Transcript Highlights:

• This bill closes loopholes that previously allowed limited fish processing employment under outdated
• We will be enforcing the time limit given the amount of folks who want to testify today.
• We will be enforcing the time limit given the amount of folks who want to testify today. So.
• We will be enforcing the time limit given the amount of folks who want to testify today.
• I'm sorry to interrupt, but you've gone beyond the time limit.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing began with opening remarks from the House and Senate chairs outlining procedures for a large public hearing with more than 100 witnesses on 64 legislative proposals. They explained time limits, rules for in-person and virtual testimony, written testimony procedures, and the committee’s reporting deadline. Testimony then moved through a series of juvenile justice, child protection, and civil liberties bills, with witnesses generally urging favorable reports or, in one case, opposing expanded juvenile court transparency and child advocate access to records. Several witnesses supported bills aimed at juvenile justice reform. Representative Hendricks backed H. 1744 to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking, citing federal findings of child labor in seafood processing and calling for stronger penalties and a ban on minors working in such facilities. Senator Gomez supported S. 1131 and S. 1121 to reduce juvenile fees, fines, restitution burdens, and bail-related costs, arguing they worsen racial and economic disparities. Senator Crean and other advocates supported S. 1051/H. 1695 to expand juvenile diversion eligibility, while multiple witnesses from juvenile justice and immigrant advocacy groups supported H. 1657/S. 1058 to expand juvenile expungement and to limit sharing juvenile fingerprints with federal authorities, describing recent ICE detentions of Chelsea students and the resulting fear in immigrant communities. Witnesses also supported H. 1918/S. 1240 to narrow the youthful offender statute, raising the minimum age and reducing mandatory adult-style penalties for youth. The committee also heard testimony on child safety and bodily autonomy bills. Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan supported H. 1752 to protect children left in extreme temperatures, explaining it would create civil penalties, allow emergency responders to remove children from cars without liability, and add criminal penalties when serious injury results. Representative Thurber and Senator O’Connor testified for H. 2011/S. 1227, a bill prohibiting coercion or mandates for health-related interventions, including vaccinations, and allowing legal remedies for violations. Senator Jalen supported S. 1136/H. 1847 to prevent false confessions by requiring recording of interrogations and banning deceptive tactics, and several innocence-project and legal-services witnesses described wrongful convictions tied to false confessions and coercive interrogations. Another major topic was H. 1626, which would require age verification for pornographic content and launch an education campaign about online sexual exploitation; Representative Cruz and survivor Udoz Wallace testified in support, describing nonconsensual image sharing and deepfake harms. Not all testimony was supportive. The Committee for Public Counsel Services opposed S. 1035, which would increase transparency in juvenile court proceedings, and H. 1689, which would expand the child advocate’s access to confidential juvenile records, arguing both would undermine privacy and trauma-informed protections for children and families. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the session consisted of opening remarks and public testimony on the listed bills.

Transcript Highlights:

• There are several cases that have lapsed statute of limitations.
• There are several cases that have lapsed statute of limitations.
• So we are limited in some of the information. But when we're able to share, we do.
• We have seen that in just the limited number of cases we've seen.
• The special master has been overseeing this case for quite some time with limited authority.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But there are some limitations that would need to be explored. As an example, as Dr.
• Non-citizen coverage limitations.
• I'm just going to breeze through this because our minutes are limited.
• , add new administrative burden on consumers, limit eligibility, and increase consumer costs.
• It’s inclusive of, but not limited to, gig workers.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee held an informational hearing on the impact of federal H.R. 1 and related state budget actions on California’s health care system. Opening remarks framed the federal changes as a major threat to Medi-Cal, Covered California, hospitals, clinics, and the broader safety net, with warnings that millions could lose coverage and that costs would shift to providers, counties, and consumers. Testimony from the California Health Care Foundation and the Legislative Analyst’s Office focused on implementation challenges, the administrative burden of work requirements and more frequent renewals, the loss of federal funding, and the need for California to consider long-term structural changes to Medi-Cal, county safety-net programs, and cost containment. A Covered California enrollee, Chas Franklin, described sharply rising premiums for his family after losing subsidies, illustrating the personal impact of federal policy changes. Committee members raised concerns about whether premium increases were driven by H.R. 1 or insurer pricing, the cost of rebuilding county-based indigent care systems, and the need to account for the cost of inaction. Dr. Hernandez pointed to pre-ACA models such as Healthy San Francisco as examples of coordinated local safety-net care, while also emphasizing the importance of primary care, data interoperability, and the Office of Health Care Affordability in reducing waste and improving access. Department of Health Care Services officials then outlined the state’s implementation plan for H.R. 1, including work requirements, six-month redeterminations, reduced retroactive coverage, cost-sharing, and immigration-related eligibility changes. They said the department would try to automate eligibility checks, expand outreach, and train counties and partners, but estimated up to 2 million Californians could lose coverage over time. Covered California reported that the expiration of enhanced federal premium tax credits and new federal marketplace rules are already raising costs and reducing enrollment, with an estimated 400,000 enrollees at risk of dropping coverage. County, hospital, and safety-net representatives warned that coverage losses will increase uncompensated care and strain local systems, while one coalition proposed a temporary state-funded coverage option as a bridge if full-scope Medi-Cal cannot be maintained. The hearing concluded with a policy analyst urging stakeholder engagement, immigrant protections, and new state revenue options to preserve coverage and offset federal cuts.

Transcript Highlights:

• federal threats, the state of California made a number of state budget cuts to Medi-Cal that will limit
• But there are some limitations that would need to be explored. As an example, as Dr.
• I'm just going to breeze through this because our minutes are limited.
• , add new administrative burden on consumers, limit eligibility, and increase consumer costs.
• It’s inclusive of, but not limited to, gig workers.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill doesn't limit that.
• This bill doesn't limit that.
• This bill doesn't limit that.
• This bill doesn't limit that.
• This bill doesn't limit that.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 01:09 Roll Call 02:11 SB 7 12:42 SB 7 Vote 13:48 SB 30 17:26 SB 30 Vote 19:56 SB 28 46:35 SB 28 vote, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All testimony comments are limited to the bill at hand.
• It is a limited...
• Standard mammogram is a good tool, but it has limitations, and one of the main documented limitations
• What are its risks and limitations? How well does it work or not?
• I think this bill's very limited in its application.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, but the income limit for homeowners has continued to follow inflation, whereas the income limit for
• </c> limit was 40,000. Um and like uh Ms. limit was 40,000. Um and like uh Ms.
• ><00:25:10.120><c> has</c> income limit for homeowners has income limit for homeowners has continued<
• </c> the income limit for renters has not. the income limit for renters has not.
• It was limited to that site.

Bills: HF2715 , HF2499 , HF3420 , HF3657 , HF2303

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: HF2715, homestead credit refund, property tax refund, property tax relief, homeowner tax relief, homestead credit, co-pay reduction, Minnesota property taxes, tax rebate, state refund, income thresholds, inflation adjustment, property tax circuit breaker, housing affordability, elderly homeowners, fixed income, taxation, Minnesota Statutes 290A.04, renters credit, income tax

Transcript Highlights:

• A statute of limitations for 25 years is extreme.
• Extending liability far beyond normal limits for a particular type of care.
• And finally, yes, it extends the statute of limitations.
• Technical conforming changes of a statute of limitation. Excellent.
• The bed limit is not a Supreme Court mandate.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> the bill which eliminates the limitation the bill which eliminates the limitation sizes<00:03:36.000
• </c> 12 uh deal with a uh add a limited 12 uh deal with a uh add a limited liability<00:31:48.080><c>
• </c> entities we including uh limited entities we including uh limited liability<00:32:16.919><c> corporations
• </c> rural county and outside of city limits. rural county and outside of city limits.
• So they're a little bit greater than that 10-acre limit.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• To effectively manage our time today, we'll be limiting testimony to two witnesses in support and two
• Is it limited to a reasonable expectation of privacy, or if I'm...
• Washington recently enacted legislation limiting ALPR retention to 21 days.
• I urge the committee to adopt a statewide data retention limit.
• A 30-day limit, for example, takes nothing from a missing child emergency.

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:

• </c><00:16:06.800><c> uh</c> database uh with only limited uh database uh with only limited uh exceptions
• The success rate with that was limited.
• The success rate with that was limited.
• Can you explain why that list is so limited? Why are the exclusions that and only that?
• </c><01:24:16.880><c> uh</c> here uh worried about us limiting uh here uh worried about us limiting uh

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Montana struck down a law that limited voters to owners of real property.
• Montana struck down a law that limited voters to owners of real property.
• Montana struck down a law that limited voters to owners of real property.
• and/or limiting access to voting.
• I mean, I've had a personal limit of that for many years.

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Additionally, the resolution encourages states, other states in California, to find ways to limit the
• This resolution sends a message that in California we will fight to preserve our democracy and limit
• the influence of California, we will fight to preserve our democracy and limit the influence of corporate
• We have repeated mandates to limit the amount of contributions to candidates, but there is no limitation
• It's one of the reasons why we have contribution limits for donors to candidates.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and handled several procedural matters, including referral of AB 686 to Rules, approval of motions to advance Budget and Fiscal Review Committee measures and adopt authors’ amendments, and requests to move AB 28 and AB 2539 to the inactive file. The chamber also confirmed two gubernatorial appointments: Maggie Hallahan to the Bodina Waterways Commission and Kansasaki to the Building Standards Commission. On the floor, members took up two resolutions focused on public awareness and policy messaging. SCR 181 designated June 10 as Family Justice Center Day and highlighted the work of Family Justice Centers serving survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, and human trafficking; it passed 36-0. SR 112 declared June 14-20 as Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Awareness Week to encourage awareness, family health-history sharing, and early screening; it also passed unanimously. SJR 18, a resolution opposing the Citizens United decision and calling for limits on corporate influence and dark money in elections, generated extended debate over campaign finance, transparency, unions, nonprofits, and corporate political spending before passing 28-8. The consent calendar was then adopted on a 35-0 vote. The session concluded with multiple adjournment-in-memory tributes, including Larry Mazzola, Sr., Steve Zaley, and James J. McClain, Sr., followed by announcements that the Senate would recess and reconvene on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 2 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• with disabilities and seniors, Medi-Cal would no longer be within reach if these new lower asset limits
• rejecting the IHSS cost shift and bumps cuts, rejecting the APS cuts, rejecting the proposed asset limits
• rejecting the IHSS cost shift and bumps cuts, rejecting the APS cuts, rejecting the proposed asset limits
• Appreciate the rejection of the asset limit, the increased premium, the caps on CalPACE, and really would
• rejection of—I won't go through the litany of the cuts that you've rejected to IHSS and the asset limits

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Human Services held its final hearing on the budget, with the chair framing the Senate’s plan as a counterproposal that rejected major cuts and preserved revenues. Public comment was overwhelmingly supportive of the subcommittee’s actions, especially on Medi-Cal, IHSS, PACE, behavioral health, child care, CalFresh outreach, immigrant legal services, and long-term care. Testimony from disability, aging, county, health plan, provider, labor, and advocacy groups urged the committee to keep rejecting asset tests, immigrant coverage reductions, IHSS cost shifts, PACE rate cuts, and behavioral health reductions, while supporting mobile crisis, 988, Title IV-E workforce funding, and the “Be Home Soon California” proposal to expand home- and community-based care. Several speakers also pressed for additional or related funding and policy changes, including county alternatives for people losing Medi-Cal under federal HR1-related changes, more support for public hospitals and indigent care, CalFresh and Cal Food investments, child care slots and COLAs, dental rate cut delays, and expanded immigration legal and food assistance. Others thanked the committee for restoring or preserving funding for behavioral health innovation and advocacy grants, public health IT and disease investigation, diaper banks, hearing aids for children, and distressed hospital loans. The committee also heard concerns about fee-for-service shifts, outpatient dialysis coverage, and other implementation details, with some groups asking for trailer bill language or guardrails. After public comment, the subcommittee took three votes on large blocks of budget items. The first block of consent items passed 3-0, the second block passed 2-1, and the final block passed 2-0, with the chair announcing that the items were approved and out of committee. The hearing then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• For this hearing, we'll be limiting substantive testimony to two primary witnesses on each side of the
• These individuals are carefully screened, limited to low-level, nonviolent offenders with good behavior
• Despite these responsibilities, the $100 stipend limit has not been updated in nearly 40 years.
• Without action, current stipend structures limit diversity of candidates able to serve.
• Without action, current stipend structures limits diversity of candidates able to serve.

Summary: The Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard several bills, beginning with AB 2483, which would create a permanent pathway for formerly incarcerated Cal Fire fire crew members to receive certification and pursue firefighting jobs after release. The author and supporters described incarcerated firefighters as highly trained workers who perform dangerous frontline fire suppression work but often leave without credentials or a clear hiring path. The chair strongly supported the bill, and there was no opposition. The committee then considered AB 1619, which would raise trustee stipend limits for retirement board members from $100 to $320 per meeting for county retirement systems, CalSTRS, and CalPERS, subject to local approval. Supporters argued the current stipend is nearly 40 years old and no longer reflects the complexity and fiduciary responsibility of overseeing large pension systems, and that higher stipends could improve diversity and participation. The bill was passed on a 7-0 vote and sent to Appropriations. The committee also passed its cleanup bill, AB 2780, making technical and conforming changes to retirement laws, and AB 2519, which corrects an unintended consequence of prior CalSTRS legislation so certain charter school employees can remain eligible for CalSTRS membership; both bills advanced unanimously to Appropriations. AB 2017, the California Eid State Holiday Act, was heard next. The bill would recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in California and provide excused absences for students observing the holidays. Supporters, including Muslim students, educators, and advocacy organizations, said the measure would promote inclusion and help Muslim Californians feel seen and respected. Members spoke in favor, and the bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2656 would require public employers to give employee organizations 45 days’ written notice before developing or using generative AI in represented job classifications. Supporters said the bill would ensure transparency and labor input, while county and special district groups raised concerns about scope and implementation but expressed willingness to keep working on the measure. It also passed 7-0 to Appropriations, and the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• For this hearing, we'll be limiting substantive testimony to two primary witnesses on each side of the
• These individuals are carefully screened, limited to low-level, nonviolent offenders with good behavior
• Despite these responsibilities, the $100 stipend limit has not been updated in nearly 40 years.
• Without action, current stipend structures limit diversity of candidates able to serve.
• Without action, current stipend structures limits diversity of candidates able to serve.

Committee: House Public Employment and Retirement

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill directs hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice care centers to allow for the limited use of
• It seems very strange in this particular case to limit it to the county of residence.
• Again, but as we have in this bill, the underlying bill, now in the striker, that it's limited.
• Again, but as we have in this bill, the underlying bill, now in the striker, that it's limited to the
• county, so therefore you'd only limit yourself to up to 200,000 people in that registered voters in

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , SB6006 , SB6260 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6354 , SB6355 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects

Transcript Highlights:

• AACs often use limiting pictures or preset words.
• AACs often use limiting pictures or preset words.
• Therefore, my education was very limited.
• My goals include, but are not limited to, pursuing an education in the field of psychology, advocacy,
• My apraxia limits how I can stay regulated.

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The committee first approved the January 21, 2026 minutes and then heard two print requests from Senator Carrie Semmelroth tied to code cleanup work that originated from House Bill 14 last session. RS 32-89 would remove obsolete references to regional library systems that no longer exist, and RS 32-91 would clean up Title 33 by removing redundancies and non-applicable provisions. Both RSs were moved to print and approved without opposition. The committee then held a special presentation on spelling to communicate (S2C) from Kara Sanders, followed by testimony from Jennifer Ruiz on behalf of her daughter Ray Ruiz. Sanders described S2C as a communication method for non-speaking people who can point to letters to spell their thoughts, emphasizing presuming competence, the role of a communication regulation partner, and the need for training and safeguards. Ray Ruiz testified that S2C opened communication and educational opportunities for her, including sharing her interests, languages, and goals in psychology and advocacy; committee members asked about when she began spelling, learning languages, and her education plans. Jennifer Ruiz said S2C allowed her to truly get to know her daughter after years of uncertainty. The final presentation was from Dr. Brooke Blevins on behalf of the Idaho Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. She outlined educator preparation efforts across Idaho’s colleges and universities, including work on student behavior, educator ethics, career and technical education, rural teacher preparation, early literacy, and generative AI. In response to committee questions, she said schools need more support personnel and tiered interventions to address behavior, stressed that education is a right, and said clear expectations, stable environments, and teacher retention are important. Members raised concerns that student behavior is becoming a crisis and urged the group to help develop new solutions; the presentation ended with the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• AACs often use limiting pictures or preset words.
• AACs often use limiting pictures or preset words.
• Therefore, my education was very limited.
• My goals include, but are not limited to, pursuing an education in the field of psychology, advocacy,
• My apraxia limits how I can stay regulated.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You make, if you are a family of four, and you make $1 more than the income limit, which is about $128,000
• are covered are really concentrated at that... right at that 400 to 450%. ...of the federal poverty limit
• I didn't put time limits on, but we all know that there are time limits on us.
• Today, there isn't anything specific in the law that limits it to this bill that limits it to a certain
• I'd feel more comfortable if we had a top limit; it would be easier for me to go back to my constituents

Committee: House House Health & Human Services