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• program.
• And if that happens, what will become of the Joe Serna Farm Worker Housing Grant Program as an example
• And so when we refer to the multi-family supernova, the Joe Cerna Farm Worker Housing Grant Program is
• And if that happens, what will become of the Joe Serna farm worker housing grant program as an example
• And so when we refer to the multi-family supernova, the Joe Cerna Farm Worker Housing Grant Program is

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• For example, maybe discounts on premiums, grant programs around mitigation standards.
• And the fire, you know, programs could be instituted to help, you know, clear away.
• For example, maybe discounts on premiums, grant programs around mitigation standards.
• And the fire, you know, programs could be instituted to help, you know, clear away.
• There are entities that are working off FEMA grant programs.

Summary: The committee heard a work session on earthquake insurance, beginning with background from the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. OIC staff explained that earthquake and earth movement are generally excluded from standard property policies, that earthquake coverage is usually purchased through endorsements or standalone policies with high deductibles and relatively high premiums, and that surplus lines are a limited backstop market not covered by the state guarantee fund. They also described parametric insurance and captive insurance as more specialized products generally suited to commercial or governmental buyers rather than ordinary consumers. A second panel of insurance and banking experts focused on commercial earthquake exposure, especially for older buildings, collateralized loans, and potential knock-on effects to banks and consumers if a major quake caused widespread damage. Members asked about consumer impacts, mitigation incentives, inventories of vulnerable buildings, and whether legislation such as prior work on unreinforced masonry could help reduce risk. The Washington Bankers Association said earthquake insurance is expensive and that affordability is a major concern, while also noting banks participate in disaster-recovery planning and would be affected by major regional losses. No votes or formal actions were taken. The committee then received a presentation from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy on its cannabis and Initiative 502 research. WSIPP staff described the agency as a nonpartisan research institute that conducts legislative-directed studies and explained that its long-term I-502 assignment includes periodic reports leading to a final benefit-cost evaluation in 2032. Staff summarized findings from a 2023 report showing that cannabis possession convictions fell sharply after legalization, though some racial disproportionalities persisted, and that closer retail access was associated with higher reported adult cannabis use, more fatal traffic crashes involving drivers from nearby areas, and higher rates of cannabis use disorder diagnoses among Medicaid enrollees. A 2023 youth-focused report found that students attending schools near retailers were more likely to report cannabis use, had more unexcused absences, and were less likely to graduate on time. In the newest 2025 Medicaid study, staff said retail access was associated with higher probabilities of cannabis use disorder diagnoses, related hospitalizations, inpatient treatment, and co-occurring mental health diagnoses, with event-study analysis suggesting the increases appeared after retailers opened rather than before. Members asked about racial disproportionality, the meaning of cannabis use disorder diagnoses, THC and impairment, whether the findings reflected medical versus recreational use, and how the results should be interpreted in light of broader trends and data limitations. No formal committee action was taken.

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• The Army has worked hard to improve its recruiting activities and has enjoyed success with new programs
• The Army is currently running a repair-by-replacement pilot program.
• The Army is currently running a repair-by-replacement pilot program that is being tested at a couple
• To help address this, I created the Cyber Service Academy scholarship program and secured language in
• Earlier this week, the Trump administration imposed a funding freeze on all federal grants and loans.

Committee: Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

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• This credit is derived from free allowances from the cap-and-trade program that are given to utilities
• in order to ensure that energy programs are implemented effectively and responsibly.
• These are important affordability programs for our customers.
• It seems to be granted very sweeping powers to shut down energy efficiency and demand response programs
• It seems to be granted very sweeping powers to shut down energy efficiency and demand response programs

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard two bills focused on electricity affordability and utility costs. AB 745, by Assembly Member Irwin, would restructure the California Climate Credit by shifting it from lump-sum payments to direct reductions in volumetric electricity rates and moving the credit to the summer months when bills are highest. The author and UC Santa Barbara economist Dr. Kyle Meng argued this could significantly lower summer rates and better help households during extreme heat. Supporters, including UCS, NRDC, and some labor representatives, favored the concept, with some urging that the gas climate credit also be redirected. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill passed 18-0 to the floor. The committee then considered AB 825, also presented as an affordability package aimed at reducing electric bills by addressing wildfire mitigation costs, transmission financing, permitting delays, and a review of ratepayer-funded programs. The bill would authorize securitization for undergrounding expenses, remove the first $15 billion in undergrounding capital investments from the rate base for return purposes, create a public transmission financing program using Proposition 4 funds and IBank support, revive the California Power Authority as a public sponsor, and establish a task force to review energy efficiency and demand response programs. The author and witness Matt Friedman of The Utility Reform Network said the bill could save ratepayers billions over time through lower-cost public financing and securitization. Testimony on AB 825 was mixed. Support came from several consumer and clean-energy groups, while utilities and labor raised concerns about the bill’s impact on utility financial stability, wildfire fund participation, liability, and whether the $15 billion securitization cap could discourage undergrounding. Some witnesses also objected to the task force’s potential effect on energy efficiency and demand response programs. Committee members discussed the need to balance affordability with utility creditworthiness and wildfire safety, and several asked for more analysis of market impacts and liability issues. Despite those concerns, AB 825 passed the committee 13-0 and was sent to the floor.

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• Supreme Court case that has been granted cert.
• Whether it's clean energy programs or decarbonization programs or public transportation and so forth.
• Given geographic area, even with this being limited to a pilot program. Mr.
• I grant that it's complex. I understand markets. I understand what actuaries do.
• Some data, imperfect data, I will grant you. Unfinished data and unflushed, I will grant you.

Summary: The committee heard three major insurance-related bills. SB 1209 by Senator Allen would give the Insurance Commissioner new authority to require insurers to implement corrective actions found in market conduct and financial exams, with penalties for failure to comply. Supporters, including Commissioner Ricardo Lara and his deputies, said current law leaves CDI without a direct way to compel remediation of repeated violations or obtain needed financial information, while opponents argued the bill expands CDI authority too far, could duplicate existing penalties, and should be limited to legal violations rather than recommendations. After discussion, members and the author agreed to narrow the bill through amendments, including tying it to legal violations, applying penalties per exam rather than per policy, and clarifying accounting language; the committee then passed the bill 5-1 to Appropriations, with one member on call. SB 1301, also by Senator Allen, would reform residential property insurance non-renewals by requiring clearer written explanations, giving homeowners a chance to mitigate correctable issues, and prohibiting certain unfair non-renewal bases such as claims below deductible or claims not paid by the insurer. The author and supporters said Californians face unusually high non-renewal rates and often receive vague notices that make it hard to keep coverage, while opponents warned the bill’s original 180-day notice period and reporting requirements were too burdensome and could worsen availability. Senator Richardson said he would support the bill after the author agreed to reduce the notice period to about three months and continue working on a mitigation-based process; the committee then approved the bill 4-1, with one member on call. The committee also considered SB 1026 by Senator Gonzalez, which would strengthen regulation of bail fugitive recovery agents by allowing CDI to suspend or revoke licenses without a criminal conviction, expanding prohibited conduct, and tightening insurance and appointment requirements. Supporters, including Commissioner Lara, said the 2022 licensing law left loopholes that allow misconduct to continue and that the bill would improve public safety and accountability. Opponents from the bail industry and crime victims groups argued the bill requires unavailable or impractical insurance coverage, including coverage for willful acts, and could reduce the number of recovery agents and delay justice. Members raised concerns about the insurance language and availability, and the author said the bill was still being worked on with opposition; the committee passed it 4-1, with one member on call. Finally, the committee heard SB 982 by Senator Wiener, the Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act, which would let the Attorney General seek recovery from fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs affecting the Fair Plan and private policyholders. The author said Californians are paying rising insurance and disaster costs while fossil fuel companies that contributed to climate change are not, and witnesses from flood and wildfire communities and climate policy experts supported the bill as a way to fund recovery and resilience. Opponents, including business and labor representatives, argued the bill would impose broad liability, invite litigation, and harm jobs and energy affordability. The hearing included extensive testimony, but no vote was taken on SB 982 in the portion provided.

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• </c> a workforce development program a workforce development program um<00:17:41.520><c> for</c><00:17
• We had a NAP program have to fire you.
• If we close post, then we can't let the inmates out to do programming. They can't do programming.
• They can't do to do programming.
• </c> haven't completed the programming. haven't completed the programming.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The Interest on Trust accounts Program is commonly called the the program or I the counts.
• rate parameters for savings institutions participating in programs to fund programs providing or facilitating
• the programs rule.
• When Florida became the first state in the nation to implement an IOTA program, the program that serves
• No how we're trying to undo this program.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I am the policy program manager for Restore the Delta.
• directly to homeowners to access this program.
• to access this program.
• Grant programs are always going to have a really important role to play in this issue, but they simply
• and no liens will result on the properties as a result of the program.

Committee: Senate Natural Resources and Water

Summary: The committee heard SB 872, which would direct $300 million annually for 20 years to repair Central Valley subsidence damage and Delta levees to protect State Water Project deliveries. The author and supporters said the bill is needed to safeguard water for 27 million Californians, prevent threats to life and billions in infrastructure, and address long-standing levee and canal vulnerabilities. Testimony in support came from Restore the Delta, the Central Coast Water Authority, and a broad coalition of water agencies, environmental groups, local governments, and business interests; one organization, the California Chamber of Commerce, supported if amended to include federal conveyance infrastructure. No opposition witnesses appeared. Members from both parties praised the bipartisan coalition and discussed funding, beneficiary-pays concerns, and the need to prioritize water infrastructure. The committee voted 5-0 to pass SB 872 as amended to Appropriations, with the bill placed on call. The committee then heard SB 1305, a study bill on the feasibility of reintroducing the California grizzly bear. The author and tribal co-sponsors framed the measure as a science-based, consultation-driven roadmap that would not authorize reintroduction but would evaluate habitat, impacts, and implementation. Supporters, including tribal representatives, conservation groups, and animal welfare organizations, emphasized the grizzly’s cultural significance, ecological role, and the value of planning for coexistence. Opposition came from retired and current law enforcement, county officials, ranching and hunting groups, and rural representatives, who raised public safety, staffing, livestock, and wildlife-management concerns, arguing the Department of Fish and Wildlife lacks resources for another apex predator. Committee members debated whether risk, public safety, local control, and potential reintroduction areas should be addressed earlier in the process. The author agreed to consider amendments on those points and on funding and local authority. The committee voted 4-1 to pass SB 1305 as amended to Appropriations, with the bill held on call. The committee also heard SB 1079, which would create a Cal Fire Fire Innovation Unit to identify firefighter needs, test new technologies, and speed deployment of successful wildfire tools. The author said the bill would formalize a pipeline from pilot projects to statewide use and build on existing Cal Fire technology efforts. Support came from Megafire Action, Fireworks, Aurora Tech, and the Orange County Fire Authority; the California Association of Realtors supported if amended to allow nonprofits to administer grants directly to homeowners. With no opposition testimony, the bill was moved on a 2-0 vote and held on call pending additional members. The committee later took up SB 997, a district bill for the North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency that would grant lien authority so it can enforce groundwater fees and sustainability plan requirements without relying on civil litigation. Support came from water contractors, rural counties, and county associations; members discussed whether similar authority should be extended to other GSAs. The bill was moved on a 2-0 vote to Judiciary and held on call.

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• Currently, the PESS program qualifies young adults ages 18 to 23 with access to the funds for a maximum
• Because I'm very familiar with the extended programs that we have for children who are aging out.
• The amendment limits the changes to the Road to Independence Program to only post-secondary education
• It also changes age qualifications for the PESS programs.
• It also changes age qualifications for the P-E-S-S programs. That's so important for me.

Bills: S0560 , S0590 , S0778 , S1010

Committee: Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Keywords: child welfare, psychotropic medication, Department of Children and Families, community-based care, liability insurance, forensic services, defendants, mental health, judicial system, defense, legal definitions, minors, healthcare, parental rights, criminal penalties, civil action, sex-reassignment, investigations, economic damages

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered four bills. SB 590, by Sen. Bradley, would toll the statute of limitations for failure to report suspected child abuse by mandatory reporters until the offense is known to law enforcement; an amendment clarified retroactive application for offenses not already time-barred by the bill’s effective date. Sen. Bradley said the bill is intended to ensure accountability in institutional abuse cases and not to change the reasonable-suspicion reporting standard. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 778, by Sen. Simon, which would update the definition of forensic client so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed for incompetency can be housed with other Chapter 916 residents, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs at the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Barney Bishop appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably without amendment. SB 560, by Sen. Garcia, would streamline procedures for psychotropic medication prescriptions for children in DCF custody, reduce duplicative background checks and reporting, and simplify consent documentation. Amendments removed language allowing licensed clinical social workers and marriage and family therapists to serve as evaluators and narrowed changes to the Road to Independence Program’s postsecondary education services and supports, extending eligibility ages from 18 to 26 while keeping the five-year cap. Senators discussed the fiscal impact and funding blend for the education stipend. The committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably. The committee then took up SB 1010, by Sen. Yarbrough, which adds criminal and civil enforcement for violations involving sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures for minors and related parental-rights provisions. An amendment clarified that the civil action authority applies to minors and that damages benefit the affected minor. Public testimony was heavily divided, with supporters saying the bill enforces existing protections and opponents warning it would chill care, counseling, and school-based support for transgender youth. Senators Harrell, Sharief, and Rouson raised concerns about vagueness, standing, and impacts on teachers and health professionals; Sharief voted no, while the bill was still reported favorably.

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• The second program used to be called GR housing. It's the housing support program.
• That program has been eliminated. When That program has been eliminated.
• program that we at the program integrity program that we will<00:43:19.839><c> discuss</c><00:43:20.720
• . programs. programs.
• </c> program. Representative Eninggan. program. Representative Eninggan.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• program.
• House 2579 establishes a grant program through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, providing
• So in most states that have passed legislation like this, they have created a grant program that pays
• program in the Commonwealth.
• And it also helps our program members as well, because as they see the officers come into the program

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on a range of public safety bills, with especially emotional testimony on the Maggie Hubbard Rental Safety Act, which would require short-term rentals to be inspected for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and require platforms or agents to verify compliance before listing. Rep. Hadley Luddy, Sen. Julian Cyr, and the Hubbard and Waldron families described the fatal Airbnb fire that killed Shannon Hubbard and her daughter Maggie in New York, saying the deaths were preventable and that the bill would save lives. Committee members expressed sympathy and support for the families’ efforts to turn their loss into legislation. The committee also heard testimony on a proposed peace officer oath (S. 1680), described by Sen. Lydia Edwards as a binding ethical standard tied to certification and recertification, with discipline and annual reporting to promote accountability and de-escalation. Rep. Tom Walsh testified for a bill requiring hotel and motel workers to be trained to recognize human trafficking and to post hotline signage, and later testimony supported a school safety data grant program to provide first responders with standardized, up-to-date school maps for emergencies. Another major topic was a bill to allow temporary door-locking devices in public buildings; supporters said the devices are removable, do not alter fire code, and could improve lockdown response during active shooter events. Additional bills discussed included measures to transfer the Office of Emergency Medical Services to EOPSS, increase penalties for unlicensed hood-system cleaning, expand membership on the Massachusetts Fire Training Council, and strengthen confidentiality for peer support and critical incident stress debriefings. Firefighters and fire chiefs also supported a bill to tighten penalties for violations of hot-work regulations, citing the 2014 Beacon Street fire that killed Lt. Walsh and Firefighter Kennedy. Law enforcement groups backed a package including a Blue Star plate and Blue Alert system for fallen officers’ families, stronger move-over penalties, and a memorial fund, while the State Police Association supported the move-over provisions but asked for further work on the special state police officer bill before final action. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• </c> is over programmed. is over programmed.
• </c> And as a result, the overall programming And as a result, the overall programming of<00:23:39.240
• > at</c><00:23:52.520><c> 98%</c> And that is programmed at 98% And that is programmed at 98% uh<00:23
• Do we create a bunch of new government programs? No, we do not.
• Do we create a bunch of new government programs? No, we do not.

Keywords: 958, all

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• This bill does that by becoming a grant-based program funded by mobile home residents themselves, which
• From the time the first complaint is received under this improved grant system, the program will operate
• , sports programs, and educational programs that we wanted to send our daughters to.
• Most of these releases are done. ...programs and educational programs that we wanted to send our daughters
• the program.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• At our core, we are committed to ethical and responsible AI, which underpins all of our programs and
• We want to build AI research programs of distinction.
• </c><00:52:31.359><c> of</c> want to build AI research programs of want to build AI research programs
• </c> that uh got grants from DE? that uh got grants from DE? &gt;&gt; Yeah. &gt;&gt; Yeah.
• But right now grants for training. Okay.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have a program called Voice for Peers.
• I we have a program called Voice doing. I we have a program called Voice for<00:25:16.480><c> Peers.
• We've worked with every stakeholder, including um Grin Grant.
• We've worked with every stakeholder, including um Grin Grant.
• </c> from the people who run these programs from the people who run these programs as<00:37:00.640><c

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations

Keywords: 958, all

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• </c> the renewable energy credit program the renewable energy credit program though<00:13:13.880><c>
• </c><00:39:34.520><c> so</c> to the thermal wreck program so to the thermal wreck program so following
• </c><01:46:32.960><c> um</c> a opportunity to secure a grip Grant um a opportunity to secure a grip Grant
• </c> investment so it is an incentive program investment so it is an incentive program absolutely<04:
• </c> particular table the RF rebate program particular table the RF rebate program here<04:26:08.399>

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The San Mateo Teen Leadership Program is rooted in the idea that leadership isn't simply an innate trait
• Let's give our respectful attention to those who are granted prior permission to speak on their adjournment
• That sense of duty, to protect one another, and to never take for granted the lives behind that badge
• teams didn't lose a single league game for a decade, and then at Laney College, where he built a program
• that sent at least 20 players and then at Laney College, where he built a program that sent at least

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• with this, and sorry, I missed a whole section, is that those companies cannot apply for this R&D grant
• biggest part of this bill for me: allowing those companies who get an IRB to also apply for other grants
• instead of them... ...allowing those companies who get an IRB to also apply for other grants instead
• It keeps the guardrails of the program in place, but modernizes it.
• your idea, because I'm probably going to vote for it, but what would cause this to end up being a program

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Keywords: 996, all

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• More than 4 billion of that savings are in Medicare and Medicaid program alone.
• He worked through a dual diagnostic program for 8.5 months.
• It will also grant the council the authority to assess and collect fees related to the certification
• You will see that there is a reduction in suicide since prescriptive authority has been granted, that
• That's the doctoral program. I'm sorry.

Committee: House Public Health

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• my whole congressional career as authors of updates to the False Claims Act, the IRS whistleblower program
• knowledge that But they would assist the Chinese government in advancing its artificial intelligence program
• Facebook will agree to grant the Chinese government access to Chinese user data, including Hong Kongese
• Valley companies are famous, as you know, for their moonshot programs, such as Google X.
• This is about Facebook's program to target ads to people when they are in emotional distress.

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee

Keywords: Meta, Facebook, whistleblower, regulation, China, user data, artificial intelligence, testimony, Congress

Summary: The meeting of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism focused on oversight of Meta's foreign relations and representations to Congress. An essential witness, Sarah Wynne-Williams, a former executive at Facebook, provided testimony outlining significant concerns about the company's practices and its complicity in aiding oppressive regimes. The atmosphere was charged, with ongoing debates about the regulation of big tech companies and the ethical implications of their policies. The committee explored topics such as user data management, whistleblower retaliation, and the need for legislative measures to protect users and enhance accountability in the tech sector. A notable point of contention was Facebook's alleged cooperation with the Chinese government regarding the dissemination of user data and AI tools, leading to serious ethical implications.