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• It has overridden local control.
• No local control, no local discretion to require safety measures.
• It has overridden local control.
• No local control, no local discretion to require safety measures.
• This is. control, no local discretion to require safety measures.

Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file of bills. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules for AB 1219, followed by consideration of numerous measures on housing, veterans, education, elections, energy, wildfire prevention, public safety, and consumer affordability. Several bills drew bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly, including AB 878 on safety accommodations for survivors of violence, AB 948 on school district facility maintenance, AB 81 and AB 88 on veterans’ mental health and student aid, AB 640 on school board fiscal training, AB 660 on housing permit timelines, AB 1048 on workers’ compensation billing disputes, AB 1119 on dual credentialing, AB 1172 on inhalable anti-seizure medication access, AB 1227 on wildfire prevention, AB 1285 and AB 696 on lithium-ion battery safety, AB 1417 on offshore wind transparency, AB 1530 on disaster recovery assistance, and AB 353 on affordable home internet. Some measures drew opposition or more divided votes, including AB 704 on sealing certain misdemeanor records, AB 1249 on early voting access, AB 1280 on thermal energy incentives, AB 1448 on offshore oil protections, AB 380 on price gouging, AB 402 on Cal Grant increases, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification, and AB 1084 on expedited gender-change and name-change court orders. The Assembly also granted reconsideration on AB 435, a child passenger safety bill, and passed it after debate on the five-step safety-seat standard. The floor debate featured recurring themes of affordability, housing, wildfire preparedness, election access, veterans’ services, and public safety. Supporters of the election bill AB 1249 argued it would simply add a Saturday early-voting option in non-VCA counties, while opponents raised concerns about verification and county staffing. AB 30, authorizing E15 gasoline in California, was presented as an urgency measure to lower fuel costs and passed unanimously on the urgency and the bill. AB 1466 on groundwater disputes was also taken up, with the author arguing it would reduce frivolous litigation and better represent all water users; the vote was 42 ayes and 17 noes. After completing the file, the Assembly recessed for lunch, later returned, and continued with additional file items, with many measures passing on strong bipartisan votes.

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• <00:33:05.720> over<00:33:06.000> that control over that control over that element<00:33
• Stormwater pollution is the number one source of water pollution in the state of New Hampshire.
• Stormwater pollution is the number one source of water pollution in the state of New Hampshire.
• You need pretty extensive stormwater controls and sometimes special technology.
• <02:06:40.840> and extensive storm water controls and extensive storm water controls and sometimes

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• That shift saved me money, reduced pollution, and made clear how transportation policy directly shapes
• In Hawaii, transportation represents the largest source of climate pollution, and billions of dollars
• That shift saved me money, reduced pollution, and made clear how transportation policy directly shapes
• In Hawaii, transportation represents the largest source of climate pollution, and billions of dollars
• ,<02:49:45.760> and source of climate pollution, and source of climate pollution, and billions

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard HB 2021, a transportation measure creating a framework for electric bicycle and micromobility regulation. The bill would define electric bicycle and electric micromobility device, set age and helmet rules, restrict class 3 e-bikes from sidewalks, allow limited sidewalk use for class 1 and 2 bikes, prohibit high-speed electric devices and certain nonconforming devices in specified locations, update county tax definitions, and change related terminology. Testimony was largely supportive from DOT, police, Honolulu officials, Hawaii Bicycling League, AAA Hawaii, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, and several individuals, while DCCA’s Insurance Division asked for clarity on whether insurance would be required. Committee discussion focused on safety, enforcement, and the fact that no insurance market currently exists for these e-bike classes; members also discussed the need to target bad actors rather than ordinary riders. The chair then proposed and the committee adopted amendments to HB 2021, including clarifying that road-legal, permitted, classified electric bicycles are not subject to insurance requirements at this time; allowing properly classified electric bicycles on sidewalks at 10 mph or less subject to county restrictions; barring high-speed electric devices and other nonconforming devices from public roadways; authorizing impoundment of non-road-legal or improperly registered devices; and requiring direct parental supervision for riders under 16 on class 2 or 3 e-bikes. The committee also made technical and effective-date changes. The recommendation to pass HB 2021 with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present. The committee next took up HB 1641, a related transportation bill addressing high-speed electric devices. The chair explained that the measure would prohibit the sale, lease, rental, distribution, possession, or operation of high-speed electric devices and establish penalties, but the committee’s version would narrow the focus to devices covered by HB 2021. The amended bill would prohibit offering high-speed electric devices for lease or rent, require sellers to comply with the new regulatory framework, ban operation on bicycle lanes, highways, roadways, and streets, and set a civil penalty of $250 to $1,000 per violation. After no further questions, the committee voted to pass HB 1641 with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. The meeting then moved to HB 1709, which would transfer regulation of the Hawaii Water Carrier Act from the Public Utilities Commission to the Department of Transportation and make conforming changes with an appropriation. DOT testified in support, while the PUC and DCCA’s Consumer Advocacy Division raised concerns about preserving consumer protections and the complexity of moving the regulatory framework. Young Brothers supported the bill and said the current system is outdated, but the discussion remained ongoing; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 1709 is shown.

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• You know, NOx emissions are one of the main pollutants damaging human health.
• And so ongoing NOx pollution associated with these facilities that we call RPS is why we are in opposition
• hydrogen results in a net For example, this one, the use of hydrogen results in a net increase in air pollutants
• And this is a step that we should take in California to help people control their costs.
• picture, this is why we have explosively expensive energy in California: because so much of it is about control

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on utility affordability, transparency, clean energy, and consumer access. SB 327 would bar investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds to oppose municipal utility formation and would clarify the Public Advocates Office’s authority to inspect utility books; supporters framed it as a ratepayer protection and accountability measure, while utilities and industry groups raised concerns about municipalization language and data-request procedures. After discussion about the scope of the bill and existing guardrails from prior legislation, the committee voted SB 327 out on a due pass as amended basis to Appropriations, with the roll left open and later updated to 12-2. SB 1350, a hydrogen bill, would allow renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen in turbines. The author and supporters said it would help California meet clean energy goals, support the Lancaster hydrogen project, and create jobs, while opponents, especially environmental groups, warned about NOx emissions, the risk of paper transactions, and the need for stronger safeguards on feedstocks and delivery. Members discussed amendments already taken and the need for continued work on environmental protections; the committee passed the bill 14-0 to Natural Resources. SB 868 would create a framework for plug-in or balcony solar devices for renters and others without rooftop solar, with safety standards and a cap on system size. Supporters said it would lower bills and expand access to solar, while utilities and some others raised safety and backfeed concerns and asked for more review through existing interconnection processes. The author and witnesses said the devices are small, non-exporting, and covered by safety certifications; the committee approved the bill 17-0, later updated to 18-0, and sent it to Appropriations. SB 1233 would require additional disclosure about utility cash on hand, capital structure, and related information in existing reports to help inform rates and affordability. Utilities opposed the measure as duplicative of existing proceedings and potentially delay-inducing, while supporters said it would improve transparency for ratepayers. The committee passed SB 1233 10-3 to Appropriations. The committee also dispensed with the consent calendar, passing the remaining consent items, including SB 925, SB 667, SB 952, SB 742, SB 929, SB 943, and SB 1138, and noted that SB 905 had been pulled from the agenda.

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• , just to go through some of the appropriations in the Duluth area, we are funding an air traffic control
• Representative Tabki introduced the policy agency provisions that are polluted, and Representative Kegel
• trips happen, and then within a few years you have more congestion than you had in the past, more pollution
• That is incredibly polluting—burning wood.
• So, while Trump tries his hand at fascism, By attempting to control what universities can and can't teach

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• This bill won't solve the climate crisis or stop corporate polluters from driving it, but it does send
• significantly lower risk and would be built to the industry's highest standards for emissions and odor control
• As mentioned earlier, chapter 327 was passed a number of years ago that controls this, and I would request
• It's clear that this bill is a blatant giveaway to Mosaic, one of the biggest, most toxic corporate polluters
• It's clear that this bill is a blatant giveaway to Mosaic, one of the biggest, most toxic corporate polluters

Summary: The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of environmental and natural resources bills. It reported favorably SB 1784 on sewer collection systems, allowing municipal sewer revenues to be used for expansion; SB 1388 on vessels, which prohibits random vessel inspections without probable cause, creates a five-year safety decal, bars local fuel-type boat bans, and expands funding options for boat ramps and marinas; and SB 880, which designates the American flamingo as Florida’s state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state songbird. SB 946, as amended, was also reported favorably; it restricts certain waste facilities and incinerators near the Everglades, with the amendment narrowing the focus to the Broward/Miami-Dade area near the C-9 impoundment project. SB 1792 on dry sandy beaches was reported favorably after amendment, creating a pilot and process to inventory beaches and explore voluntary public access or conservation arrangements with private owners. SB 866 on anchoring limitation areas was reported favorably despite opposition from cruisers and boaters who argued existing law should be used instead of new county-specific restrictions. SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands was reported favorably with amendments that removed language about the necessity of phosphate mining and clarified that landowners requesting a radiation study must pay for it. The committee also reported favorably SB 1326 on hurricane evacuation clearance times and permit allocations in the Keys, and SB 1580, after a delete-all amendment, which authorizes DEP to use public-private partnerships for coastal resiliency projects. Finally, SB 1300 on oil and gas drilling permits was introduced to require DEP to consider potential harm from accidents or blowouts to natural resources when reviewing drilling permits, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill. The committee also took up confirmations, temporarily postponing the vote on Rodney Barreto’s FWC reappointment after public criticism of his leadership, while recommending favorably the other listed appointments.

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• So therefore they think they're in control, and they are. So therefore what happens?
• they're in control and they are.<00:21:08.960> So<00:21:09.280> therefore<00:21:09.760
• In most cases, municipalities have limited control beyond appointments.
• <00:39:47.280> If<00:39:47.599> a control beyond appointments.
• If a control beyond appointments.

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• down for maintenance, and the other one, not to get too technical, requires a governor to actually control
• Because if we continued on this path of anything that's inside the map of Minnesota, we're going to control
• you also hear the concerns, and I want to give voice to those concerns today—concerns about noise pollution
• Although townships do have an option because they control roads, you can have a township road ordinance
• At the same time, the noise pollution situation is real.

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• As chair, I maintain control of these proceedings and establish the following expectations.
• Performance audits often focus on how closely and accurately employees abide by internal controls.
• Performance audits often focus on how closely and accurately employees abide by internal controls.
• Our coalition identified risks from data centers including air pollution, water depletion, water pollution
• pollution, not to me depletion, water pollution, not to me mention<02:19:49.359> risks<02:19:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Goldman, each will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey. Mr.
• Goldman, each will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey. Mr.
• Carbajal, each will control 20 minutes. The Chair recognizes the Mr.
• Real strength is taking control of your health. Real strength is getting checked.
• What we have talked about today are things we control.

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• <00:27:18.159> in the creation of potholes, pollution in the creation of potholes, pollution
• <01:09:22.239> So,<01:09:23.199> um, head got totally out of control.
• So, um, head got totally out of control.
• >> Not the current control areas. >> Not the current control areas.
• , also talk about light pollution, also talk about light pollution, especially<02:05:20.000> the

Keywords: 916, all

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• Chair. provide more local control and flexible provide more local control and flexible um<00:12:15.040
• Uh where there is functional traffic<00:15:00.079> control<00:15:00.480> devices,<00:15
• :01.199> truly traffic control devices, truly traffic control devices, truly functional<00:15:
• We also oppose delaying climate action, which increases exposure to air pollution, resulting in more
• that experience disproportionately high levels of traffic air pollution due to historical siting of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's a challenge because Florida's largest means are Spann, a control. Its spread pretty wide.
• development on the periphery of a building that might block and airfield entry and egress noise pollution
• for the Navy to get a lot of noise in the surrounding community that impacts that mission, light pollution

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• We allow the personal space that someone controls to videotape their own activity.
• We have to keep in mind that once we begin to take rights gradually, we lose control.
• When we abdicate our control individually, we no longer are free.
• We have to keep in mind that once we begin to take rights gradually, we lose control.
• When we abdicate our control individually, we no longer are free.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and a long series of points of personal privilege recognizing administrative assistants, the doctor of the day, student guests, and other visitors in the gallery. Members repeatedly thanked staff for their work and highlighted Administrative Assistance Day, along with several outside guests including a Coconino High School robotics team, a German embassy delegation, and civic groups from Buckeye. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole and considered several Senate bills. SB 1060 and SB 1093 were debated, with opposition to SB 1060 centered on concerns it would disenfranchise children of military families born overseas, and opposition to SB 1093 centered on claims it would chill protest rights; both ultimately received do-pass recommendations. The House also approved committee and floor amendments and do-pass recommendations for SB 1162, SB 1270, and SB 1814, with discussion on SB 1814 focusing on substance use disorder treatment, fraud and abuse concerns, and the need for further study. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, the bills were properly assigned, and SB 1162, SB 1270, and SB 1814 were engrossed while SB 1060 and SB 1093 were placed on third reading. The House then referred SB 1345 and SB 1401 to an additional Committee of the Whole for further amendment. SB 1345 was amended to focus on licensure timeframes and passed the additional committee. SB 1401, described as a workforce housing accelerator measure, was amended after debate over affordability standards and public benefit, then passed as amended. The additional Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and both bills were engrossed. On third reading, SB 1041 passed 41-11 after extensive debate over electronic monitoring in assisted living and long-term care settings, with supporters citing elder abuse prevention and opponents raising privacy, property-rights, and consent concerns. SB 1805, relating to landlord utility charges, then passed unanimously 52-0. The House also announced an evening charity softball game, recognized an ice cream cake birthday celebration, noted Earth Day, and adjourned until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026.

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• Senate Bill 34 by Senator Richardson, relating to air pollution.
• It recognizes the contribution of sources of air pollution outside of the control of the ports.
• They recognize the contribution of sources of air pollution outside of the control of the ports.
• So we're taking control decisions away from local government.
• That was announced as being controlled by the governor.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance recognizing 9/11. Members then moved through a long daily file and concurrence calendar, with many items passed without debate or temporarily retained. The chamber also took procedural actions, including re-referring AB 1152 to the Public Safety Committee, suspending rules for guest access and file-item handling, and later taking a roll-call vote to allow a late-filed journal letter request. Among the major Senate bills taken up on third reading, the Assembly approved SB 385 on peace officers’ rights, SB 753 on shopping cart recovery, SB 838 on housing and hotel projects, SB 643 on carbon dioxide removal grants, SB 645 on jury peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 761 on CalFresh access for students, SB 774 on real estate licensing sunsets, SB 400 on renewable energy labor tax incentives, SB 24 on utility spending transparency, SB 37 on attorney advertising ethics, SB 258 on spousal rape involving disabled spouses, SB 364 on outdoor advertising near new freeways, SB 403 removing the sunset from medical aid in dying, SB 770 on HOA barriers to EV charging, and SB 22 on gift certificate cash redemption values. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition; SB 403 and SB 770 drew more divided votes, while SB 24 was briefly delayed by a call before passing. The Assembly also concurred in numerous Senate amendments on Assembly bills covering a wide range of topics, including service of process (AB 747), local clean energy planning (AB 39), firearms (AB 1078), workers’ compensation (AB 1336), public health (AB 1487), survivor leave protections (AB 406), solid waste (AB 70), water reporting for data centers (AB 93), Diwali recognition (AB 268), wildfire workforce recovery (AB 338), educational equity (AB 419), civic education (AB 422), office-to-housing conversions (AB 507), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), privacy/browser opt-out rules (AB 566), housing element transparency (AB 610), tenant appliance requirements (AB 628), code enforcement penalties (AB 632), homelessness and LGBTQ-related policy (AB 678), energy (AB 740), DEIA review in state government (AB 766), inmate firefighter wages (AB 247), children’s health (AB 798), real estate (AB 851), COVID-era rehiring protections (AB 858), hazardous materials (AB 961), real property and housing covenants (AB 1050), aging (AB 1069), health care facilities (AB 1172), endangered species protections (AB 1319), CalWORKs modernization (AB 1324), cannabis access for seriously ill patients (AB 1332), foreign labor contractors (AB 1362), and downtown revitalization financing (AB 1445). Several of these passed overwhelmingly, while a few drew notable opposition, including AB 93, AB 403, AB 770, AB 851, AB 1050, and AB 1319. The transcript also included extended debate on SB 34, which was presented as a compromise measure on air pollution and port operations in the San Pedro Bay area. Supporters said it narrowed the scope to protect union jobs while preserving AQMD authority, while opponents and supporters alike noted the underlying distrust between labor and environmental stakeholders. The Assembly passed SB 34, SB 515 on disaggregated demographic data collection, and then began taking up AB 495 on immigration, with the sponsor describing family separation and immigration enforcement trauma before the transcript cuts off.

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• We're going to control the border first.
• Our founding document, control over the federal purse, begins, colleagues, in this room.
• Constitution or the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
• That Congress controls federal spending, not the President.
• We don't want air traffic controllers. We don't want intelligence analysts.

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• really comfortable handing that over to the TCEQ to buy rule. ...come up with what the enhanced controls
• be a negotiated rulemaking process, which is something that's in statute, or the actual enhanced controls
• All these are quarry items that don't fit into the air permit and don't contribute or cause air pollution
• Kaplan about the analogy to the enhanced controls permit.
• We're not putting control strategies in statute with this version.

Bills: SB2037, SB1757, SB1758, SB1759, HB29

Keywords: rock crushing, permits, air quality, environmental monitoring, aggregate production, seismicity, public meeting, land use, SB 1758, cement kiln, portland cement, aggregate production operation, aggregate quarry, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, chip fabrication, semiconductor plant, vibration, seismic disturbance, liability limitation, TCEQ

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• smell and the runoff can pollute smell and the runoff can pollute neighbors<01:50:22.440> um<
• <04:13:43.119> the then it's not um polluting the then it's not um polluting the groundwater
• <04:13:44.600> or groundwater or so it's not polluting or groundwater or so it's not polluting
• <04:13:46.199> other<04:13:46.359> people's pollute other people's pollute other people's
• control is the best way to allow for control is the best way to allow for local<04:39:59.638> go

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• You can use these funds for anything from flood control to non-point source pollution mitigation and
• Not from a fossil fuel, not from a pollution perspective, but dirty power is power that'll fluctuate
• Now with respect to non-point source pollution, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund can handle that,
• With respect to Madrid, there's a flood control project...
• In the programs that are under our control, we can control that as best we can within the rules of the

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• It makes good on the commitment to increase the local control funding formula, which allows our school
• address urgent challenges that threaten California, such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, pollution
• address urgent challenges that threaten California, such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, pollution
• Growth Energy National Biofuels Association, we appreciate the inclusion of $2.3 million from the Air Pollution
• Control Fund for CARB to complete the regulatory process to authorize the use of fuels with up to 15%

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