Transcript Highlights:

• As part of our effort to launch the program, we worked closely with other partners to screen initial
• Through this funding, we launched the All About Love Young Women's Group, a nurturing space, Through
• this funding, we launched the All About Love Young Women's Group, a nurturing space for young women of
• We recently launched legal.eqca.org, which is a legal services clearinghouse that offers LGBTQ-competent
• We are a federally qualified health center with 16 sites in Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro.

Summary: The Assembly Human Services Committee held an informational hearing with members of the API Legislative Caucus on California’s Stop the Hate Program and broader efforts to address hate incidents. Opening remarks emphasized the rise in hate during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of culturally and linguistically competent services, and the program’s role in serving not only AAPI communities but also Latino, Black, Jewish, Muslim, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and other impacted communities. Legislators and presenters repeatedly highlighted the value of trusted community-based organizations (CBOs) in reaching people who may not report to law enforcement or seek traditional services. The first panel included the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, the Department of Social Services (CDSS), and the Commission on the State of Hate. They described the program’s origins in the state’s equity budget, its funding structure, and its service model: direct victim services, prevention, and intervention. CDSS said 180 organizations statewide have participated, with grantees selected based on experience, capacity, and service to priority populations. The Commission on the State of Hate reported that hate remains widespread and underreported, citing survey data showing about 3.1 million Californians experienced at least one hate act in a year and that many victims need mental health, legal, and other supports beyond police response. Members asked about best practices, youth impacts, administrative costs, and the role of regional leads; CDSS said it would provide more detail on funding distribution and that the final evaluation is still in progress. The second panel featured grantees from Jewish Family Service San Diego, Inland Chinese American Association, Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants, and Equality California. They gave examples of how Stop the Hate funding supported culturally specific response teams, counseling, language-access services, self-defense and safety workshops, youth and elder programming, legal navigation, and reporting tools. Several speakers said the program helped build trust, reduce isolation, and connect people to services they otherwise would not use. Legislators pressed the panel on lessons learned, whether the model should be reauthorized, and what would be lost if funding ends. Panelists emphasized that the program’s flexibility, regional convenings, and support for small, trusted organizations were key strengths, while also noting the need for more direct funding to frontline providers and more data on what interventions work best.

Transcript Highlights:

• As part of our effort to launch the program, we worked closely with other partners to screen initial
• Through this funding, we launched the All About Love Young Women's Group, a nurturing space, Through
• this funding, we launched the All About Love Young Women's Group, a nurturing space for young women of
• We are a federally qualified health center with 16 sites in Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro.
• Since launching in October 2024, we've been able to link community members to therapy services, about

Committee: House Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm a site underground contractor in South Florida.
• So as a site contractor, again, not really against the Senate bill, but the House bill would destroy
• Joe was then asked how many sites are being discussed in Miami-Dade County.
• Joe answered that he believes there are five sites, and confirmed that five sites would be contemplated
• Rainbow River, we launch from K.P. Hole. That's a county-owned park.

Committee: Senate Community Affairs

Summary: The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.

Transcript Highlights:

• We launched and operated these programs decades before anyone took notice.
• The state is launching massive media campaigns to drive people to 988.
• To increase awareness of 988, DHCS also launched a statewide multilingual billboard campaign funded by
• SAMHSA launched the 988 Tribal Response In system design and implementation.
• We represent community-based substance use disorder treatment programs at over 450 sites throughout the

Summary: The joint Assembly Health and Select Committee on Native American Affairs held an oversight hearing on AB 988, California’s 988 crisis line and mobile crisis response system, followed by a discussion of suicide prevention and intervention in California Indian communities. Members and witnesses repeatedly emphasized that AB 988 was intended to create a true alternative to 911 for behavioral health crises, with “someone to call, someone to come, and somewhere to go,” and that Native communities continue to face disproportionately high suicide rates and barriers to culturally responsive care. The first panel of call center and stakeholder witnesses largely argued that implementation is falling short of the law’s intent. They said 988 call centers are underfunded, text/chat answer rates remain far below call answer rates, staffing is strained, and the system still lacks meaningful statewide interoperability between 988 and 911. Several witnesses said mobile crisis teams are not being dispatched through 988 as envisioned, and that funding formulas and governance are too opaque. San Joaquin County was presented as a local success story, with integrated 988, access lines, and mobile crisis handoffs that have reduced reliance on emergency departments and involuntary holds. Witnesses also discussed the need for better tribal outreach, the role of CCBHCs, and the importance of culturally competent services. State officials from CalHHS and DHCS described the five-year 988 implementation plan, the current governance structure across multiple agencies, and efforts to support training, public awareness, and referral tools. They reported growth in 988 contacts, ongoing training with the Trevor Project, a statewide resource directory, and a tribal awareness campaign. DHCS also outlined proposed trailer bill language that would create a formal designation process for 988 centers, set statewide standards, and require existing centers to obtain designation by 2029. Officials said current funding includes SAMHSA grants, block grant dollars, and an expected $67.3 million from the 988 fund in the next budget year, with a large share earmarked for Medi-Cal mobile crisis services. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• They're also very concerned about protecting natural resources and sacred sites. and human life from
• Just one more point: there's a very important scope south of Albuquerque that observes missile launches
• They keep track of satellites, such as the two launched by North Korea recently.
• I don't know how many have seen the dark sky designations for sites that were managed by Franklin Mountain
• Access to cultural sites that might exist within the current land grant.

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

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• </c> Trump chose to abandon negotiations and launch an assault.
• They responded with ingenuity and resolve, launching direct communication with members, working with
• They responded with ingenuity and resolve,<00:57:14.000><c> launching</c><00:57:14.480><c> direct</c>
• <00:57:14.799><c> communication</c> resolve, launching direct communication resolve, launching direct
• the business leader a newspaper launched the business leader a newspaper featuring<01:04:17.440><c>

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• We're actually in the middle of launching our Real California Cannabis campaign to do more consumer awareness
• We're actually in the middle of launching our real California cannabis campaign to do more consumer awareness
• develop a report, develop probable cause... ...go serve a search warrant, see what we can find on site
• That would probably take that site down. Does that advance our investigation further?

Committee: Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• directly to it that indicates that we could have somebody, an individual, for example, that would launch
• Or does it have to be the school site? Thank you for the question.
• And then, the district has 14 days to launch an investigation into this and determine whether a violation
• So, do your research, look up interviews with your favorite porn performers, go to the sites they recommend

Bills: SCR17 , SB2104 , SB2155 , SB1428 , SB1250 , SB1651 , SB1794 , SB444 , SB1061 , SB1327 , SB1425 , SB1455 , SB1458 , SB1460 , SB1480 , SB1530 , SB1543 , SB1555 , SB1593 , SB1209 , SB1730 , SB1733 , SB1769 , SB1805 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1503

Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson

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• And back in 2019, I had the opportunity to start working with the director's office to launch the Focus
• This past year, our department reorganized to launch the new division, the Farm and Food Systems Development
• The white circles are basically quarantine zones that get set up around a detection site.
• The white circles are basically quarantine zones that get set up around a detection site.

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• Someone has launched that. Could you just discuss that a little bit? Yeah, please.
• city in, the GLO, to see how the current operations, not just of the Alamo, but all of our historic sites
• city in, the GLO, to see how the current operations, not just of the Alamo, but all of our historic sites
• I did a million book reviews, read so many book reviews, and launched a website called Texans Wake Up

Bills: SB2101 , SB2334 , SB2633 , SB2637 , SB2713 , SB2781 , SB2782 , SB3059 , HB 1130 , HB256 , HCR19

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard several bills, mostly on alcohol regulation, ethics procedures, the Alamo, and free speech in professional associations. SB 2633 would let the City of Garland hold local option elections on alcohol sales within designated zones and use zoning/land-use rules for alcohol-selling businesses; Senator Johnson and Garland officials said it would reduce the burden of the petition process and support economic development. SB 2637 would require social media platforms to disclose when posts are made by bot accounts and allow Attorney General enforcement; supporters framed it as consumer protection against misleading automated content, while members raised questions about how platforms would identify bots and how enforcement would work. SB 2334 would allow airlines with passenger transportation permits to store sealed alcoholic beverages within five miles of an airport in the same county, which the sponsor and an American Airlines witness said would improve logistics without changing permits, taxes, or alcohol sourcing. The committee also heard SB 2781 and SB 2782, both related to Texas Ethics Commission procedures. SB 2781 would cap civil penalties tied to certain campaign contribution violations by former legislators who later lobby, and SB 2782 would require TEC to adopt discovery control plans and align discovery rules more closely with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure to limit costly, open-ended discovery. Both bills were left pending after no public testimony. SB 3059 would transfer oversight of the Alamo from the General Land Office to a new Alamo Commission beginning in 2027; Senator Campbell said it would provide long-term stewardship and transparency, while Senator Birdwell questioned the need for a change and the commission’s structure, and GLO witnesses said they were not aware of any problem prompting the shift. HB 1130, a House companion to a previously passed Senate bill, would provide liability protections for cavern entities that post warning signs, and it was also left pending. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 2713, which would bar professional or trade associations from denying membership or access based on protected characteristics or lawful speech and assembly. Senator Middleton and invited witnesses described disciplinary actions by realtor associations against members for social media posts, sermons, or political speech, arguing that the National Association of Realtors’ ethics rules were being used to punish private expression and threaten livelihoods through loss of MLS access. Committee members and witnesses discussed whether the bill should be narrowed to avoid affecting religious organizations, how association discipline works, and whether the measure should address existing penalties or only future conduct. The bill was left pending after extensive invited testimony and committee discussion.

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• And by the way to Officer Raynor wasn't they are to defend, say off the site to explain why he had had
• If if there's a breakdown to a reckless driving from an original DUI site citation, do not consider that
• It takes some of you guys have seen that is and to to January 2018, the department launched watch the
• direct links to the negative consequences for marijuana impaired driving the chair of the department launches

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• Lastly, our siting acts do not speak to long-term site stewardship.
• It might be just on the site itself. So that's what the NRC is... Might be just on the site itself.
• on-site storage.
• disposal site in the country.
• become a de facto disposal site.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Summary: The committee met to review advanced nuclear energy issues in North Dakota, beginning with approval of the April 21, 2022 minutes. Nucleon presented an overview of the advanced reactor landscape, distinguishing light-water SMRs, advanced Gen 4 reactors, and microreactors. The presentation emphasized that light-water SMRs are the most near-term deployable and use familiar low-enriched uranium fuel, while many Gen 4 designs may require high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALU), which is not yet supported by a mature U.S. supply chain. Nucleon also noted that advanced reactors are being developed primarily for industrial heat applications, while microreactors are niche, higher-cost systems for remote or mission-critical uses. Committee members asked about fuel availability, safety, recycling, and whether large reactors such as AP-1000s were evaluated; the presenter said fuel development is proceeding in parallel but remains a bottleneck, and that siting and grid capacity often make SMRs more practical than gigawatt-scale plants in North Dakota. Representatives from the National Association of State Energy Officials described how other states are supporting advanced nuclear through task forces, roadmaps, regional coordination, grants, tax incentives, workforce and supply-chain efforts, and pilot programs. They highlighted the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative and said states are focusing on multi-state coordination, demand aggregation, regulatory coordination, waste management, workforce readiness, and community engagement. They also discussed affordability tools such as construction work in progress (CWIP), financing incentives, and consumer protections, citing examples from Kentucky, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, Utah, Tennessee, and others. In response to questions, they explained that pilot programs often involve site-readiness and feasibility studies, and that the federal Nuclear Innovation Campus process is moving forward with multiple submissions while broader waste and recycling policy may require congressional action. The Public Service Commission said it would likely have a major role in any North Dakota nuclear project through certificate-of-public-convenience-and-necessity review, siting, and rate regulation, but noted gaps in current law for small reactors, co-located facilities, NRC coordination, and long-term site stewardship. The commissioner said the commission has no authority over a private, self-contained reactor not connected to the grid. The Department of Environmental Quality explained that the state regulates radioactive materials under its agreement-state authority, but NRC retains primacy over fission reactors; DEQ would likely assist with emergency planning and could have a larger role if fusion reactors emerge. The Department of Emergency Services said it would serve as the lead off-site preparedness agency, requiring a dedicated radiological emergency preparedness program, training, drills, public outreach, and likely additional funding and staffing, with industry expected to bear much of the cost. The Department of Water Resources said North Dakota’s water laws and prior-appropriation system are adequate for nuclear siting, that the Missouri River is the best likely source, and that no statutory or budget changes are currently needed from a water perspective. The committee recessed for lunch after these agency presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• This includes on site classrooms, research labs and one of the state only state, but in research and
• DOT and FAA launched the electric vertical takeoff and Landing integration pilot program.
• know, we know they're gonna want to get the same places that that our folks want to go to our ready sites
• And so that these and looking at the site in criteria, tech criteria through a safety lens and working

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• This might mean presenting research to a school board, launching a social media campaign, or advocating
• One key recommendation: launch a badging system that enables students to demonstrate mastery of state
• One key recommendation,<00:48:14.960><c> launch</c><00:48:15.280><c> a</c><00:48:15.520><c> badging</
• c><00:48:16.000><c> system</c> recommendation, launch a badging system recommendation, launch a badging
• not prescribe the delivery system, the classroom assessments, or the form of instruction that school sites

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Lastly, our siting acts do not speak to long-term site stewardship.
• It might be just on the site itself.
• ... hosting a nuclear energy source effectively becomes a site for indefinite on-site storage.
• for indefinite on-site storage.
• disposal site in the country.

Summary: The Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee met to review prior minutes and hear a series of presentations on advanced nuclear technology and state readiness. The committee approved the April 21, 2022 minutes. Nucleon’s William Bridge outlined the advanced nuclear landscape, distinguishing near-term light-water SMRs from more advanced Gen 4 reactors and microreactors, and emphasized that fuel supply, especially HALEU, remains a developing supply chain. He said light-water designs are the most deployable in the near term, while advanced reactors may be better suited for industrial heat applications and could face a 2- to 3-year delay from fuel availability. Representatives from NASEO described how other states are supporting advanced nuclear through task forces, roadmaps, pilot programs, financing tools, workforce and supply-chain efforts, and regional coordination. They highlighted the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative and stressed that states are focusing early on emergency preparedness, community engagement, waste management, affordability, and consumer protections. They also noted that some states are creating nuclear-ready community programs and cost-recovery guardrails, while public utility commissions are examining long-term lifecycle costs and rate impacts. North Dakota agencies then outlined their potential roles. The Public Service Commission said it would likely be involved in public-interest review, siting, and rate regulation, but noted current statutes may not fully address long-term nuclear projects, co-location, or decommissioning. The Department of Environmental Quality said it would continue to regulate radioactive materials and likely support emergency planning, while fission reactor oversight remains federal. The Department of Emergency Services said it would serve as the lead off-site preparedness agency, needing a radiological emergency program, training, exercises, equipment, and possibly industry funding. The Department of Water Resources said North Dakota has sufficient surface water, especially from the Missouri River, but that water planning would be important; it did not recommend statutory or budget changes at this time. The committee recessed for lunch after these presentations, with no additional votes or actions taken.

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• In April 2024, OGM launched a new grantee evaluation site where agencies are now required to upload performance
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• ><c> where</c> new grantee evaluation site where new grantee evaluation site where agencies<00:09:10.360
• She also noted that there has been criticism of agencies because there were no site visits and fraud
• </c> regard to the um un unannounced site regard to the um un unannounced site visit<01:14:47.159><c>

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• So in statute, when this was created and launched in July of '23, the '23-'24 fiscal year was our year
• So now, in the past, we had about 13 of our sites that were identified for GED testing sites.
• GED testing sites. We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED testing sites.
• But if you have a youth that you have to take off site to take the test, oftentimes our youth are having
• to be taken off site to another school site to take those tests.

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students. Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation. Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.

Transcript Highlights:

• Lastly, our siting acts do not speak to long-term site stewardship.
• Processing site of Belfield.
• I lightly outlined the old site, but you can see... ...lightly outlined the old site, but you can see
• Hosting a nuclear energy source effectively becomes a site for indefinite on-site storage.
• disposal site in the country.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, and then I want to go down to line 175, contaminated sites. I know in Bernalillo County...
• But there are a lot of contamination sites. I believe it's everywhere in the state.
• that can be addressed, as well as an overall assessment of sites.
• We've taken steps to be able to launch our first micro-community.
• We're launching our medical respite. Facility.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

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• We're not at that stage yet of identifying sites.
• Part of our identifying and selecting sites would be assessing the cost-benefit, if you will, and how
• at the site or whatever right<06:13:12.120><c> so</c><06:13:12.440><c> those</c><06:13:12.600><c> can
• a program that put together and launched a program that will<06:45:34.958><c> allow</c><06:45:35.280

Summary: The Committee on Finance received an informational briefing from the Department of Law Enforcement on its priorities following the January 1 transfer of law enforcement assets into the department, including the sheriff’s division, narcotics enforcement, criminal investigations, homeland security, and the inspector general’s office. DLE said its goals are to improve public safety, accountability, communications, training, and standards. The department outlined planned initiatives such as stronger federal partnerships, narcotics and gun-violence enforcement, an agricultural crime unit, traffic and commercial vehicle enforcement, an explosive/fireworks enforcement section, gun buybacks, new police facilities in the airport area, Aahu, and the leeward side, a state training center, upgraded law-enforcement IT, and efforts to narrow salary gaps with county departments to improve recruitment. A major portion of the discussion focused on illegal fireworks enforcement after the recent explosion tragedy. DLE said its current task force is small and relies on ad hoc support from HPD, the Attorney General’s office, criminal investigations, and sheriffs, which is not sustainable. The department requested eight FTEs for the effort—one administrator, two clerical staff, and six investigators—plus funding for a laboratory, equipment, storage, disposal, vehicles, safety gear, and a criminalist. DLE said the explosive enforcement section would use an existing facility and that the initial lab startup cost is about $2 million. Members asked for follow-up materials, and DLE said it would send the explosive enforcement forms and additional details to the Finance and Judiciary chairs. Members also questioned staffing vacancies, interagency coordination, and whether new specialized units could be filled. DLE said it has about 119 vacancies and that recruitment is hindered by a roughly $28,000 starting pay gap with county police departments; academy classes are down to about 12 to 14 recruits. The department said it is streamlining hiring, using QR-code recruitment, and hopes specialized units will attract applicants. On coordination, DLE said it works closely with HPD and other agencies on operations such as fireworks enforcement and public events, and that DOCARE remains a case-by-case partner but is not currently moving into DLE. The committee also received updates on the Silver Alert program, which is nearing rollout with county MOUs and a coordinator expected later in the month, the special duty officer program, which is being moved to a web-based vendor-managed system at no cost to the department, and the SaferWatch school safety system, which is being deployed statewide with annual software costs of $3,500 per school in the first year and $2,500 thereafter. No votes or formal actions were taken.