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• the gallery today, I believe, up here, up there, a seventh grade class from Contra Costa Jewish Day School
• cause pain and infections that may lead to problems with eating, speaking, playing, and learning in school
• California children miss 874,000 days of school each year due to dental problems.
• wife of 20 years, as a woman who spread joy and enthusiasm to her circle of friends, her children's school
• She often volunteered in her daughter's fourth-grade classroom and coached her son's middle school cross-country

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, offered a prayer and pledge, welcomed a seventh-grade class from Contra Costa Jewish Day School, and made routine announcements, including birthday wishes for Senator Hurtado and committee meeting notices. The body then took up two resolutions on the daily file. SR 82 by Senator Perez recognized Children’s Dental Health Month and highlighted the importance of early oral health care, the prevalence of tooth decay among California children, disparities affecting Latinx, Black, and low-income children, and Medi-Cal and other state efforts to expand dental access. SR 84 by Senator Caballero commemorated Women in Construction Week and emphasized the need to expand opportunities for women in the construction trades through apprenticeships, inclusive job sites, and workforce development to address labor shortages and support California’s housing and infrastructure goals. Both resolutions were adopted unanimously by roll call votes of 31-0. Afterward, members announced upcoming budget subcommittee meetings. The Senate then heard multiple adjourn-in-memory requests, including one from Senator Alvarado-Gil honoring eight victims of the February 17 avalanche near Truckee and another from Senator Wiener honoring Camille Moran, a San Francisco transgender advocate, artist, and community leader. The presiding officer noted the Senate would recess and reconvene on Monday, March 9, 2026, with an adjournment motion to follow later that day.

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• so after moving schools, a boy, a group so after moving schools, a boy, a group of<00:39:34.480><c> boys
• And so, um, a school you choose.
• How should a school district handle that? That would be up to the school district.
• ,</c> this bill ensures that schools, this bill ensures that schools, municipalities,<02:49:15.600><c
• ,</c><02:58:19.600><c> county</c> that would include schools, county that would include schools, county

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• There was a neighborhood that had a school, an elementary school.
• We’re also embedded in two different school districts. So we have a wide variety...
• For behavioral health, we have 11 school-based therapists in 13 different school districts.
• I went back to school, worked in children's residential care, and kept moving forward.
• I find out about their schools, their medical, all the things.

Committee: House Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• There was a neighborhood that had an elementary school.
• And then for behavioral health, we have 11 school-based therapists in 13 different school districts,
• I find out about their schools, their medical, all the things.”
• “I find out about their schools, their medical, all the things.
• So Four Rivers as a whole very similarly serves within school districts.

Summary: The task force heard extensive testimony on recovery support, harm reduction, and community-based care. Dan Haniken of Into Action described his own recovery from addiction and incarceration and argued that treatment alone is not enough; he said recovery housing, peer support, employment, accountability, and stable housing are what help people stay sober and avoid relapse. Members asked about funding, housing shortages, transportation, treatment courts, and support for medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Haniken said Into Action relies on a braided mix of federal, state, county, city, foundation, and private funding, and that recovery housing needs longer-term support than many current funding streams provide. He also said Missouri should expand recovery housing, peer recovery support, and recovery community centers, and improve awareness and access to MAT in recovery settings and after incarceration. Matt Cushman, a community paramedic with Raytown Fire Protection District, urged Missouri to expand harm reduction, including syringe service programs and broader access to clean needles and drug-checking tools. He argued that stigma and abstinence-only approaches keep many people from seeking help, and said harm reduction reduces disease transmission, overdose deaths, hospitalizations, and other harms while creating pathways to recovery. He cited naloxone distribution as a successful example and said similar strategies should be decriminalized and expanded. Members asked about naloxone access, community paramedicine funding, and whether safe consumption sites should be considered; Cushman said syringe exchange should be a near-term priority, while safe consumption sites are a longer-term policy question. Representatives from Ozarks Medical Center/COMC and Four Rivers Community Health Center focused on the need to reimburse peer support specialists and community health workers, especially in rural and underserved areas. COMC’s Monet Lehman shared her trauma and recovery story and described her jail reentry work, helping incarcerated people with housing, benefits, IDs, employment, MAT, and community supports before release. Four Rivers said its care coordinators and CHWs provide wraparound services such as transportation, housing help, Medicaid enrollment, clothing, and same-day MAT access. Members and staff discussed confusion over reimbursement rules, noting that CCBHCs can bill for peer services through Medicaid while FQHCs generally cannot, and that CHWs are often funded through grants rather than reimbursement. No votes were taken; the meeting consisted of testimony and member questions, with several requests for follow-up information on funding, transportation, and reimbursement rules.

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• It's a schooling fish. You could read... Menhaden is a pelagic species.
• It's a schooling fish. You can read it.
• If those schools of menhaden are here, guess where the tarpon go? Not here.
• Parish School Board.
• At least that's what we said when I was in elementary school on a school bus.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• . >> The school districts benefit some and the local governments benefit. Is that correct?
• . school. school.
• </c><00:37:18.880><c> that</c> because we were in high school that because we were in high school that
• Um, we have in our possession the school facilities bill. Uh, we will not be working that bill.
• </c><00:47:39.680><c> facilities</c> possession the uh school facilities possession the uh school facilities

Bills: SF0052 , SF0024

Committee: Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Keywords: wildlife management, environmental restoration, funding, invasive species, aquatic ecosystems, native fish, habitat conservation, lottery, debit card payments, gambling regulations, state revenue, financial transactions, 916, all

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• Did your kids have school? Probably not today. So, they come with you. >> Oh, you got to get back.
• On page two, the only added language would be teachers and employees of the school district may also
• </c> getting your Did your kids have school? getting your Did your kids have school?
• </c> otherwise included in the school otherwise included in the school calendar,<00:27:23.600><c> provided
• Under that program, students enter into an educational contract while they are in school.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Rep. Ashley Tacket Laferty on a bill to expand minimum hazardous-duty retirement and health benefits for certain public safety workers injured in the line of duty. She used a video and examples from Floyd County to describe officers and an emergency management director who were catastrophically injured but did not qualify for existing hazardous-duty coverage because their employers had enrolled them in non-hazardous retirement plans. The bill would provide a minimum benefit of 25% of pay, plus 10% for dependent children and limited health coverage, for eligible workers who cannot return to hazardous work. Laferty said the proposal would apply retroactively through a five-year window, estimated to affect a limited number of workers statewide, and would be funded by small increases in employer contribution rates. Committee members questioned how many former employees might qualify, how the bill interacts with the pension system, and who would pay the added cost. Discussion also noted that local governments choose whether to place employees in hazardous or non-hazardous coverage, largely based on cost. The sheriff’s association was present online in support, and no vote was taken. The committee then heard Rep. Daniel Gber present a revised bill allowing teachers and school district employees to use accumulated sick leave to observe religious holidays not already on the school calendar, if they provide a personal statement and sufficient advance notice. He said the measure is intended to address the rigid school calendar and the difficulty teachers face in observing non-school holidays without losing service credit toward retirement. He noted that the earlier version of the bill had allowed make-up work time, but the current draft is shorter and focused on sick leave use. He also referenced a supporting letter from a constituent who could not attend because of weather. The bill was presented for discussion only, with no committee action reported.

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• One provision required child welfare workers to verify that foster youth in middle school and high school
• We need an office that can work with school districts, K-12.
• We need a response from school districts and schools on making sure that foster youth receive comprehensive
• We will even have trouble keeping our schools open by that time.
• I started school here in '52 in California.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And so, our national research, particularly in Texas, as well as in Chicago Public Schools, has found
• has found that Chicago public schools has found that the<00:13:03.000><c> best</c><00:13:03.240><c>
• They have parents sign a form that says, "If your child rides their e-bike to school, you should know
• They have parents sign a form that says, "If your child rides their e-bike to school, you should know
• They have parents sign a form that says, "If your child rides their e-bike to school, you should know

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's put a strain on businesses, churches, schools, local governments, city governments.
• It's put a strain on businesses, churches, schools, local governments, city governments.
• </c><01:35:41.960><c> Friskies</c> County Intermediate School Friskies County Intermediate School Friskies
• High School Lady Cardinals basketball<01:37:16.880><c> team.
• </c><01:37:52.320><c> boys</c> that the Taylor County High School boys that the Taylor County High School

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with 98 members present, declared a quorum, approved the prior journal, and received Senate concurrence requests on Senate Bills 263, 281, and 324. The chamber then moved through second readings and committee reports on a range of measures, including education, agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing, and task force resolutions. Among the reported bills were measures on KEES scholarships for non-certified schools, a residential safe room rebate program, dual credit scholarships, impeding a first responder, motor vehicles, tallow-based cosmetic products, animal health emergencies, mortgage loan income limits, deferred deposit fees, child protection, Attorney General operations, corrections operations, school leadership, school transportation, advanced mathematics coursework, and task forces on charitable gaming and early childhood education governance. The House passed House Bill 642, a Teachers' Retirement System housekeeping bill, after adopting House Committee Substitute 1. The sponsor said the bill updates survivor benefit documentation, raises the daily earnings limit for retired members returning to work from $170 to $200, removes an unused early-return provision, reinstates a pension waiver program, clarifies benefit tier calculations using an earlier participation date in another state system, and allows a parent member to manage payments for a disabled child without a court order. Members asked about substitute teaching limits, retirement penalties, budget impact, and a removed provision involving index funds; the sponsor said he would follow up on the day limits and stated he did not believe the bill would add to unfunded liability. The bill passed 96-0. The House also passed House Bill 780 on recording commissioner’s deeds, after adopting a floor amendment that removed fines and penalties. The bill allows a city to petition circuit court if a deed is not recorded within 30 business days, and the court may compel filing and award costs and attorney’s fees. Members discussed whether the bill effectively created a lawsuit-based enforcement mechanism rather than a fine, and supporters said it would help local governments identify responsible property owners and address code enforcement and public safety issues. The bill passed 96-0. House Bill 541, concerning peace officers, also passed after a committee substitute; the sponsor said it cleans up Kentucky Law Enforcement Council procedures, strengthens certification standards, clarifies revocation language, and reflects input from law enforcement groups. It passed 95-0. House Bill 195, the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative, passed after a committee substitute and floor amendment. The substitute added Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension alongside UK Cooperative Extension, and the floor amendment changed the pilot’s implementation date to January 1, 2027 and adjusted the program’s term timing. Supporters said the bill would expand urban agriculture education, connect youth to food systems and career pathways, and help students in urban counties learn practical agricultural skills; it passed 97-0. The House then took up House Bill 794 on financial exploitation, which expands protections to all adults age 65 and older, adds felony penalties for knowingly, wantonly, or recklessly exploiting those adults, allows the attorney general to seek extradition from another state, and requires investment advisers to complete three hours of continuing education on financial exploitation. Members cited real-world scam experiences and urged stronger penalties, but the bill passed 96-0.

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• My family owns school and an FFA member.
• I started out as a school teacher and coaching sports.
• I worked in the radio industry for a few years out of high school and college.
• in our schools.
• and &gt;&gt; I started out as a school teacher and coaching<01:07:40.160><c> sports.

Bills: HF3474 , HF3475 , HF3508

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: agriculture, funding, research, agricultural institute, state appropriations, education, leadership council, compensation, research institute, dairy assistance, investment, relief initiative, farm support, 1183, house

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• I've brought multiple examples of school books in school libraries that have actual pictures of pornography
• </c> pornography in books in school books. pornography in books in school books.
• </c><01:17:31.360><c> that</c> school books in school libraries that school books in school libraries
• </c> the whole entire process of my school the whole entire process of my school district<01:17:39.760
• </c><01:19:21.199><c> in</c> at Mountain View Middle School in at Mountain View Middle School in Gosstown

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Burns School of Medicine. Sorry, that appropriates funds for the University of Hawaiʻi John A.
• I think ready for graduate school. Yeah.
• </c><00:52:52.880><c> So</c> um as well as law school expansion.
• So um as well as law school expansion.
• Burns School of Medicine.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard three University of Hawaiʻi-related measures. HB 718 HD1 would appropriate funds for faculty and staff positions at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in cardiovascular, law, biology, tropical medicine, quantitative health/biostatistics, and environmental health and safety. Testimony was in support, including from university representatives and others who submitted written testimony. Members asked whether the positions were additional and how they would affect enrollment; the university said the hires would teach medical students and conduct biomedical research, helping increase the class size to about 77 and eventually 80, and noted a workforce paper requested by the committee would be provided soon. The committee then discussed SB 1170 HD1, which would grant resident tuition at any UH campus to certain graduates of Hawaiʻi high schools enrolling in undergraduate programs. UH supported the bill and said it had adjusted its testimony in response to prior committee concerns. Members focused on the proposed four-year window, asking why that timeframe was chosen and whether the change was needed at all. UH explained that four years would allow students who left the state to return and still complete an undergraduate degree or prepare for graduate school, and said the bill would help students who come back after one or two years but otherwise would have to wait a year to reestablish residency under current rules. UH also said it was discussing possible administrative rule changes as an alternative if the bill did not pass. Finally, the committee heard HB 1300 HD1, which would fund a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center pilot study on cancer disparities among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Filipinos, and people living near landfills in Nanakuli, focusing on social determinants of health, lifestyle, environmental exposures, and resilience factors. Testimony from researchers and advocates strongly supported the measure, saying the study could help explain cancer disparities and support future research funding. Members questioned the cost, the reliance on future federal or foundation funding, and the practical outcome of the study. The Cancer Center said the pilot would cost about $500,000 per year for two years, with later funding sought from federal, nonprofit, or private sources; it said the study would produce longitudinal data that could help identify at-risk groups and provide evidence for policy decisions, though members expressed concern that the project needed a clearer end goal and stronger case for public investment.

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• "From Swansea, and I'm a member of the Madok Regional School Board."
• So it gives me, I think, good qualifications for being on a school board.
• I am the mother of Max, and I serve on my local school board. I've been serving for 15 years.
• I think that if I were to resign from school board, and at one point I was the chair of my school board
• Betty spoke to you first, and she serves on the same school board as me.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• daughter of my chief of staff, Cynthia Aragine, and the third grade class from Sacred Heart Parish School
• vice chancellor of student affairs at UC Riverside as well as an associate professor at UC Riverside School
• This chronic disease is also a leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences among children.
• Senate Bill 1083 by Senator Perez, an act relating to school employees.
• immediately notify a current employer when an employee leaves a local education agency or private school

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered a Memorial Day prayer, and welcomed a third-grade class from Sacred Heart Parish School to the chamber. Members then handled several procedural motions, including suspending a joint rule to allow budget subcommittees to meet during blackout period and removing certain bills from inactive or consent files. The chamber confirmed multiple gubernatorial appointments, including Nicholas Mueller to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission, Arthur Krantz to the Public Employment Relations Board, Chris Ferguson to the California Student Aid Commission, and Brian Haynes to the same commission. The Senate also adopted several resolutions, including SR 102 recognizing National Safe Boating Week, SCR 172 proclaiming Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, SCR 177 declaring World No Tobacco Day, SR 107 for Lupus Awareness Month, and SR 115 marking the 50th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris in California wine history. On third reading, the Senate passed a series of bills on topics including beverage container recycling fees (SB 1341), school employee misconduct procedures (SB 1083), wildfire preparedness for water suppliers (SB 1153), insurance cost-sharing accounting (SB 1199), nonprofit government liaison services (SB 1240), energy coordination and fuel supply planning (SB 1337), language access in elections (SB 1360), gaming fee transparency (SB 920), mental health evaluation in Care Court-related cases (SB 1016), reckless driving penalties (SB 1198), greenhouse gas reporting for subsidized medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (SB 1213), the Go Green financing program (SB 1265), repossession transport interference (SB 1338), and wildlife coexistence (SB 1135). Most measures passed on unanimous or near-unanimous votes; SB 920 passed 28-1, SB 1265 passed 26-5, and SB 1135 passed with two no votes. The session concluded with a Veterans Caucus adjournment-in-memory ceremony honoring 82 fallen service members, followed by adjournment until the next scheduled floor session.

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• daughter of my chief of staff, Cynthia Aragine, and the third grade class from Sacred Heart Parish School
• This chronic disease is also a leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences among children.
• Senate Bill 1083 by Senator Perez, an act relating to school employees.
• enacted into law last year and established a statewide data system to track egregious misconduct by school
• immediately notify a current employer when an employee leaves a local education agency or private school

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I worked at a school district. I was the secretary. I was a lot of things on calls. I don't call.
• And I made sure that we had a picture company in our school that would make sure that all of our children
• You know, when I was a school resource officer, I treated every kid the same.
• You know, when I was a school resource officer, I treated every kid the same.
• And I kind of began to notice then, when I began teaching in a school that was more diverse, like, I

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• And studies show that where they go to school is where they end up staying.
• And studies show that where they go to school is where they end up staying.
• based on Fast Track, but those programs that Fast Track, which is really directed at the two-year schools
• “Fast Track, which is really directed at the two-year schools as opposed to the four-year schools, might
• , and our two-year schools are all markedly more efficient than their counterparts across the country

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• This bill affects about 19,000 students in 32 public schools, about 6% of our students on the public
• At the end of last session, if you remember, we talked about the Oneida School District and what's going
• So this really is a public charter school that has an innovative way of reaching out to students in our
• As we move into the rest of the bill, this now deals with the charter section of code, and it's school
• That money will run directly through the schools into a system somewhat similar to what we used to know

Keywords: 989, all

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• In the administration division, we host the School Transparency Project portal, which is required by
• the dollar amounts for every award, task order, contract, and every expenditure across every public school
• and charter school system in the state.
• Across every public school and charter school system in the state.
• The audit pointed out that there were payments for school building lease for the fiscal year after the

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 965, house, all