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• Um, this bill just requires that if a person has either, when they file for a driver's license or file
• <00:18:43.679> Um, the bill uh at the time? Um, the bill uh at the time?
• use this this only filing system. use this this only filing system.
• And it shortens the amount of time for the Secretary of State to provide notice for failing to file a
• that I'd like to get out at that time. that I'd like to get out at that time.

Keywords: Elections - Room 210; 29 January, 2026: 2:30 PM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 250, which would require disclosures for political advertisements that are generated in whole or in part by artificial intelligence. Senator Blackman explained that the bill applies to video, image, and audio ads, with specific disclaimer requirements and exemptions for bona fide news coverage, documentaries, and certain distributors that require AI disclosure from submitters. Members asked about the bill’s scope, including that it would not cover written mailers. After discussion, the committee adopted a motion for title sufficient and do pass, and the bill was reported out. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2386, which would prohibit political candidates from using grand jury or jury proceedings as a captive audience for campaign activity. Senator Tate said the measure had been passed before and was intended to prevent politicizing trials. With no questions, the committee again voted title sufficient and do pass, and the bill was reported out. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2096 from the Secretary of State’s office, a technical elections bill establishing minimum cybersecurity standards for access to SIMS by election officials and clerks; counties would have to pass an assessment or use election support funds to fix deficiencies. That bill was likewise reported out on a title sufficient, do pass motion. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 2588, the Shield Act, which would require citizenship verification through the federal SAVE system for certain driver’s license or ID applicants who identify as noncitizens or do not provide verifiable information, and would also run the voter rolls through SAVE annually. Supporters said it would strengthen election integrity and add confidence that voters are citizens, while Senator Blunt argued the bill could lead to unnecessary purges based on database mismatches and that existing systems already address the issue. The Secretary of State’s office said SAVE is used with safeguards, does not automatically remove voters, and that voters flagged in error can provide proof and remain eligible. Despite the debate, the committee voted title sufficient and do pass committee substitute, and the bill was reported out. Finally, the chairman began explaining Senate Bill 2558, a comprehensive campaign finance reform bill. He described provisions requiring candidates and committees to file statements of organization before accepting contributions or making expenditures, defining corporate contributions and coordinated expenditures, separating candidate committees from PACs, requiring more detailed reporting and electronic filing, setting rules for termination reports and anonymous contributions, and imposing tiered fines for violations. The transcript cuts off before the committee finished its discussion or took final action on that bill.

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• administration's support for House File administration's support for House File 1669<00:05:33.680
• House File 1669. House File 1669.
• supports House File 1669. Thank you. supports House File 1669. Thank you.
• members time and consideration today. members time and consideration today.
• House File 3687.

Bills: HF1669, HF4709, HF3531, HF4048

Keywords: tax credits, sustainable aviation fuel, environmental policy, corporate franchise, Minnesota taxation, electricity generation, property tax exemption, renewable energy, incentives, economic development, fuel delivery, tax exemption, retail transactions, diesel exhaust fluid, fuel lubricants, healthcare tax, gross receipts tax, hospitals, chiropractors, healthcare providers

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• House File 1645...
• This would be a one-time appropriation.
• We can tell you that time and time again, you can trace increases in suicidal ideation and suicide to
• Thank you for your time today, and we hope you will support House File 1534. Thank you, Mr.
• So I appreciate the time, and maybe we can be considered at another time, so thank you.

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• Chair, and thank you for the time.
• . not come at a better time.
• On the agenda is House File 22—excuse me, I renewed my motion that House File 2293 be laid over for possible
• I know we're close on time.
• This is not the first time, or the second time, or the third time we're looking at permitting efficiency

Bills: HF1587, HF2293, HF2218, HF1208, HF1482

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

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• Chair Niska, you have House File 3395.
• File 3395 requires a 5-year ban. If an File 3395 requires a 5-year ban.
• It's time for the Fraud isn't free.
• <00:09:03.360> is forward, we hope that uh more time is forward, we hope that uh more time
• know, my day job, I work a lot of times know, my day job, I work a lot of times with<00:14:57.839

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I appreciate the time.
• House File 129. and house file 1346 is passed and placed and house file 1346 is passed and placed and
• Thank you, and next we'll move to Senate File 595. And next we'll move to Senate File 595.
• Just one more comment: I mentioned Allen from time to time.
• Just one more comment: I mentioned Allen from time to time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So the annual process and the timing to prepare each year for the income tax filing.
• So 95% of taxpayers actually file electronically.
• At the same time.
• At this point in time, claims, while there was a deadline to file claims that only applied to certain
• Open the time period to file cases, it did create scenarios where we can have cases in perpetuity.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We need this bill passed, and it's time, and time is now. >> Chair, thank you. And Mr.
• We need this bill passed, and it's time, and time is now. >> Chair, thank you. And Mr.
• This legislative session, the time is now. It was many years ago, but now is the time.
• The next bill is House File 3684, that's my bill.
• This legislative session at the time is now. It was it was many years ago, but now is the time.

Bills: HF3727, HF3684, HF3467

Keywords: veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards

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• Yet time and time again, we see that these women fall through the cracks.
• And while Assemblyman Jackson is getting ready, just to notice that file item 3, AB 277 and file item
• All right, so let's move on to the next file item. We have file item 5, AB 349 by Semler Dixon.
• Madam Secretary, could you reopen the roll on file item 1? File item 1, AB 790.
• File item 3, AB 277, was pulled by the author. File item 4, AB 318, was pulled by the author.

Summary: The Assembly Human Services Committee met with quorum established after beginning as a subcommittee. The committee heard AB 790, which would require jurisdictions receiving state homelessness funds to develop systems specifically supporting women and children, especially single mothers and survivors of domestic violence. Supporters said current homelessness programs overlook this population; the bill was amended and passed unanimously on a 7-0 vote. The committee also heard ACA 4, the Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act, which would dedicate a minimum share of the state general fund to affordable housing and homelessness programs. Supporters argued more stable funding is needed to address the housing crisis, while opponents questioned whether more spending would help; the measure passed 5-2 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Members then heard AB 349, which would index the infant supplement for parenting foster youth to inflation. The author and sponsor described the needs of pregnant and parenting teens in foster care and rising costs for diapers and formula; the bill passed 6-0 to Appropriations. AB 779, which expands a domestic violence consultant pilot in child welfare offices statewide, also passed 6-0 after testimony that it would help keep families together safely and improve trauma-informed responses. AB 1335, which would remove a private CARF accreditation requirement for regional center employment programs and rely on state oversight instead, drew support from disability service providers but opposition from the chair over concerns about weakening quality checks; it failed on a 2-2 vote and reconsideration was denied. The committee also considered AB 1066, a bill to bar state-funded immigration legal services for people unlawfully present in the country who have certain serious felony convictions. Supporters framed it as a public-safety and fiscal-responsibility measure, while opponents said it would restrict due process and align California with mass-deportation policies. The bill failed on a 2-2 vote. Two bills, AB 277 and AB 318, were pulled by the author and not heard. After final roll calls on absent members, the committee adjourned.

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• It's a long time.
• It's a long time.
• File item number 10, AB 402. The motion is... File item number 10, AB 402.
• File item number 14, AB 648. File item number 14, AB 648.
• File. While, I... I'm Secretary. Close roll. File item number six, AB 323.

Summary: The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee. The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.

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• If you remember one thing: fire sprinklers buy time, and time buys life.
• house file house file 1334<00:14:19.000> Chief<00:14:19.360> authored<00:14:19.800
• <00:15:18.240> and<00:15:18.519> Time<00:15:18.880> buys Time and Time buys Time
• height requirements of of house file height requirements of of house file 1334<00:18:31.360>
• requirements in house file requirements in house file 1334<00:18:52.840> one<00:18:53.240

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh, Senate File 5155 Uh, Senate File 5155 is before you.
• Well, appreciate your time. time. time.
• Uh, Senate File 3879.
• Is the Senate File number. Yeah. Is the Senate File number. Yeah.
• That's his Senate File. File. File. Senator<01:38:08.880> Hayden<01:38:09.120> Senyeger.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• clerk at the time of filing.
• <01:31:53.600> the<01:31:53.760> time<01:31:53.920> of<01:31:54.080> filing
• Uh and so clerk at the time of filing.
• This time, Senate File 2861 is laid over for possible inclusion. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Uh, we're going to switch out here to Senator Oumou Verbeten at this time for this one bill, Senate File

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It was filed, refiled twice subsequently from there, and reported favorably by this committee both times
• He couldn't make up that time. This passed in the Senate last time.
• I want to get it passed in the House this time. This passed in the Senate last time.
• Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you for your time and consideration.
• I was injured the first time. I was injured the first time.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held a hearing on May 7, chaired by Senators Mike Brady and Dan Ryan, and heard testimony on a wide range of retirement and benefits bills for public employees and their families. Several bills focused on line-of-duty death or disability benefits for police and firefighters, including Senate Bill 1831 for Joanne Sanji, widow of Rutland Detective John Sanji, whose COVID-19 death was described by family, counsel, and the police chief as a line-of-duty death already recognized by local, state, and federal memorials. Similar support was offered for bills involving the surviving spouse of a State Police officer injured in the line of duty, a Springfield officer injured by a hammer attack during a mental health call, and a bill for a former police officer seeking an increased disability retirement due to PTSD after a traumatic incident. Testimony repeatedly emphasized that these cases had been recognized locally or had already moved through prior sessions, but legislative action was still needed to secure benefits. The committee also heard multiple firefighter-related retirement bills. Representatives and union advocates supported a bill for retired Attleboro Fire Captain Walter Gerton, arguing that an audit and recalculation improperly reduced his pension after retirement and that the correction was requested by the local retirement board. Another bill sought disability retirement for former Westfield firefighter Greg Heath, who testified that Parkinson’s disease has made daily life and family care increasingly difficult; supporters cited studies linking firefighting exposures to Parkinson’s and said the city, retirement board, and local officials backed the measure. The committee also heard testimony for retired Quincy Fire Deputy Chief Kevin Bithrow, who described a Parkinson’s diagnosis following years of exposure at major toxic fires, including the Home Depot and MWRA incidents, and for a related Quincy bill that would treat his retirement as line-of-duty for survivor protection. Additional bills included a proposal to provide flags to next of kin of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, a bill to resolve employer contribution obligations for the Neshoba Associated Boards of Health in the state retirement system, and several individual retirement or service-credit measures. These included a bill for former State Police gang unit officer David Patterson, a school nurse seeking additional credible service credit for a temporary staffing emergency, and a former Suffolk County sheriff’s deputy seeking an increased disability retirement after a violent inmate assault left him with lasting injuries. Testimony generally came from the affected individuals, family members, municipal officials, retirement boards, and public safety unions, with most speakers urging favorable action and noting that many of the bills had already passed one chamber or had been filed in prior sessions. At the end of the hearing, the committee took no recorded votes on the bills and then adjourned.

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• Chair: Oh, we're going to start on time each time, actually.
• time.
• We're going to start on time each time, actually.
• At the time in which they decide to exit, at the time that they file to ask to exit the market, yes.
• So they file and use, how long does it take you to get to, if you, knowing now this time that it's a

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• requirement for amendments offered to the following bills: Senate File Number 3045 and House File Numbers
• I've appreciated my time on this committee.
• Senate File 2216 is the Commerce Finance Bill.
• Chair; I got back just in time.
• The answer is one bite at a time. How do we solve the housing crisis? One bite at a time.

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• I appreciate your time. You know, every year... Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate your time.
• Now to the Assembly third reading file, file items 80 through 84, we're going to pass and retain on file
• item 80, file item 81.
• I'm going to pass and retain on file item 83. That brings us to file item 84.
• Moving on to the Senate third reading file, we're going to pass and retain on file items 85 and 86.

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum after a roll call, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Routine procedural motions followed, including unanimous-consent actions to suspend rules for adjournment-in-memory remarks, guest introductions, and expedited floor processing of certain bills and committee reports. The chamber also recognized several guests, including Sacramento Police Detective Jason Collins, student musician Ethan Shue, and Glendale Councilmember Artie Kasakian. On the floor file, AB 1184 by Assembly Member Patterson, the Homeowner Association Accountability and Transparency Act of 2026, was presented as a measure to add basic transparency requirements for HOAs; it passed 56-0. AB 871 by Assembly Member Stephanie, addressing financial elder abuse and scam reporting/training for financial institutions, also passed 56-0. On the Senate side, SB 25 by Senator Umberg, which would give the California Attorney General earlier access to federal merger-notification filings to streamline merger review, passed 43-14 after the Majority Leader presented it. The Assembly then held several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including Paul R. Ignatius, former U.S. Secretary of the Navy and Glendale native; Oxnard Police Commander Scott Aaron; Private First Class Tanner F. Rubio of the U.S. Marine Corps; and former Yolo County Supervisor Betsy Marchand. Members and family guests offered remarks honoring their service and legacies, followed by a moment of silence for PFC Rubio. The session concluded with announcements about upcoming floor and committee deadlines and adjourned until Monday, January 26 at 1 p.m.

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• , subdivision 2, numerous times, subdivision 2, numerous times, as<00:02:39.200> that<00:02
• Senate File 4746 is laid over.
• Senator Wiklund, uh Senate File<00:26:57.160> 4611 File 4611 File 4611 is<00:26:59.360> laid
• we are going to lay over Senate File we are going to lay over Senate File 4092. 4092. 4092.
• Senate<01:10:12.320> file<01:10:12.640> 4581 Senate file 4581 Senate file 4581 allows<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Just in time. Fantastic.
• Just in time. Fantastic.
• And our answer time and time again was that state law does not prohibit it.
• He's shown that time and time again.
• File item number 15, AB 2691 by Addis. Gallagher, aye. File item number 16, AB 2753.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard a series of election- and public-trust-related bills. Early items included AB 2592, which would move lobbyist training from legislative ethics committees to the FPPC starting in 2029 and make it available online on demand; it drew support from the FPPC and an oppose-unless-amended request to make the training public and ensure lobbyists pay fees. AB 2573 would refine California’s confidential voter registration protections for candidates and elected officials, with support from the Secretary of State and county election officials after amendments narrowed some family-member coverage. AB 2753 would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding local or state office; it prompted extended debate about public trust, second chances, and where to draw the line, but was ultimately advanced on a 5-0 vote with one member not voting. AB 2691 similarly would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include sexual assault and human trafficking, and it also passed 5-0 after testimony from victim advocates and discussion about survivors, restorative justice, and the power dynamics involved in public office. The committee also advanced AB 2413, which would prohibit public funds from being used for large-format ads featuring elected officials, and AB 2281, which would direct the Office of Election Cybersecurity to assess replacement resources after federal cybersecurity support cuts and allow consultation with academic researchers. AB 1664 would require local election officials to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General within one business day of warrants, subpoenas, or investigations involving election records or voting systems; supporters said it would help the state respond quickly to improper seizure of election materials, and it passed 5-0. AB 2484, concerning San Diego MTS, would let voters authorize a local sales tax initiative for transit funding and exempt it from an existing cap; it drew support from transit leaders and labor, opposition from the Realtors, and a lengthy exchange over Prop. 13, Prop. 218, and whether the measure created a special deal, before passing 6-1. The committee then heard AB 2230, which would create buffer zones around voting centers and child care facilities to keep immigration enforcement away from those locations. The author said the bill was meant to reduce fear and intimidation for voters and families, while the opposition argued it was unenforceable, lacked evidence of a problem, and would interfere with federal officers doing their jobs. Members supporting the bill cited reported ICE profiling and intimidation in California communities, while others raised jurisdictional and practical concerns. The transcript ends during this debate, with no final vote shown for AB 2230.

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• Senate File 859 provides a one-time $2 million appropriation to the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
• Senate File 859 is a request from AEOA for $2 million in one-time funding, which will be used in that
• Senate File 859 is a request from AEOA for $2 million in one-time funding, which will be used in that
• Senate File 859 is a request from AEOA for $2 million in one-time funding, which will be used in that
• Senate File 859 is a request from AEOA for $2 million in one-time funding, which will be used in that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all