Transcript Highlights:

• to grow cover crops for soil health benefits like cycling nutrients and building soil structure, paired
• cycling nutrients and building soil cycling nutrients and building soil structure<01:10:13.719><c> paired
• with</c><01:10:14.159><c> the</c><01:10:14.280><c> ability</c><01:10:14.679><c> to</c> structure paired
• with the ability to structure paired with the ability to grow<01:10:15.120><c> and</c><01:10:15.320>

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:

• It is actually a joint effort to pair the federal CRP, or Conservation Reserve Program, with our Reinvest
• effort</c><01:43:04.080><c> to</c><01:43:04.400><c> comp</c><01:43:04.760><c> to</c><01:43:05.040><c> pair
• </c><01:43:05.440><c> the</c><01:43:05.599><c> federal</c> joint effort to comp to pair the federal joint
• effort to comp to pair the federal CRP<01:43:06.560><c> program</c><01:43:06.880><c> or</c><01:43:07.040

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:

• It's got to be paired with additional investments in the community capacity for us to serve those people
• is just not appropriate. there in a long time it's got to be there in a long time it's got to be paired
• with</c><01:01:10.680><c> additional</c><01:01:11.280><c> investments</c><01:01:11.760><c> in</c> paired
• with additional investments in paired with additional investments in the<01:01:12.119><c> community<

Committee: Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• However, accountability must be paired with intervention programs, particularly for juvenile offenders
• :27.920><c> accountability</c><01:26:28.760><c> must</c><01:26:29.000><c> be</c><01:26:29.199><c> paired
• </c> however accountability must be paired however accountability must be paired with<01:26:29.679><c

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• So the way that school districts use co-ops for special education services, or pair with another district
• co-ops for special education<01:41:25.119><c> services</c><01:41:25.560><c> or</c><01:41:25.840><c> pair
• </c><01:41:26.159><c> with</c><01:41:26.320><c> another</c> education services or pair with another education
• services or pair with another District<01:41:27.599><c> can</c><01:41:27.840><c> also</c><01:41:28.199

Committee: House Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• These support services ensure individuals are paired with the best treatment options for their unique
• classification that gives officers the authority to de-escalate dangerous situations at the scene, paired
• At the scene, paired with the judicial safety valve that allows courts to reduce the charge to an infraction

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of public safety bills. The chair announced recess and return times, noted several consent items, and said SB 906 was pulled from the agenda. Testimony procedures were explained, including limits on principal witnesses and public comment. Several bills were heard out of file order with authors presenting and witnesses speaking in support and opposition. SB 1446 would expand discretion in en banc parole review, make votes public, and allow CDCR referrals for sexually violent predator evaluations in certain cases. Supporters, including the author and district attorneys, said it would improve transparency and public safety; opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, litigation risk, and unnecessary duplication. The bill was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. SB 1278 would exclude certain sex offenses and habitual or serial sexual offenses from elderly parole eligibility; the author and district attorneys cited recent releases of serious sex offenders and the need to respect victims and sentences, while opponents said the elderly parole process is already rigorous and evidence-based and that the bill would reduce rehabilitation incentives. The chair and other members strongly supported the measure, but no vote was taken. The committee also heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement forces from entering California without the governor’s permission; the author and supporters framed it as a state sovereignty and constitutional authority measure, and the committee discussed an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. SB 926 would provide funding for implementation of Proposition 36; supporters said counties need resources for treatment, probation, and related services, while opponents called it fiscally reckless and said the budget process was the proper place to address funding. The chair summarized amendments removing a specific appropriation and limiting eligible recipients, and members emphasized that the voters approved Prop. 36 but it remains underfunded. SB 874 would require background checks and clearer oversight for Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment providers, especially ABA providers serving children; it drew support from health plans and behavior analysis groups and no opposition. SB 1210 would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to all gang databases, including local ones; supporters described privacy harms and racial disparities, while police chiefs opposed applying CalGang rules to informal local investigative files. SB 1019 would create a DOJ cargo theft task force; supporters from BNSF, trucking, shipping, and port interests described organized theft, rail sabotage, and supply-chain losses, and there was no opposition. SB 1217, on non-consensual intimate image removal, was introduced with privacy and public safety amendments and framed as a survivor-driven effort to create a DOJ clearinghouse for rapid takedown requests; the author said it would help end ongoing digital harm from exploitation.

Transcript Highlights:

• These support services ensure individuals are paired with the best treatment options for their unique
• classification that gives officers the authority to de-escalate dangerous situations at the scene, paired
• At the scene, paired with the judicial safety valve that allows courts to reduce the charge to an infraction

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:30:35.120><c> We</c><01:30:35.360><c> paired</c><01:30:35.600><c> it</c> was a pretty big bill
• We paired it was a pretty big bill.
• We paired it down.<01:30:36.400><c> Um</c><01:30:37.440><c> we're</c><01:30:37.760><c> neutral</c><01

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• Families use the child tax credit for basics like this pair of shoes because children are always growing
• Families use the child tax credit for basics like this pair of shoes because children are always growing
• Families use the child tax credit for basics like this pair of shoes because children are always growing

Bills: HF4621 , HF4123 , HF4616 , HF1183

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes

Transcript Highlights:

• We getting to be paired exactly the director. She can, she does 622 ahupua'a by herself.
• We're making rulings, but not the same rules of the DLNR. getting to be paired exactly the getting to
• be paired exactly the director.<01:34:33.960><c> She</c><01:34:34.240><c> can</c><01:34:34.520><c> she

Bills: HCR13 , HCR61 , HCR136 , HCR185 , HCR155 , HCR68 , HCR174 , HCR178 , HCR179 , HCR91 , HCR103 , HCR115 , HCR199 , HR15 , HR128 , HR175 , HR147 , HR62 , HR164 , HR168 , HR169 , HR83 , HR95 , HR107 , HR189

Committee: House Water & Land

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 31, 2026, and heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 13/HR 50, which asks DLNR to work with DOE and the Public Charter School Commission on a student coral stewardship program, drew comments from DLNR, which said it stood on written testimony and had proposed amendments, and from supporters in the room. HCR 61, urging investment in reforestation policies, workforce, nursery capacity, and related support for public and private lands, received strong support from DLNR and multiple testifiers, including members of a reforestation policy hui, a resident, and others who emphasized watershed protection, flood and fire resilience, and the need to upgrade nursery infrastructure and staffing. Committee members asked questions about nursery modernization, staffing, island-specific needs, and whether reforestation could reduce wildfire impacts; the DLNR witness said all islands need investment, with especially large opportunities on Hawaiʻi Island, and that healthier forests improve resilience though they cannot eliminate climate-related risks. The committee then heard HCR 136/HR 128 on wildland-urban interface safety standards for Maui plantation towns, but no one testified. It also heard HCR 185/HR 175, which urges denial of permits for ICE detention-related warehouses; Chris Coffey of Immua Alliance testified in support, saying migrant survivors of exploitation are harmed when ICE detains people and that Hawaii would not be the first place to take such action, citing examples from other states and cities. In questioning, members explored whether a local facility would keep people closer to families and services or instead increase local detention; Coffey said detention generally cuts off access to services and can intensify fear, and that a local facility could incentivize more detention and make survivors less likely to come forward. Finally, the committee heard HCR 155/HR 147 supporting the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition’s Hawaii Water Safety Act. Testifiers included Allison Shapera, who described the statewide water safety plan, Hawaii’s high drowning rate, the economic and human costs of drownings, and her personal loss of her daughter in a preventable drowning; Kirsten Hermstead and Kalani Vierra of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association said the plan’s recommendations need legislative recognition to help with implementation and grant funding; and Jessamine Town Horner testified by Zoom as a co-founder and bereaved family advocate. The transcript provided does not show any votes or final committee actions on the measures discussed.

Transcript Highlights:

• I do want to thank uh Representative Burkel as well as Representative Smith and uh an unlikely pairing
• and<00:02:00.880><c> uh</c><00:02:01.040><c> an</c><00:02:01.280><c> unlikely</c><00:02:01.920><c> pairing
• </c><00:02:02.399><c> in</c><00:02:02.560><c> the</c><00:02:02.719><c> Senate</c> ... an unlikely pairing

Bills: HF3579 , HF3549 , HF3548 , HF4388 , HF3566

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: eggs, donation, quality assurance, food assistance, charitable programs, agriculture, grain indemnity, financial security, crop insurance, Minnesota agriculture, farm assistance, down payment, state funding, loan modification, rotational grazing, grazing management, livestock, pasture management, soil health, erosion control

Transcript Highlights:

• comfort in this bill is the<00:32:21.760><c> language</c><00:32:22.159><c> in</c><00:32:22.320><c> pairing
• two</c><00:32:23.679><c> where</c><00:32:24.159><c> on</c><00:32:24.399><c> it</c> the language in pairing
• two where on it the language in pairing two where on it it<00:32:25.039><c> states</c><00:32:25.440>

Transcript Highlights:

• And I'm like, why are they not pairing up with you? But I think it's in a capitated rate or— Mr.
• What that also means is that Walmart can buy that data and sell him a pair of shoes at a different price
• than they sell it to someone else. ...and sell him a pair of shoes at a different price than they sell

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Summary: The committee first heard an Aging and Long-Term Services Department budget presentation comparing the LFC and executive recommendations. The main differences were in the Aging Network, Adult Protective Services, Program Support, and Long-Term Care Division, especially the executive’s proposed $10 million infusion into the Kiki Savadra Senior Dignity Fund and $6.2 million for expanding New Mexico Care. LFC staff explained that the committee recommendation was lower in general fund and fund-balance use, while the executive emphasized rising senior population needs, meal and transportation costs, and the cost savings of keeping older adults at home. The secretary also reviewed the department’s special requests, including the conference on aging, outreach, emergency preparedness, and the Kiki fund, and described New Mexico Care’s growth, its evaluation results, and the department’s plan to separate Kiki into its own accounting fund. Members largely focused on senior services, rural meal delivery, transportation, caregiver support, and the Kiki fund. Several members urged stronger support for non-metro aging providers and for New Mexico Care, citing its role in keeping seniors out of nursing homes and the program’s reported savings and outcomes. Questions also covered eligibility, background checks for caregivers, respite care, dementia and Alzheimer’s screening, and whether Kiki funds can support home modifications such as ramps. The committee then voted to adopt the LFC recommendation with one executive language change: adding the executive’s page 14 language allowing an additional 12.5% distribution for initial payments to aging network providers at the start of FY27. Representative Dow opposed the motion. The committee then moved to the Attorney General’s budget. LFC staff explained that the office’s budget relies heavily on the Consumer Settlement Fund, with both recommendations reducing general fund revenue while increasing settlement-fund use, and that performance measures were in consensus. The Attorney General said the office was not seeking more general fund, but wanted greater ability to use funds it recovers. He highlighted major consumer and public safety work, including litigation against major social media and AI platforms, a case involving Snapchat and child exploitation/extortion, the statewide crime gun intelligence center, efforts to address oilfield theft, work on missing and murdered Indigenous persons, and efforts to protect federal funds coming into New Mexico.

Transcript Highlights:

• going</c><00:02:14.239><c> to</c><00:02:14.400><c> kind</c><00:02:14.480><c> of</c><00:02:14.560><c> pair
• </c><00:02:14.879><c> down</c><00:02:15.120><c> my</c> I'm going to kind of pair down my I'm going to
• kind of pair down my presentation<00:02:16.239><c> here</c><00:02:17.040><c> without</c><00:02:17.920

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the September 16 minutes, and then received an update from Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark and staff on the Department of Insurance. Clark reviewed department activity, including growth in premium volume and licensing, consumer complaints and recoveries, and a rise in fraud referrals. She said the department has 66 open fraud cases and described common schemes such as staged auto accidents, inflated repair or cleanup charges, and roofing scams. She also said the department’s investigators often prepare strong cases but face reluctance from local prosecutors, especially in Fayette and Jefferson counties, to pursue them. Clark reported favorable workers’ compensation news, saying rates will decrease 9.7% next year for the 20th straight year. She contrasted that with a difficult property insurance market driven by storms, reinsurance costs, inflation, labor shortages, and litigation, but said Kentucky’s market remains relatively stable, citing the Kentucky Fair Plan’s small number of policies. She then warned of significant 2026 health insurance premium increases on the exchange: 16.1% for Molina, 23% for Anthem, and 37% for WCare, after CareSource withdrew. She said the rates were reviewed by actuaries and found fair, but that the biggest pressure point is the scheduled expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, which she said could leave about 90% of exchange enrollees facing a compounded increase. Members questioned Clark about fraud prosecution, the number of people in commercial versus public coverage, and the impact of expiring subsidies. Clark said the prosecution issue is mainly with Commonwealth attorneys and that rural counties are more cooperative than urban ones. She also said the health market is individually rated and that older enrollees would be hit harder, while the loss of tax credits could push some people out of the marketplace. One member asked about the attorney general’s recent opinion on SB 188, the PBM bill; staff said attorneys were still reviewing it. Clark closed by noting that Kentucky’s fraud and towing/storage legislation has become a model for other states.

Transcript Highlights:

• 07:39.400><c> industries</c> youth in high demand in industries youth in high demand in industries pairing
• <01:07:40.799><c> hands-on</c><01:07:41.359><c> experience</c><01:07:41.920><c> with</c> pairing hands-on
• experience with pairing hands-on experience with mentorship.<01:07:44.079><c> Proven</c><01:07:44.640

Bills: HF1972 , HF229 , HF1090 , HF1084 , HF1307 , HF1274 , HF1609 , HF2110 , HF211 , HF216 , HF222 , HF224 , HF225 , HF203 , HF206 , HF207 , HF208 , HF227 , HF246 , HF427 , HF466 , HF502 , HF680 , HF971

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: community center, Breckenridge, capital investment, state bonds, economic development, HF229, North Branch Area Hockey Association, Stacy Ice Arena, Chisago County, general fund appropriation, grant, ice arena, hockey rink, youth sports, recreational facility, community arena, nonprofit, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, local infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:

• stewards</c><02:41:34.800><c> of</c><02:41:34.920><c> those</c><02:41:35.080><c> tax</c><02:41:35.319><c> pair
• </c> good ta good stewards of those tax pair good ta good stewards of those tax pair dollars<02:41:35.880

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• And I had 60 cow-calf pairs and I'd run them through.
• we've just started in the last couple of years is... ...through a federal grant, we've been able to pair

Committee: Joint Tribal and State Relations Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• I also appreciate that that money is paired with accountability because taxpayers deserve to know that
• It is not paired with a robust reimbursement mechanism that accounts for employees that are funded by

Summary: The Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review heard the 2026-27 budget package, including AB 111 and AB 112 plus 16 trailer bills and two policy bills. Chair Laird described the budget as balanced over two fiscal years, with about $351.7 billion in total spending, $251.5 billion General Fund, and record reserves, while emphasizing investments in child care, homelessness, housing, Medi-Cal, education, courts, and other core programs. The Department of Finance presented each bill, outlining major items such as Medi-Cal adjustments tied to federal H.R. 1, child care and early learning funding, education and higher education investments, human services, developmental services, health, skilled nursing, resources, energy, transportation, housing, labor, state government, courts, taxation, and two policy bills on education governance and ballot measure placement. The LAO said it had no additional comments but was available for questions. The committee later achieved quorum and moved to member questions and comments, with no votes taken in the portion provided. Members largely focused on the budget’s fiscal structure and policy implications. Several senators praised staff and noted the compressed timeline, while Vice Chair Niello criticized the process as overly complex and burdensome. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas supported the budget but raised concerns about Medi-Cal changes for people with unsatisfactory immigration status, asking about access to care, the number affected, and county eligibility support; Finance said about two million people would transition to fee-for-service and that $39 million was included for care coordination, along with additional county eligibility funding. Senator Durazo said the agreement delayed, but did not resolve, cuts to immigrant health coverage, dental, and clinic payments, and argued that the budget did not create a true restoration mechanism. Senator Richardson highlighted hospital funding, public hospital definitions, DMV data protections, and court construction and maintenance needs, while Senator Grove questioned the sustainability of spending, the Medi-Cal savings assumptions, distressed hospital funding, Planned Parenthood transparency, developmental services changes, high-speed rail costs, and the property tax postponement program. Other members emphasized different priorities. Senator Blake Spear praised climate and parks investments, support for HAP homelessness funding with accountability, transit stabilization, and Care Court referral funding, while expressing concern about the lack of wildlife coexistence funding and long-term transit operating support. Senator Weber Pearson raised a technical concern in the health trailer bill regarding menopause language, arguing that the bill should refer to perimenopausal symptoms and should not narrow provider participation through contracting language. Throughout the hearing, Finance repeatedly explained that many of the budget’s savings came from reduced caseloads or delayed implementation of prior proposals, while some new spending was added to mitigate impacts and support administration of the changes. No final committee action or vote was shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• And the program itself is fostered by national collaboration by pairing high school and college students
• It says by pairing high school students and college students from the U.S. and Mexico for seven weeks

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several education-related bills, beginning with AB 65 on paid pregnancy leave for public school employees. The bill drew strong support from teachers, school employees, unions, and education groups, who argued it would provide up to 14 weeks of paid leave, reduce financial penalties tied to sick leave use, and help recruit and retain educators. Some witnesses and members raised concerns about funding, district eligibility, and implementation, but the bill was advanced on a do-pass recommendation to the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, with one member not voting and the bill placed on call for absent members. Members then heard AB 673 on an unaccompanied youth support grant program for homeless 16- and 17-year-olds, AB 1552 on reporting recommendations to strengthen civic engagement in higher education, AB 1572 on annual CIF review and qualification standards for sports officials, and AB 1586 on opioid overdose response training and naloxone access for school resource officers. AB 673 and AB 1552 received support from education, youth, and advocacy organizations; AB 673 also drew questions about overlap with existing homeless and foster-care-related programs, while supporters said the bill targets a vulnerable subpopulation that is often missed. AB 1552 and AB 1572 were broadly supported and advanced, and AB 1586 was backed by treatment providers, school nurses, and education groups as a practical student-safety measure; all were moved forward with do-pass recommendations and placed on call. The committee also considered AB 1721, which would create a work group to review and streamline school safety plans, and AB 2060, which would establish a mentor teacher grant program and stipend to strengthen the teacher pipeline. Both bills were supported by administrators, educators, and school-related organizations, and both advanced to the Senate Appropriations Committee. AB 2440, aimed at clarifying Proposition 28 arts and music education funding rules and allowing small districts to pool resources, also received broad support and moved to Appropriations. AB 1784, which would extend pregnancy-related protections to undergraduate students and prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions, passed to the Senate Judiciary Committee after support from higher education and women’s advocacy groups. Finally, AB 2660, which would codify the CalBridge STEM pathway program and related efforts to diversify the STEM workforce, was supported by higher education and workforce advocates and advanced to Appropriations after questions about the related EnLACE program and its funding sources.

Transcript Highlights:

• We heard that flexibility for local governments must be paired with transparency, clear reporting requirements
• We heard that flexibility for local governments must be paired with transparency, clear reporting requirements

Committee: House Budget