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• However, our outdated regulatory structure limits the ability of the health care system to fully utilize
• However, our outdated regulatory structure limits the ability of the health care system to fully utilize
• The structure limits the ability of the health care system to fully utilize this proven model of care
• group of experts, super... ...superbrainiac experts to look at cybersecurity and California election integrity
• have less funding, it would really impact our counties' ability to do a good job and maintain the integrity

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee heard a regular order agenda with 101 bills and first took up AB 2215, which would extend the time for the Department of Water Resources to fully develop its State Water Project water rights. The author and supporters argued it would improve water reliability and affordability for millions of Californians and could save ratepayers money, while opponents said it would bypass the Water Board’s administrative process, set a precedent for other water rights holders, and potentially facilitate costly projects like the Delta Conveyance Project. The bill was moved on a do pass vote, with Mr. Hoover voting no and Ms. Krell not voting. The committee then approved two consent calendars and heard several bills with little or no opposition. These included AB 2038 on extending insurance nonrenewal/cancellation protections for wildfire victims; AB 2322 on clarifying which commercial, industrial, or institutional sites are subject to municipal stormwater permits; AB 1794 on direct home shipment of enteral nutrition; AB 1696 on clarifying that nurse midwives do not need physician supervision within their scope of practice; AB 1860 on allowing county offices of education to use design-build methods; AB 1876 on codifying nondiscrimination protections in health care; AB 2281 on election cybersecurity resources; AB 2448 on protecting sensitive medical records and reproductive health data; AB 1994 on providing victims with information about federal immigration relief options; and AB 1829 on expanding how CalWORKs community college funds may be used to support student parents. Most were supported by sponsoring organizations and related stakeholders, with limited opposition noted on AB 1696 and AB 2281. The committee also placed a large suspense calendar on approval, listing dozens of additional bills, and then opened public comment on bills not heard that day. No members of the public came forward, and the hearing was adjourned. Several bills were reported out on roll call votes, with some members not voting or voting no on particular measures, but the transcript does not provide full vote tallies for each bill.

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• The fifth, uh, soil health principle is integrating livestock, right?
• The fifth, uh, soil health principle is integrating livestock, right?
• Integrating livestock, right?
• We go into the cell wall structure and extract the cellulose from the cell wall structure, getting rid
• <00:57:00.280> of protect the future of the Integrity of protect the future of the Integrity

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Its long-term structural deficit has been addressed through debt in some years and temporary General
• We've had, over the last few years, nearly total turnover in our enforcement team management structure
• So at this point, we would not see the need to change course and develop a new structure for a surety
• That's kind of a frustrating problem with the way that the fee structure is set up.
• The current fee structure has not been meaningfully updated since 2000.

Summary: The joint Sunset Review Oversight Hearing focused on the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE) and its reauthorization, operations, enforcement, fiscal condition, and student protections. Committee leaders and DCA officials praised the Bureau’s recent improvements in data systems, licensing, inspections, and enforcement, while noting the Bureau’s role has become more important as federal higher education oversight weakens. Bureau Chief Deborah Cochran said the agency has met its inspection mandate for the first time since the law was enacted, increased citations and disciplinary actions, reduced pending complaints, and used data tools to identify risk and monitor institutions more effectively. A major portion of the hearing centered on student harm, especially school closures, transcript access, predatory recruiting, and the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF). Members asked how the Bureau protects students when schools close, whether bad actors can reopen under new entities, and whether enforcement tools are strong enough. Cochran said the Bureau can cite, fine, place schools on probation, revoke licenses, and order refunds, but it is seeking new authority to deny approval to operators who previously closed schools improperly or failed to refund students. She also said the Bureau is tracking ownership data and is concerned about institutions targeting immigrant and visa students. On STRF, Cochran explained that the fund is currently healthy, assessments are at zero because the balance is above the statutory target, and the Bureau paid about 1,100 claims totaling roughly $17 million over the last four years. Several members questioned the fairness of the assessment structure and discussed alternatives such as surety bonds, but the Bureau said STRF is working well and no change is needed at this time. Fee increases and the Bureau’s structural deficit were another major topic. Cochran said the Bureau reduced costs by eliminating positions, streamlining inspections, improving data analysis, and shifting some student-relief costs to STRF, but that legislative action is still needed to address the deficit. She said the proposed fees were based on workload analyses and that application fees generally match service costs, while annual fees are designed to cover most of the Bureau’s revenue needs. Some members and stakeholders criticized the proposed increases as too high, especially for out-of-state registration and campus fees, while others argued the Bureau needs sufficient resources to regulate effectively. Public commenters from private schools, Northeastern University, San Joaquin Valley College/Carrington College, and TICAS generally supported the Bureau’s mission and reauthorization, but urged changes such as risk-based oversight, better transcript protections, stronger limits on repeated provisional approvals, and more targeted fee and STRF reforms. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with no formal action beyond discussion and receipt of testimony.

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• It was a massive structural change in the former Game and Fish Commission, changing it into a wildlife
• And SB 104 assures the commission's structural integrity into the future, and we strongly urge you to
• And some SB 104 assures the commission's structural integrity under the future, and we strongly urge
• This makes one thing clear: governance structure is not the core problem.
• You know, and now, you know, we're trying to thoroughly institute structured literacy.

Bills: SB104, SJR3, SM3

Keywords: wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination

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• There's a lot of different structures in place that encourage family engagement.
• So yes, there's structures in place, I totally get like the bureaucratic piece that we're not really
• Some formal structures that exist.
• And so there are formal structures.
• That's essentially part of the definition of structured literacy.

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• Seeds of integrity and responsibility are planted early in life.
• Seeds of integrity and responsibility are planted early in life.
• Seeds of integrity and responsibility are planted early in life.
• deep in the hearts and minds of our children and help them to become leaders who will live with integrity
• , ...children and help them to become leaders who will live with integrity and be worthy of responsibility

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed visiting students from De La Salle High School and a guest for Assembly Member Kalra, and then moved through a lengthy concurrence and third-reading agenda. Early actions included concurrence on ACR 21 honoring fallen Galt Police Officer Herminda Grewal, followed by a series of mostly noncontroversial bills on utilities, reclamation districts, housing, wildfire relief, mobile homes, environmental quality, health care coverage, and local government. Several measures were presented as technical, clarifying, or urgency bills, and many passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; notable items included AB 238 (wildfire mortgage forbearance), AB 571 (Southern California Veterans Cemetery permitting/CEQA exemption), AB 574 (health care coverage), AB 696 (lithium-ion battery safety advisory group), AB 1150 (airport car rental facility maintenance), AB 1154 (ADU parking standards), and SB 499 (impact fee deferrals for emergency-related parkland and utility infrastructure). SB 499 drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing disaster resilience and dual-use parkland and an opponent arguing it would worsen housing-related fee burdens; it ultimately passed after a call was lifted. The chamber also adopted SJR 4 urging restoration of NIH funding, and passed SB 230 expanding workers’ compensation presumptions to additional firefighters, SB 92 tightening density bonus law to curb loopholes, SB 782 creating disaster relief financing districts, SB 40 capping insulin copays at $35 and limiting step therapy, SB 362 strengthening small-business financing disclosures, SB 513 requiring workers access to training records, SB 489 requiring public agencies involved in housing approvals to post requirements online, SB 31 promoting recycled water use, SB 551 introducing normalization and dynamic security concepts in corrections, SB 639 extending flood-protection deadlines for Sacramento/Yuba projects, SB 653 defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management, AB 652 on air pollution, and SB 221 updating stalking law to include threats to pets. Several bills received recorded opposition or split votes, including SB 551, SB 439, SB 782, and SB 499, but most measures passed comfortably. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments on AB 516 and AB 1523, and later lifted the call on SB 499 to complete passage. The session included an adjournment in memory of Rick Bryson of Long Beach, with Assembly Member Lowenthal highlighting Bryson’s athletic, business, and civic contributions. The day ended with reminders to secure floor managers for pending bills, a notice of the next day’s 10 a.m. floor session, and adjournment until Thursday, September 4th.

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• ICE WITH THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF INMATES AS NEEDED, CODIFYING CURRENT PRACTICE IS TO SUPPORT INTEGRATION
• AND THE SUPREME COURT IN US VERSUS OR BELLOW ALL HELD THE VALIDITY OF THESE ORDERS SO THAT IS THE STRUCTURE
• LET THEM FINISH AND THEN CHANGE YOUR STRUCTURE.
• YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR STRUCTURE THIS YEAR AND GRANDFATHER THAN IN. I AGREE WITH MRS.
• AND I WOULD PUT SENATOR SIMPSON IN THE QUESTION OF HIS INTEGRITY, HIS ETHICS AND HIS ABILITY TO MANAGE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• There's a reason this structure of jurisdictional importance is laid out over time, and that's because
• There's a reason this structure of jurisdictional importance is laid out over time, and that's because
• There's a reason this structure of jurisdictional importance is laid out over time, and that's because
• You know, we talk about the support structure, and we are lucky when we have grandparents and aunts and
• and we are lucky when we have structure and we are lucky when we have grandparents<01:04:03.800>

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Rules and Administration Committee met on March 19, 2026, to consider the referral path for Senate File 4139, the sports betting bill, rather than the substance of the proposal. Senator Franzen, the bill’s chief author, asked that the bill be referred first to the Commerce Committee, saying he had discussed the matter with the relevant committee chairs and that Commerce was the best place to address the bill’s consumer protection provisions. He emphasized that any final path to passage would still require the bill to go through State and Local Government as well. Senator Rasmusson objected and argued the bill should go first to State and Local Government, citing Senate jurisdiction rules, which he said assign gambling bills to that committee. He noted that prior sports betting bills had been referred there first and said a predictable referral process is important. Senator Maye Quade, Senator Dibble, Senator Bar, and Senator Jasinski also supported sending the bill to State and Local Government first, arguing that the committee has primary jurisdiction over gambling and that the bill’s consumer protection language does not change that basic referral. Senator Champion and Senator Miller supported the Commerce referral, saying authors may request an initial committee and that the bill’s consumer protection sections fit Commerce jurisdiction. Senator Marty moved to re-refer Senate File 4139 to the Committee on State and Local Government. Before the vote, members continued debating whether the bill’s structure and prior referral history justified Commerce or whether committee jurisdiction rules required State and Local Government first. The transcript ends with the motion pending and no final vote or disposition shown.

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• And we try to structure our full stack to be supportive of those in addition to our own systems.
• to be putting here initially is a research and development center that's going to be focused on integrated
• I do Believe because of the work that's already based here with Sandia and the integrated photonics world
• We're very excited also for the tour and sort of the hands-on portion that we'll do. the structures in
• That first page is just the context for how we structure the hearing.

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• Programs that have integrated faith-based elements for decades.
• Programs that have integrated faith-based elements helped participant reduce recidivism and achieve lasting
• Pervert preserves the integrity of the cognitive behavioral model, which remains the foundation of all
• I know there's been discussion as to how this model is counter to the integrity of integrating residents
• Putting 500 of them in a multi unit apartment housing reflects in terms of integration into the community

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• The pilot program integrates doula services into existing maternal health initiatives for pregnant and
• If funding allows, the department may expand the integration of doula services, with annual reporting
• The execution will follow our current structure with the organizations that we currently work with in
• Senators, this amendment updates the funding structure for the Dula Support for Healthy Birth Pilot Program
• It integrates trained doula services into existing maternal health systems in Broward, Miami-Dade, and

Bills: S0036, S0864, S0268, S0844, S0514, S1404, S0914, S1758

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, uterine fibroids, public records, health privacy, epidemiology, medical information, emergency department, physicians, privacy, personal information, sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia, pain management, controlled substances, prescribing education, continuing medical education

Summary: The committee first considered SB 268, a public records exemption for emergency physicians. Senator Rodriguez’s strike-all amendment narrowed and clarified the exemption, and testimony from an emergency physician described threats, harassment, and safety concerns tied to mandatory reporting and patient encounters. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. Members then heard SB 514, creating the Dula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties for pregnant and postpartum women affected by substance use disorder. Senator Osgood explained the pilot would provide non-medical doula support and data collection, and an amendment changed the funding source to specific appropriations in the General Appropriations Act. Supporters said doula care can improve maternal and infant outcomes and complement medical providers. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also approved SB 36 on use of professional nursing titles after extensive debate over whether nurses with doctoral degrees should be allowed to use “doctor” in clinical settings, with concerns raised about patient confusion and the need for clearer identification. The bill was amended to align with the House version and then reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee next approved SB 864, a public records exemption for uterine fibroid research data, after a technical amendment setting a July 1, 2026 effective date; Senator Sharif said the exemption is needed so the Department of Health can collect sensitive data for the related research bill. SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care management for certain licensed physicians and nurses, was also reported favorably after emotional testimony from patients and advocates describing delayed care and bias. Later, the committee approved SB 1404 on memory care, after a strike-all amendment creating a new memory care specialty license for assisted living facilities that advertise or provide specialized memory care services, while allowing optional supportive services without the new license. Supporters from the senior living industry backed the clarification. The committee then passed SB 914, which clarifies that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling, after an amendment adjusting supervision and continuing education language. Finally, the committee took up SB 1758, a broad Medicaid and SNAP reform bill that would strengthen fraud enforcement, impose Medicaid work requirements for certain able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services, modernize drug purchasing and prior authorization, and require SNAP fraud-reduction measures. Several amendments were adopted, and members questioned the work requirement, implementation costs, EBT card photo identification, and due process concerns; debate continued as the transcript ended.

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• It protects the integrity of our elections.
• NIL is structural. It is not optional. And falling behind shrinks that visibility.
• Colleagues, this bill is about fairness, structure, and bringing our laws in line with the reality of
• This bill provides the structure needed to navigate this landscape.
• This year it's an endowment structure.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <00:35:33.920> the development uh integrating the development uh integrating the immigration
• As such, as you can see, we are an integral part of Minnesota.
• Our staff structure is two permanent FTEs: myself and our senior operations specialist.
• <01:02:01.440> is<01:02:01.599> two that our staff structure is two that our staff
• <01:06:09.200> for establishing governance structures for establishing governance structures

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard Senate File 59, authored by Senator Green, which would require counties to locate and restore original public land survey monuments and related boundary markers. Green argued that newer GIS/GPS-based surveys have sometimes shifted long-established property lines, creating disputes for landowners, counties, and state agencies. He described examples involving his own property and constituents, including a case where a neighbor allegedly lost access to a well and septic system after a new survey and another where a landowner was told he was farming school trust land based on a newer plat reference. Testimony in support came from Allan Roger Olen, who said a newer survey changed his family’s property lines and created a dispute over land, a building permit, and ownership of well and septic systems. Senator Green also said county plat books are not legally binding and that the bill is intended to force counties to find original monuments before more disputes arise. Committee members raised concerns from the Association of Minnesota Counties about the bill’s timeline, funding, and requirement that counties employ a land surveyor. Green responded that counties had already been told to hire surveyors in some disputes, acknowledged the funding concerns, and said he would look for funding sources while emphasizing protection of property rights. A committee member who teaches surveying explained that adverse possession is a real legal doctrine in Minnesota and noted that restoring all monuments would cost far more than the $10 million already appropriated, estimating the total need at about $300 million. Phil Reigns of the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors testified that the Public Land Survey System underlies Minnesota’s land tenure system, that the original monuments were set mostly between 1850 and 1908, and that surveyors aim to restore them as accurately as possible using historical records and modern tools. He said the work is expensive because many counties lack staff surveyors and must hire consultants. Members discussed whether the bill would create boundary conflicts or authorize counties to alter lines, and Green said his intent was to restore original monuments and avoid litigation. Co-Chair Lang moved that Senate File 59, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The motion prevailed on a voice vote. Afterward, the committee began receiving an overview from the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.

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• They've really been integral in helping us design the system.
• The way that the Job Growth Grant Fund is structured, you know, by statute, we can only invest in those
• So, over the last couple of years after HB 5, we sort of formed this structure at Florida Commerce with
• So, just to summarize the structure of the organization for you: today I’m here to share the important
• The goal of regional planning is to develop, align, and integrate strategies and resources to better

Summary: The committee met to receive a base budget overview for agencies under its jurisdiction, which include the Division of Emergency Management, Department of Commerce, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of Military Affairs, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Staff explained the budget format and noted that the Legislature appropriated more than $20.2 billion to these agencies in the current fiscal year, a 66.7% increase over 10 years. The Department of Transportation then presented on the Moving Florida Forward initiative, describing it as a $7 billion effort to advance 20 major congestion-relief projects statewide. Secretary Jared Perdue said the department is ahead of schedule, with 14 of 20 projects expected to be underway by the end of the calendar year. He highlighted major projects including I-4 in Polk and Osceola counties, I-75 improvements, Southwest 10th Street in Broward County, Fruitville Road, Capital Circle in Tallahassee, and I-275, and discussed innovations such as aggregate supply grants, modified phase design-build, workforce hiring events, and voluntary acceleration. Senators asked about business impacts from construction, tourism-related transit funding, aggregate sourcing, and labor shortages; the secretary said FDOT works with local businesses and that additional revenue sources for transit would require legislative action. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reviewed motorist services, revenue collection, licensing, vehicle titling, specialty plates, insurance compliance, driver safety, and commercial driver licensing. Officials said the department collected about $2.9 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2023-24 and described modernization efforts, including electronic verification systems, Real ID compliance, mobile licensing units, and a planned digital driver license. Members asked about the driver license backlog in Miami-Dade and Broward, and the department said service delays were driven by growth and staffing constraints but should improve with $7.5 million in recent funding and the eventual transition of services to county tax collectors. Questions also addressed temporary paper licenses and birth certificate fraud prevention. The Department of Commerce presented on the Job Growth Grant Fund and Visit Florida. Commerce said the grant fund, created in 2017, has awarded $257 million to 70 projects in 37 counties since 2019, with demand exceeding supply about four to one. Officials emphasized that the program supports targeted industries and workforce and infrastructure projects, and they highlighted examples in CDL training, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and health care. Senators raised concerns about small businesses affected by transportation construction, and Commerce said it has an Office of Small Business Innovation and other tools, though the grant fund is limited by statute to targeted industries. Visit Florida then described its public-private tourism marketing role, saying the state’s $80 million appropriation is matched by private investment and that the latest EDR review found a $3.30 return in tax revenue for every state dollar spent. Visit Florida reported record visitation and tourism spending, along with hurricane recovery marketing and rural promotion efforts.

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• The instruction said he entered the structure and/or a dwelling house.
• Dwellings are a type of structure that are commonly used for habitation.
• The house undoubtedly is a structure.
• It just clearly describes what a dwelling structure is.
• You all spent two hours, three hours debating what a structure meant.

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

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• are provided housing to integrate back into the community.
• We do a lot of street outreach, so all of the services that we provide, all of our integrated health
• And access to care, primary medical integrated behavioral health care on the street.
• Subsidy and those can be deferred subsidy, um, but that there is not necessarily a loan structure.
• A loan structure, I think is limited in terms of particularly an amortized loan structure is limited

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• Once we figure out a structure and what structure best fits the University of Hawaiʻi, then we can figure
• Then we put permanent structures in there, you know, temporary permanent structures in there that, of
• Then we put permanent structures in there, you know, temporary permanent structures in there that, of
• I wasn't... integrated into this more comprehensive integrated into this more comprehensive joint<02:
• but it needs to be a lot more integrated but it needs to be a lot more integrated appreciate<02:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Further, the current structure limits providers and their ability to order the tests they believe are
• I think we're looking at accountability and integrity for that continuum of care.
• Can you tell me factually how many or how often we have delayed treatment and specimen integrity risks
• matters, can you tell me factually how many or how often we have delayed treatment and specimen integrity
• Like the party structure would still stay the same, but proportionally we have a lot more House members

Keywords: 996, all

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• But when the stakes were integrity.
• :17.279> we<04:06:17.600> navigate become integral to how we navigate become integral to
• around multiclass governance structures. around multiclass governance structures.
• governance structures are Multiclass governance structures are those<05:37:00.638> where<05:37
• > risk<05:37:25.360> for structures pose significant risk for structures pose significant

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, July 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:14:07.400> to the department uh is not structured to the department uh is not structured
• integrity of the investigation, right? integrity of the investigation, right?
• And that's regarding data sharing for program integrity.
• And that's regarding data sharing for program integrity.
• program integrity. program integrity.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all