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• The program sees a monthly volume of approximately 35,000 threat alerts processed, with 85% remediated
• And we need to because our salaries are obviously capped at military department salaries, which is what

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity and the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management held a joint informational hearing focused on maximizing the value of state cybersecurity investments, especially by fully using security features already included in existing vendor contracts. The first panel included representatives from Microsoft, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks, who described the products and services they provide to California and generally agreed that agencies often have strong adoption in some areas but still face challenges from tool overlap, limited staff, lack of awareness of available features, and the need for ongoing training and configuration support. They also discussed major threats such as ransomware, data loss, attack-surface exposure, IoT/OT vulnerabilities, and the growing role of AI in both attacks and defenses. Members pressed the vendors on whether state departments underuse purchased cybersecurity tools, how to improve utilization, and how to address the cybersecurity workforce shortage. The vendors said utilization is often constrained by staffing, procurement complexity, and the need to align tools with agency missions and maturity levels, but emphasized that training, leadership buy-in, and regular vendor-agency collaboration can improve results. They also discussed how AI can help with phishing triage, data-loss prevention, and security operations, while warning that agencies must manage AI safely and with human oversight. The second panel featured officials from the Department of Technology, Cal OES/CalSIC, and the California Military Department. They described statewide oversight efforts including audits, independent security assessments, continuous monitoring, advisory services, vulnerability disclosure programs, and workforce development initiatives such as the Information Security Leadership Academy and Cybersecurity Education Summit. Officials said some underutilization is real, but it is often tied to differing agency maturity, overlapping tools, and deliberate feature restrictions to reduce attack surface and complexity; they emphasized a balanced approach using people, process, and technology, with plans of action and milestones to hold departments accountable. They also noted federal uncertainty around MS-ISAC and the state and local cybersecurity grant program, saying California is advocating through federal partners and monitoring the impact. The hearing ended after public comment and adjournment.

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• Also setting safeguards on funding such as a cap that prevents any single institution from receiving
• Lower unit value, uh, specifically with soy, corn and cotton, um, and then lower volume in terms of beef

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• Also, setting safeguards on funding, such as a cap that prevents any single institution from receiving
• forgive me, lower unit value, a specific. specifically with soy, corn, and cotton, um, and then lower volume

Bills: HB3032, HB3434, HB3574, HB5339, HB5646

Keywords: nursing education, clinical sites, health facilities, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, legislative study, healthcare training, tuition, financial assistance, higher education, public institutions, student support, nonresident students, Texas Education Code, resident tuition, scholarships, regenerative agriculture, grants, sustainable farming, soil health, bioremediation

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• hears none. 861 Chair lays out the following previously adopted resolution, the clerk will read the cap
• For a limitation on the maximum appraised value for the ad volume tax purposes, the Residential Rural

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It doesn't cap. It doesn't have a cost of living index.
• The Renewable Fuel Standard and the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO)...

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• We receive a high volume of complaints that consumers are not informed about the return policies.
• We think that forcing these companies to post clear and conspicuous signage will decrease the volume
• 00:12:41.800> will<00:12:42.880> decrease<00:12:43.280> the<00:12:43.360> volume
• <00:12:43.600> of<00:12:43.720> the signage will decrease the volume of the signage
• will decrease the volume of the complaint<00:12:44.200> complaints,<00:12:44.920> will

Bills: HB2614, HB1660, HB1704, HB1563, HB1573, HB1777, HB1749

Keywords: cosmetics, returns, refunds, consumer protection, high-pressure sales, transparency, accountability, HB1660, Hawaii, county labor standards, counties, contractors, building permits, permit denial, permit suspension, permit revocation, wage theft, wages, benefits, hours

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2614, which would require merchants selling cosmetics to accept returns of newer unopened goods within specified time frames and expand signage requirements for return and refund policies. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection strongly supported the bill, citing updated figures of 180 cosmetic complaints from 2020 to 2025, 54 still under investigation, 148 referred to class action litigation, and more than $1.3 million in consumer losses. Members questioned whether the bill was needed given the pending lawsuit and whether bad actors would comply, while the office responded that clearer signage would improve consumer awareness and could reduce complaints without limiting other remedies. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 1660 HD1, which would allow counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny, revoke, or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations. DLIR, the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support, arguing the measure would help deter cheating contractors, protect law-abiding employers, and keep bad actors from undercutting wages and taxes. One member raised concerns about possible delays to affordable housing projects and whether owners should be held responsible for contractors’ misconduct; supporters replied that compliance is a minimum standard, that county action would be discretionary rather than automatic, and that the bill would not bar counties from working with affordable housing developers. No action was reported. Finally, the committee took up HB 1704, adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow telepsychology and temporary in-person practice across state lines. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the measure, saying it would help fill major staffing gaps, especially for forensic evaluations and services in rural and neighbor-island communities. The Board of Psychology raised concerns about the compact’s scope, the need for a study focused specifically on psychologists, background-check requirements, possible loss of regulatory authority and revenue, and the need to update older statutory provisions. Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the immunity language in the compact, and Shawn Scanlon opposed the bill, arguing it could weaken cultural responsiveness and local control and suggesting the state instead improve temporary licensing and other in-state pathways. The committee also questioned the Department of Corrections about its vacancies and whether telehealth could be filled by local providers; no vote was taken in the excerpt.

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• And more than likely, We will add more before November because we'll have capped out on population.
• We would still have to have additional. machines for the volume in those, instead of having 14 voting
• day, we would have to upstaff those, we would have to upstaff those current ones because the sheer volume
• on those on those co-mingled precincts, it would definitely create. a more volume in those precincts
• have those we have a larger number of locations simply because On election day, we know that the volume

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• to be a shift from that cap rate to an AHCCCS-like cap rate, which is higher.
• But you are correct: the $8.3 million GF is the delta between the RBHA cap and this new AHCCCS-like cap
• The delta between the RBHA cap and this new AHCCCS-like cap. Madam Chair, please.
• We capped this program headcount-wise.
• A pilot and a cap.

Bills: SB1052, SB1115, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1124, SB1171, SB1172, SB1174, SB1175, SB1214, SB1233, SB1235, SB1316, SB1345, SB1372, SB1399, SB1458, SB1494, SB1496, SB1564, SB1602, SB1621, SB1628, SB1630, SB1631, SB1668, SB1672, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection

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• lobbyist<00:04:17.840> here<00:04:17.919> at<00:04:18.160> the<00:04:18.320> cap
• c><00:04:18.959> I<00:04:19.199> don't<00:04:19.359> even lobbyist here at the cap
• I don't even lobbyist here at the cap.
• c><00:26:46.159> So<00:26:46.400> that's<00:26:46.559> what like the maximum volume
• So that's what like the maximum volume.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• manage the additional eligibility and compliance checks that will be coming, allowing for a higher volume
• Um, allowing for<00:09:48.399> a<00:09:48.720> higher<00:09:49.040> volume<00:09
• :49.600> of<00:09:49.920> on-site for a higher volume of on-site for a higher volume of
• It also added additional funding for include billing unit limits capping include billing unit limits
• capping billing<00:10:15.279> at<00:10:15.519> 100<00:10:16.160> hours<00:10:16.720

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the Center for American Progress, CAP. the Center for American Progress, CAP.
• Um, I have one more question about, like, volume of speech, for instance.
• There would be a cap.
• there would be a cap. there would be a cap.
• Um, we heard from CAP that there were several other states considering similar legislation.

Bills: SB1166, SB888, SB2387, SB2471

Keywords: insurance, climate change, responsible parties, damages, Hawaii Property Insurance Association, Hurricane Relief Fund, civil action, climate disasters, extreme weather, SB888, Hawaii, consumer protection, smart home security, smart household security device, home security camera, video doorbell, Ring, Nest, connected devices, internet of things

Summary: The committee heard SB 1166 SD2, a bill on insurance and climate-related damages that would authorize the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and, in amended versions discussed during testimony, other public and private entities to pursue civil actions to recover losses tied to climate disasters and extreme weather. DCCA’s Insurance Division and the Department of the Attorney General raised legal concerns, saying the bill’s scope may not fit the insurance code section being amended, that it could create subject-matter and title issues, and that some subrogation language may be duplicative of existing rate-filing practice. Lawyers for Justice opposed the measure, arguing it conflicts with existing subrogation law and recent Hawaii Supreme Court rulings that treat the judicial lien process as the exclusive remedy. The American Petroleum Institute also opposed, warning the bill would add liability and litigation risk for companies operating under existing permits and could undermine energy reliability and investment. Supporters said the bill would help shift climate-related insurance costs away from residents and onto fossil fuel companies and other responsible parties. Testimony in support came from the Polluters Pay Hawaii Coalition, Center for Climate Integrity, Hawaii Island Council, Our Hawaii, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and others, who described recent flooding, storm damage, rising premiums, non-renewals, and underinsurance as evidence of a worsening climate-driven insurance crisis. Several supporters urged amendments to give the Attorney General explicit authority to recover insurance-related losses for the Hurricane Relief Fund, HPIA, and private insurers, and to ensure recovered amounts benefit policyholders. Committee members questioned whether HPIA is a private entity, whether the Attorney General could represent it, whether the bill could create double recovery or affect pending climate litigation, and whether insurers would have standing or damages if they are only paying contractual claims. The committee then took up SB 888 SD2, a consumer protection bill that would restrict smart household security device operators from sharing user data with law enforcement without consent or a judicial order, and would bar conditioning device use on such consent. The Office of Consumer Protection testified in support and said an Illinois law could serve as a useful template for exceptions to the warrant requirement. An individual supporter said the measure would protect immigrant communities, judges, and others from surveillance and misuse of private data. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the chair noted additional written testimony submitted in support of SB 1166.

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• The cap exists only for the DWC Administrative Director and not for the other administrative directors
• wage replacement rates for both disability insurance and paid family leave, and removed the statutory cap
• There is provisional language change to increase the administrative workload cost cap.
• The second proposal increases the cap on the State Route 710 rehabilitation account from $1.2 million
• The second proposal increases the cap on the state route 710 rehabilitation account from $1.2 million

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision proposals for labor, public safety/judiciary, and transportation, and no votes were taken. In Part A on labor, the Employment Development Department reviewed proposals for EDD Next document management system funding, updated UI loan interest costs, disability insurance and paid family leave benefit and administration adjustments, WIOA funding changes, UI administrative and benefit changes, school employee benefit adjustments, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical correction tied to EDD Next. PERB discussed funding tied to AB 28 and AB 1, including litigation-related workload and new jurisdiction over legislative employees. DIR presented proposals for legal unit reclassifications, two major IT modernization projects, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COIA reappropriation, and trailer bill language on electronic assessment payments and the DWC director salary cap. CalHR proposed additional funding for a consolidated employee assistance program contract, and CalPERS and CalSTRS presented budget adjustments tied to investment costs and state contribution changes. Members focused heavily on UI debt and interest payments, asking the administration for a plan to reduce the outstanding loan and relieve employers. Finance said no specific repayment plan was included in the May Revision, while LAO said the state’s UI tax structure is structurally insufficient and that any debt payoff should be paired with tax-system reform. Senators also questioned EDD Next costs and timelines, PERB’s caseload and staffing needs, and DIR’s emerging technologies unit, with LAO noting that the unit would appear focused on physical workplace safety rather than broader AI labor issues. CalHR said the new EAP contract would consolidate services, improve access to clinicians, and lower costs relative to the current model. CalPERS defended higher external management fees as part of a strategy to pursue higher net returns, while some members pressed for more transparency about private investments; CalSTRS said it was not prepared to address investment-strategy questions at this hearing. Public comment in Part A was dominated by advocates urging support for an immigration enforcement emergency relief fund, along with comments supporting the Jails to Jobs proposal, the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, and additional PERB funding. The chair noted that many of the immigration-related requests might fall under other committees and said staff would follow up. In Part B, Finance and LAO outlined judicial branch and DOJ May Revision items, including funding for court interpreter services, appellate court security, lactation room implementation delays, courthouse construction reappropriations, and DOJ budget increases. LAO recommended approving the language-access proposal with a report on reducing interpreter cost growth and reducing the General Fund backfill for state court facilities by $10 million on an ongoing basis.

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• decisions, and Delmarva Power...” “...and PSC decisions and a Delmarva Power infrastructure spending cap
• Just a comment on rate caps in general.
• But caps on any particular industry is a risky policy move.
• He established a spending cap that we now know today of 98% of the general fund revenues.
• By 2033, most hospital services will be capped at no more than 250% of the Medicare reimbursement rates

Keywords: 1064, all

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• bond bill, HB 500, contains 60 million additional general fund revenue through epilogue raising the cap
• . ...contains $60 million in additional general fund revenue through epilogue, raising the cap of the
• Just a comment on rate caps in general.
• But I think caps on any particular industry is a risky policy move.
• He established a spending cap that we now know today as 98% of the general fund revenues.

Summary: The House met on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence for two deceased community members. Members also adopted Consent Calendar 29, which included House Concurrent Resolutions 153, 154, and 156, and passed House Concurrent Resolution 157 directing the State Lottery to report on iLottery options to support traditional lottery retailers, as amended to set a February 15, 2027 reporting deadline. The chamber then considered several bills on agriculture, telecommunications, health, fire service standards, corrections, elections, and education. Among the measures passed were Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program, Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecom carriers, Senate Bill 339 clarifying advance health care directives, Senate Bill 235 extending manufactured home rent increase rules, Senate Bill 325 updating firefighter/EMS background check and membership standards, Senate Bill 309 discharging incarceration-related balances, Senate Bill 324 on constable-related handgun purchase exemptions, Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication access, and Senate Bill 293 creating a licensure pathway for summer camp providers in the Purchase of Care program. The House also passed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry regardless of race or gender while explicitly preserving religious freedom. The bill drew extended debate, with supporters framing it as a safeguard against future rollbacks of marriage equality and opponents raising concerns about constitutionalizing an issue already in statute; several members explained changed votes and personal reflections before the final roll call, which passed 28-12. House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after amendment, despite some opposition over party-system effects. Two measures were tabled or amended after debate: Senate Bill 233 on removing snow and ice from vehicles was initially tabled to consider a truck-driver exemption amendment, then the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended; and Senate Joint Resolution 19 on studying health care costs was tabled briefly pending legal clarification. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a three-year pilot program for AI and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, data privacy, and teacher oversight. The transcript ends as House Bill 478 is being read in, but no final action on that bill appears in the provided text.

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• And so with those reserves, I understand that you have a cap, a maximum.
• I don't know where you're at in regards to that statutory cap currently, but based on, I'm assuming,
• of that... ...assessment that's dedicated to the Bureau of Consumer Protection is restricted and capped
• and I guess along those same lines, I was just trying to see, like, how much, if that's even near the cap
• around 0.65, maybe 0.64 mills, so I believe that portion is currently—not believe, it is—under the cap

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• So it's not a huge volume. >> So it should be quick then.
• <00:25:40.320> that initially in terms of um the volume that initially in terms of um the
• volume that we<00:25:40.720> were<00:25:40.960> taking<00:25:41.120> in<00:25:41.520
• Then we pay for the tuition for those, and every island the cap is different. >> Okay.
• every island the cap is different. every island the cap is different.

Bills: SB1, SB4, SB6, SB9, SB16, SB17, SB20, SB22, SB28, SB29, SB36, SB41, SB45, SB77, SB85, SB87, SB96, SB98, SB110, SB126, SB139, SB143, SB164, SB167, SB171, SB186, SB188, SB195, SB197, SB198, SB204, SB205, SB206, SB207, SB209, SB210, SB211, SB217, SB219, SB220, SB225, SB231, SB237, SB238, SB241, SB244, SB246, SB247, SB272, SB294, SB315, SB346, SB364, SB366, SB367, SB386, SB392, SB403, SB415, SB427, SB431, SB437, SB457, SB459, SB469, SB471, SB478, SB484, SB489, SB502, SB503, SB507, SB508, SB510, SB516, SB517, SB518, SB519, SB521, SB535, SB543, SB550, SB564, SB568, SB570, SB575, SB577, SB578, SB590, SB607, SB616, SB621, SB634, SB644, SB647, SB649, SB652, SB655, SB656, SB663

Keywords: agricultural lands, foreign ownership, state agriculture policy, real estate regulation, land conservation, SB4, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna Ala, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, stewardship, Hawaiian affairs, cemetery, burial site, ancestral remains, cultural preservation, state land management, agency transfer

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• Please keep in mind the commission caps what we can charge.
• And a significant volume of that traffic is connecting flights.
• MSP alone as a destination airport does not support the volume that we see through this airport.
• :52.400> traffic<01:05:52.960> is significant volume of that traffic is significant volume
• volume that we see through this airport. volume that we see through this airport.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and uh so you jump around replacement cost new less depreciation; you know, isn't anywhere close to a cap
• rate<00:35:30.560> on<00:35:30.720> an<00:35:30.960> income Close to a cap
• Uh, it can be measured by saying how much volume did you produce, how many kilowatt hours, and applying
• Uh, it can be measured by saying how much volume did you produce, how many kilowatt hours, and applying
• did you produce, how many volume did you produce, how many kilowatt<01:32:36.960> hours<01:32

Keywords: 916, all

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• And maybe one of the things we can look at, I know the commissioner mentioned it, is capping those fees
• And maybe one of the things we can look at, I know the commissioner mentioned it, is capping those fees
• We'd work with Department of Revenue to make sure they have the same volumes and information there that
• they<01:40:33.520> have<01:40:33.679> the<01:40:33.840> same<01:40:34.719> volumes
• <01:40:35.199> and they have the same volumes and they have the same volumes and information

Bills: HB0075, HB0128

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• <00:05:04.120> discounts it protects legitimate volume discounts it protects legitimate volume
• They're low margin and high volume.
• They're low margin and high volume.
• They're low margin and high volume.
• They're low margin and high volume.

Keywords: 1183, house