hired, three priority sites in Grant County are moving forward quickly, and additional sites are being prepared for possible FY27 work. Members pressed for details on how funds are spent, why the revolving fund remains unfunded, how federal, state, tribal, and landowner requirements are coordinated, where contaminated material will be moved, and whether cleanup could also address homes built with contaminated materials. Staff said the work is governed by multiple regulatory layers, that the state is seeking an additional $25 million for FY27-FY28 plus a time extension, and that partnerships with tribes would require longer-term agreements. The committee also discussed federal cleanup efforts and the new Good Samaritan law, with members urging stronger advocacy for New Mexico sites, including tribal lands, and asking whether the Attorney General should pursue legal action against federal parties responsible for legacy contamination. Staff explained that some sites are already covered by settlement funds tied to responsible parties, while neglected sites are those with no responsible party and no other cleanup program. The committee then heard from EMNRD on Class VI carbon sequestration primacy. Staff said New Mexico currently has no operating Class VI wells, about 27 Class II acid-gas injection wells are operating, and only a small number might be candidates for conversion. They explained that the state’s primacy application would require more public outreach than federal rules alone, and that cost estimates for post-injection site care are based on long planning horizons, with some costs borne by operators and some by the state after closure. No votes were taken on the substantive items discussed; the committee approved the prior meeting minutes and took a brief recess between presentations.