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• When I was born, my rights were stripped from me, and even as an adult, aren’t...
• Katie Winen, adult transracial adoptee, Oakland, California. I support this bill.
• I'm a 55-year-old adult adoptee in California, and please give me my birth certificate.
• Please pass this bill for equal rights for adult adoptees. Thank you. Thank you.
• You, as an adult, can choose not to have contact with your parent, cut people off...

Summary: The committee first took up SB 490 by Senator Umberg, which would require the Department of Health Care Services to investigate allegations of unlicensed sober living or residential recovery facilities within set timelines, issue notices promptly, and conduct follow-up site visits. Supporters, including a Garden Grove councilmember and the League of California Cities, said the bill would improve public safety, clarify enforcement, and address complaints about illegal operations in neighborhoods. County behavioral health representatives opposed the bill, arguing counties lack jurisdiction over these private facilities, could face liability and unfunded workload increases, and should not be pulled into enforcement responsibilities that belong to the state. After extensive discussion about whether the bill creates a county role or merely a pathway for local assistance, the committee passed SB 490 on an 8-0 vote and placed it on call for missing members. The committee then heard SB 381 by Senator Wahab, which would allow adult adoptees, and in some cases descendants of adoptees, to obtain their original birth certificates, create a contact preference form for birth parents, and remove current limits that omit certain birth information from amended certificates. The bill drew strong support from adoptees, birth parents, and advocates who said access to original records is a matter of identity, dignity, and health because it can reveal family medical history and cultural background. Several committee members expressed support for the goal but raised concerns about privacy, the potential emotional impact on birth parents, and whether the contact preference form adequately protects confidentiality. The author and supporters said the bill is narrowly tailored, that the form is nonbinding, and that many birth parents are open to contact; they also noted the bill had been amended to delay implementation and allow public notice. The transcript ends amid continued debate, with members indicating the bill would continue moving forward with further work, but no final vote is shown in the excerpt.

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• In California, there are approximately 151,000 adults between the ages of 86 and 90.
• older adults in this state.
• These older adults are living entirely on fixed incomes, derived from Social Security, their pensions
• We ensure assistance reaches the older Californians who are most vulnerable.
• We ensure assistance reaches the older Californians who are most vulnerable.

Committee: Senate Revenue and Taxation

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• committee past and present—that California is leading in many areas of providing services to our most vulnerable
• When we at the State Council ask the public, ask adults with developmental disabilities, what do you
• Additionally, there's now... 1,117 adults with developmental disabilities who are earning minimum wage
• My name is Griselda Estrada, and I am the mother of two adults with severe nonverbal autism.
• It's a work of heart, and we are talking about individuals who are completely vulnerable.

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• access and adult consumption.
• In the U.S., the adult smoking rate is the lowest it has been in recorded history.
• Adults aren't smoking anymore. What are we doing? We're punishing ourselves.
• Adults aren't smoking anymore. What are we doing? We're punishing ourselves.
• That vulnerability is particularly relevant for Washington.

Bills: HB2439 , HB2483 , HB2400

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: public health, tobacco regulation, smoking cessation, vapor products, health policy, youth prevention, data broker, registry, consumer protection, privacy, data regulation, social media, content creation, online platforms, digital marketing, user-generated content

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• But yet currently, you can work to take care of some of the most vulnerable children in California and
• youth, ...citations while continuing to care for California's most vulnerable youth, this legislature
• Every child placed in these facilities deserves adults who put their safety first.
• They care for some of California's most vulnerable youth.
• An adult has done it. And in addition to that invasion of privacy, your things get left, right?

Committee: House Human Services

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• I don't think we should be putting criminals in with people who are the most vulnerable people in our
• We shouldn't be putting them with vulnerable people in our communities.
• , that this program was stood up after a 1996 incident in which an individual who was living in an adult
• This is one of our most vulnerable populations. These are our seniors, our elders.
• , or I mean a Representative Barnard: Wednesday to an adult, or I mean a senior center.

Bills: HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1798 , HB1065 , HB1795 , HB2107 , HB2113 , HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2133 , HB2134 , HB2140 , HB2185 , HB2191 , HB2205 , HB2211 , HB2219 , HB2245 , HB2253 , HB2283 , HB2343 , HB2406 , HB2501 , HB2531 , HB2574 , HB1170 , HB1544 , HB1834 , HB2156 , HB2188 , HB2206 , HB2360 , HB2471 , HB2478 , HB2525 , HB2605 , HJM4012 , HB1104 , HB1152 , HB1254 , HB1443 , HB1710 , HB1750 , HB1903 , HB1941 , HB1974 , HB1982 , HB1983 , HB2006 , HB2034 , HB2105 , HB2179 , HB2203 , HB2215 , HB2223 , HB2239 , HB2247 , HB2297 , HB2303 , HB2322 , HB2329 , HB2334 , HB2338 , HB2345 , HB2348 , HB2350 , HB2353 , HB2355 , HB2363 , HB2367 , HB2379 , HB2388 , HB2399 , HB2418 , HB2420 , HB2428 , HB2441 , HB2462 , HB2464 , HB2467 , HB2495 , HB2505 , HB2534 , HB2539 , HB2544 , HB2551 , HB2554 , HB2557 , HB2575 , HB2577 , HB2588 , HB2594 , HB2604 , HB2636 , HB2714

Summary: The House took up several bills on second and third reading, beginning with House Bill 2360 on expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. A motion to recommit the bill to the House Health Care and Wellness Committee failed on a roll call vote, 38 yeas to 56 nays. Supporters said the bill would help school nurses respond to students in respiratory distress and reflected input from nurses, OSPI, and the Department of Health. Opponents raised concerns about training, drug interactions, follow-up care, costs to districts, and schools making medical decisions without a diagnosis. The bill then passed 60-34. House Bill 2467, clarifying measurement rules for fifth-wheel travel trailers, passed 94-0 after sponsors said it would help Washington dealers and consumers. House Bill 1983, relating to timberland tax treatment when land is sold to DNR, passed 68-26 amid debate over whether it would help forest management or make it easier for DNR to acquire timberland. House Bill 2531, updating ambulance transport fund quality assurance rules to align with federal regulations and preserve matching funds, passed unanimously 94-0. The House also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program for certain developmentally disabled individuals with high-risk histories and transfers participants to other waiver programs. Supporters said the program was overly restrictive, out of compliance with federal law, and had trapped people in long-term confinement-like conditions; opponents argued it would weaken public safety and move dangerous individuals into community settings without adequate safeguards. The bill passed 52-44. House Bill 2367, eliminating a preferential treatment related to the former TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, passed 63-33 after supporters framed it as closing the book on coal and opponents warned about energy reliability, jobs, and an emergency clause. Substitute House Bill 2133, making a property tax exemption for certain senior centers permanent, passed 96-0. Substitute House Bill 2355, establishing labor protections for domestic workers, passed 57-39 after supporters emphasized dignity and long-standing worker abuse concerns, while opponents cited fiscal impacts. The House then passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2534, with a technical amendment, to improve educational stability for children in military families; it passed 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1974, creating a land banking framework to support affordable housing, passed 59-37 after an amendment reduced fiscal impact by striking some tax preference sections. House Bill 2223, allowing certain irrigation district board service by farmers with spouses employed by the district, passed 93-3. Substitute House Bill 2239, allowing family burial grounds on private property, passed 96-0 after supporters cited rural needs, cultural traditions, and personal family stories. The session also included a brief congratulatory recognition for Representative David Stuebe after his first bill passed the House.

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• I am a parent of children with adults with developmental disabilities.
• The cruelty of the federal administration toward vulnerable and valuable and important members of our
• This bill benefits the people who are most vulnerable.
• This bill—this legislation benefits the people who are most vulnerable.
• This bill is a— vulnerable in the state, especially after HR1.

Bills: SB5834 , SB5835 , SB5883 , SB5905 , SB6151 , SB6163 , SB6177 , SB6173

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: Washington retirement systems, retirement trust funds, interest earnings, public employee retirement system, teachers retirement system, state patrol retirement system, judicial retirement system, judges retirement system, school employees retirement system, public safety employees retirement system, law enforcement officers and firefighters retirement system, PERS, TRS, LERS, legal expenses, medical expenses, administrative expenses, fraud prevention, overpayment recovery, trust fund protection

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• It just protects the most vulnerable people in Florida.
• This amendment does not take a single gun away from a law-abiding adult.
• And the neuroscience confirms... ...rates far higher than older adults.
• , an older adult, to see, should I be doing this.
• Now we without checking with an adult, an older adult, to see, should I be doing this?

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established, then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber first took up HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands. Sponsor Rep. McClure said the bill would remove strict liability for previously mined phosphate lands if a Department of Health study is done at the owner’s request and the former mining status is recorded publicly. Opponents, including Reps. Cross, Nixon, and Eskamani, argued the bill did not provide enough notice to future buyers and renters and could create health and disclosure concerns. The bill passed 87-24. The House then passed HB 145 on suits against the government, which Rep. McFarland said updates Florida’s sovereign immunity caps for the first time since 2010, raising them to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident with future automatic increases, aligning the statute of limitations with private claims, and allowing governments to settle above the caps if they choose. He said the bill would make redress more accessible without eliminating the liability shield. The bill passed 104-7. The chamber then considered CS/HB 289 on civil liability for the wrongful death of an unborn child, a bill by Rep. Greco that would amend the Wrongful Death Act to allow parents and other survivors to bring claims for the death of an unborn child, while exempting the mother and lawful medical care provided within the standard of care. Debate centered on whether the bill could affect abortion access, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, surrogacy, and liability for doctors, friends, family members, and others. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow the bill or add carve-outs for abortion, fertility care, surrogates, perinatal professionals, rape/incest/human trafficking situations, and to require the mother’s consent before suit; sponsors and opponents argued over whether these changes would prevent frivolous lawsuits or instead create loopholes and weaken the bill. None of the amendments were adopted during the portion of the transcript provided.

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• We recently started an adult day program, and that is to help with the transition as our clients either
• And so that's how we utilize our adult day program. And then we have residential services.
• That's true for kids, and it's very true for Vulnerable people in our state.
• That's true for kids, and it's very true for vulnerable adults.
• adults.

Summary: The meeting focused on integrated employment and related services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with testimony from several provider agencies and state officials. Robin Arder and Belinda Stevens of ThinkAbility described how their organization supports people through residential services and self-created businesses because community employers often are not ready to hire people with disabilities. They said rigid service rules, difficulty fitting individuals into existing job definitions, and reimbursement requirements can prevent person-centered employment supports. They also reported that, in their experience, employees had not lost benefits when work was coordinated carefully with Social Security and benefits management. Tina Hannah of South Central Industries described a broad business model that includes manufacturing, janitorial and highway contracts, state-use products, a food truck, and an entertainment trailer, along with an adult day program and residential services. She said the organization uses a temp-service style model to make employers more comfortable and noted barriers such as employer concerns about productivity, lack of awareness of tax credits and accessibility resources, and the need for consistent job coaches. Miranda Figueroa of A New Leaf said her agency is moving toward a more person-centered model, including a Transition Academy for young adults that combines independent living instruction, community college classes, internships, and follow-along support; she said the program has an 85% placement rate but is expensive and not eligible for traditional student aid because it is not accredited. She also cited barriers including dual diagnoses, workforce readiness, and low reimbursement rates. Angela Decker and Deborah Copeland of DRTC described their long-running enclave contracts and a new Community Skills and Connection program that uses interest-based cohorts, community exploration, and volunteer experiences to build skills and networks tied to employment. They said the agency is phasing out its 14(c) subminimum wage certificate by the end of the year and is trying to expand community-based opportunities. DRTC and other providers emphasized the need to blend DDS and DRS services more effectively, reduce restrictive rules such as line-of-sight requirements, and better support people in congregate living settings. DRS representatives said the agency does provide school-based transition services, employer accommodations, and job carving support, and noted federal reporting requirements tied to wage outcomes. Members also discussed safety concerns, employer education, data collection, ABLE accounts, and the role of schools in preparing students for work and community life. The co-chairs proposed organizing the task force into three working groups: in-school/transition services, program support and service blending, and community integration/employer engagement. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended with plans for further working-group discussion and follow-up on data and policy ideas.

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• May the laws considered in this chamber promote justice, protect the vulnerable, strengthen communities
• Secondly, this bill requires that able-bodied adults must work if they want the taxpayers to pay for
• This means that able-bodied adults 18 through 64 without young children will have to go to work or be
• . hopeful each session that we would finally do right by our most vulnerable.
• And instead, we now have an uninsured rate for adults 19 to 64 at 15. an uninsured rate for adults at

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• in our voting system a vulnerability in our voting system a serious<01:49:08.320><c> vulnerability</
• </c><02:32:59.240><c> and</c> referred to and used in adults and referred to and used in adults and hormonal
• My son is now 23 years old and is an amazing, happy, and talented adult.
• My son is now 23 years old and is an amazing, happy, and talented adult.
• My son is now 23 years old and is an amazing, happy, and talented adult.

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• well as his adult colleague organizer Dolores<00:10:35.440><c> Huerta.
• Uh these are folks who are the most vulnerable, the most at risk, people who are chronically homeless
• ,</c><00:37:58.600><c> the</c> folks who are the most vulnerable, the folks who are the most vulnerable
• 09.960><c> other</c><00:56:10.200><c> individuals</c> vulnerable seniors and other individuals vulnerable

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• Two examples of this: Mythos discovered a 27-year-old vulnerability in OpenBSD.
• The same ability that finds a vulnerability can be used to fix the vulnerability, but it can also be
• Finding vulnerabilities is no longer the hard part, but fixing them fast enough is.
• We're in partnership with AARP and Older Adults Technology Services to help older adults recognize and
• Yes, we work very collaboratively with CDT and talk about the vulnerabilities.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on how frontier AI is changing cybersecurity, with testimony from OpenAI, Anthropic, Palo Alto Networks, California OES/Cal-CSIC, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Witnesses said AI is making attacks faster, cheaper, and more scalable, while also giving defenders new tools for vulnerability discovery, incident response, and patching. Several recent incidents were discussed, including AI systems autonomously reaching real production systems during testing, and AI-assisted cyber activity against critical infrastructure, especially water systems and operational technology. OpenAI and Anthropic described their internal safety and evaluation processes, including pre-release testing, layered safeguards, monitoring, and restricted access programs for vetted defenders. They discussed the recent Hugging Face and related incidents as lessons in safer testing, stronger isolation, and the need for independent review. Both companies emphasized that the same capabilities that can find vulnerabilities can also be used offensively, and said they are working to put advanced cyber tools into the hands of trusted defenders, including California agencies and utilities. State officials from Cal OES said California is expanding its cyber posture through CalSecure 2.0, the California Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook, MS-ISAC membership, and a secure portal for reporting under SB 53. They said the state is working with CDT, local governments, and critical infrastructure partners to improve cyber hygiene, information sharing, and incident response, especially for water districts and other resource-strapped entities. Palo Alto Networks described the scale of current threats and the value of machine-speed defense, virtual patching, and attack-surface monitoring. Lawrence Livermore warned that open-weight models pose distinct risks because they can be downloaded, modified, and used without developer oversight, and argued that the U.S. should not cede leadership in that space to China. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with calls for continued collaboration and follow-up briefings.

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• A CASA is often the one consistent adult in a foster child's life.
• gun violence and domestic violence restraining orders, and AB 561 in 2025, with elder and dependent adult
• While he was unable to acquire the signatures needed to run, he exposed a vulnerability in our elections
• As adults, we are generally better equipped to recognize struggles, process difficult emotions, and seek
• And we need to do more to give more training and skills to us adults so that we can support the young

Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a large daily file of bills and resolutions. Early procedural motions were adopted, including re-referrals and a motion to allow the Appropriations Committee to notice SB 73, which passed 46-15. Members also introduced several guests, including young legislators, schoolchildren, a championship girls’ basketball team, realtors, and CASA advocates. On the floor, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 1389, a tribal gaming compact urgency bill for the Yurok Tribe, which passed 55-0 on the urgency and measure. The body then passed a series of bills on topics including trespass enforcement (AB 1632), pest control fees (AB 2380), county investment authority (AB 2080), pupil achievement gap reporting (AB 2149), transit board stipends (AB 1625), e-filing for workplace violence restraining orders (AB 2179), election eligibility restrictions for registered sex offenders (AB 2753), juvenile firearm possession and deferred entry of judgment (AB 2636), court access and First Amendment issues (AB 1544), physician medical record integrity (AB 1637), forced marriage protections (AB 2534), and local authority to restrict under-12 e-bike use in San Mateo County (AB 2595). Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, with votes ranging from 53-0 to 63-0. The Assembly also adopted ACR 173, reaffirming California’s sister-state relationship with Jalisco, Mexico, after adding 50 coauthors. Later, it adopted ACR 163 designating May as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month after extensive testimony from the author and multiple caucus members emphasizing the crisis, data gaps, tribal sovereignty, and the need for more resources and action; 64 coauthors were added before the resolution passed by voice vote. The chamber likewise adopted ACR 180 designating Compost Awareness Week and ACR 182 establishing Youth Mental Health Awareness Week, both after coauthor roll calls and voice votes. The day concluded with urgent action on AB 108, which provides up to $25 million in one-time emergency bridge funding for distressed hospitals facing imminent closure. Members from both parties spoke in support, citing rural access, prior hospital closures, and the need to protect community health care; the bill passed 59-0 and was sent to the Governor immediately. The Assembly then handled consent calendar items, heard an adjournment in memory for labor leader Larry Mazzola Sr., and adjourned until Monday, May 11 at 1 p.m.

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• We stand with the folks that are the most vulnerable.
• But we also do not stand for this deal because we will not stand by and watch vulnerable people, our
• They were willing the most vulnerable.
• </c><00:03:49.440><c> people,</c> stand by and watch vulnerable people, stand by and watch vulnerable
• How many of the 20,000 are adults versus children? Do we know that? It's about 17,000 adults.

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• A CASA volunteer is the only consistent adult in a foster child’s life. Thank you.
• A CASA volunteer is the only consistent adult in a foster child’s life.
• This gap leaves the region vulnerable to uncoordinated management and conservation outcomes.
• Requiring a parent to be in person creates unnecessary barriers for young adults.
• Young adults are already entrusted with significant responsibilities.

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• </c> About 180,000 are non-disabled adults. About 180,000 are non-disabled adults.
• So, expansion adults. >> All right. So, expansion adults. >> All right.
• So, expansion adults. >> All right.
• These are the expansion adults.
• expansion</c> vulnerable low lowincome adult expansion vulnerable low lowincome adult expansion population

Summary: The joint informational briefing by the Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection committees focused on projected impacts to Hawaii consumers from federal changes affecting Med-QUEST and the ACA marketplace, including the loss of ACA premium tax credits, OBVA/HR1-related Medicaid changes, immigrant eligibility restrictions, and new Medicaid work/community engagement requirements. Committee members noted the meeting was being streamed live and emphasized the need to explain potential coverage losses affecting a significant share of the state population. Med-QUEST administrators reported current enrollment at 390,766, about 27% of Hawaii’s population, and broke that down into major groups including roughly 128,000 ACA expansion adults and about 52,000 parent/caretaker relatives. They said the expansion adult population would be most affected by the new federal requirements, which will shorten renewal periods from 12 months to 6 months and impose community engagement rules beginning in late 2026 and 2027. They described the work requirement as 80 hours per month of work, community service, work program participation, or half-time education, with an income-based pathway tied to $580 per month at the federal minimum wage; they also noted a long list of exemptions, but said many details are still awaiting federal guidance and rulemaking. The administrators said federal changes to immigrant eligibility would eliminate Medicaid coverage for certain noncitizen categories, with an estimated 1,200 to 2,400 people affected, though about 200 may remain covered through a state-funded program for otherwise eligible individuals. They also said marketplace subsidies would no longer be available for some immigrants under 100% of the federal poverty level starting January 1, 2026, with further restrictions expected in 2027. For Hawaii overall, they estimated the new Medicaid work and renewal rules could push an additional 19,000 to 38,000 people into uninsured status, with another estimated 6,000 at risk from the six-month renewal process alone. Members asked about how exemptions would be determined, especially for medically frail and seriously mentally ill individuals, and administrators said they were still awaiting detailed federal rules and were working on data-matching and verification processes to reduce coverage losses.

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• </c> have come in late from the adult have come in late from the adult representation<00:37:30.800><c
• </c> vulnerable populations. vulnerable populations.
• </c> and financial exploitation of vulnerable and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults<00:52:45.119
• family foster care through adult family foster care services.<01:30:43.280><c> Adult</c><01:30:43.600
• </c> session, new flat rate tiers for adult session, new flat rate tiers for adult family<01:31:01.760

Bills: HF2216 , HF1978 , HF2354 , HF1963 , HF1994 , HF1995 , HF1894

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

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• Vulnerability is the number one risk factor for trafficked children in Florida over 737,000 children
• We take a crucial step towards ending human trafficking and protecting our most vulnerable citizens.
• I to modern day form of slavery that preys on the vulnerable. As you just heard.
• Children are particularly vulnerable and the numbers are heartbreaking.
• Educators are often the first and sometimes the only adults that a trafficked child might confide in

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• The bill requires a reporting from the State Department of Education to report to the Adult Education
• This will help our adult education departments in the state know that these students exist.
• So, this bill will help the adult education departments reach out to the students and put them in an
• A lot of folks don't realize you can get your high school diploma through Adult Education in the state
• We fear that this bill will needlessly impact many vulnerable children whose... impact many vulnerable

Bills: HB266 , SB85 , SB166 , HB266 , SB85 , SB166

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: education, diploma, adult education, dropout prevention, nontraditional high school program, driver's license eligibility, vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education