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• The cannabis proposals included in the May Revision focus on strengthening and sustaining the state's
• And so I think it's critical that we make these investments in enforcement and sustain funding for it
• ... ...we make these investments in enforcement and sustain funding for it, but we also have to do more
• You know, part of the reason we're here in the May Revision is we did have a fee package working its
• Disasters of this scale demand sustained government support, not only at the moment of the crisis, but

Summary: The subcommittee first heard an informational presentation on the May Revision’s proposed reorganization of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency into separate housing-focused and consumer/business-focused entities. Administration officials said the split would improve oversight, streamline decision-making, and create a dedicated California Housing and Homelessness Agency with a new housing development and finance committee. The Department of Finance said funding was needed in 2025-26 to begin implementation, while the LAO recommended rejecting the proposal without prejudice because the Little Hoover Commission review was still pending and the plan would require ongoing General Fund costs. Members raised concerns about the timing, the lack of alignment with the budget process, and whether the reorganization would improve accountability for homelessness spending; several public witnesses supported the concept but stressed it could not substitute for new housing and homelessness dollars. The committee then took up the Department of Veterans Affairs. CalVet requested funding for phase three of its electronic health care record project and a trailer bill to preserve authority for federal background checks, but the May Revision withdrew requests for deferred maintenance and additional administrative support. The LAO noted deferred maintenance can prevent larger future costs, and the chair criticized the withdrawal of less than $1 million for veterans’ homes as short-sighted given existing repair needs. No vote was taken. Next, the Department of Housing and Community Development presented its budget. HCD said the May Revision provides no new affordable housing or homelessness funding, but does retain existing rounds of funding and proposes a $31.7 million reversion from undersubscribed housing programs. Members from both parties expressed concern about zeroing out ongoing housing and homelessness investments, especially for LIHTC, the Multifamily Housing Program, and HAP. HCD also defended its homelessness accountability and compliance work, saying the unit includes about 30 program staff and six attorneys, with three additional attorneys requested mainly to handle public records and litigation workload. Public commenters largely opposed the lack of new funding and urged continued support for housing and homelessness programs, while some supported the reorganization and accountability efforts. Finally, the committee heard Go-Biz proposals. The administration requested authority to increase funding for a federal trade program match if needed, plus reappropriations for administrative funds tied to the Containerized Ports Interoperability Grant Program, zero-emission vehicle operations, and the Women’s Business Center Enhancement Program. It also proposed withdrawing the Cal Competes grant request and reverting remaining funds from the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund. The LAO said Cal Competes is generally effective but could be cut as a budget solution, while warning that the performing arts fund was close to awards and should be considered carefully. Members objected to pulling back committed funds for performing arts organizations and questioned why the state would withdraw support after applications had already been submitted.

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• When there is no integrated structure, individuals become the integration point, and that is not a sustainable
• of LGBTQ adults, we also promulgated regulations, which were the RCFE Personal Rights Regulations Package
• The package both included the LGBT long-term care facility resident rights into our ongoing regulations
• Without sustained public investment, these funds cannot scale to meet the growing needs of aging transgender
• We must give them their flowers now through action, protection, and sustained investment in their...

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Sustainable long-term funding for airport and UAS infrastructure.
• You guys have done a yeoman's work on supporting us and giving us a long-term sustainable infrastructure
• The hope is that we can make our airports more self-sustainable financially for the long term.
• are seeing now is that we are in a process where Congress is passing the full-year appropriations packages
• But there will become a point where I hope that Oido will become self-sustaining from an operational

Committee: House A&B Transportation Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

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• Once an application is received and deemed complete, the incentive team reviews the application package
• And Texas can have its own profitable and self-sustaining pipeline of film and television productions
• It's a long-term and profitable investment in Texas and in Texans' lives, where we build a sustainable
• We did some things that, again, are not sustainable.
• It's not sustainable.

Bills: HB4568 , HB5458 , HB4543 , HB2703 , HB3728 , HCR113 , HCR126

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• And we built a massive industry that is sustainable and responsible and meeting skyrocketing consumer
• ,</c><00:31:30.399><c> to</c> opportunity for us to be sustainable, to opportunity for us to be sustainable
• One path to sustainable farming. One path to rebuilding our communities from the ground up.
• One path<00:35:38.880><c> to</c><00:35:39.119><c> sustainable</c><00:35:39.680><c> farming.
• One path to path to sustainable farming.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• 80th legislature in 2023 increased GR to 214.9 million dollars for the 24 25 biennium as part of a package
• Our backstory, sustainability, and expansion. UHV is an institution of opportunity.
• Funding this particular request would help us sustain and more fully utilize those resources.
• As the first public testimony mentioned, we're encouraged to see E28 million per biennium in sustained
• That would bring the total funding to $4 million in the next biennium to sustain that program. really

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• These are valuable programs and would benefit from sustained funding.
• On that a little further, where is the municipality's responsibility here in their bond packages?

Bills: SB7

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability, 1184, house, all

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• </c><00:40:24.320><c> Meanwhile,</c> packaging, and license fees.
• Meanwhile, packaging, and license fees.
• It's very tightly restricted in terms of what can be on the packaging.
• They will not be having a sustainable business.
• And if those a sustainable business.

Committee: Joint Agriculture

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20 Approval of June 4, 2026 Minutes 00:03:09 Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Medical Cannabis 00:03:38 Prioritizing Kentucky Agriculture: Bourbon 01:41:03, 958, all

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• Well, with this bonding package, he will.
• I just want to speak up in support of this bonding package.
• This package will allow us to be able to invest in roads much quicker.
• There's enough fees generated in this package to pay these bonds.
• Restriction with respect to maturity levels in this bonding package?

Keywords: 996, all

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• Yeah, there's a draft admin package.
• facility sustainability program and the hospital sustainability programs were made permanent.
• :27:16.560><c> sustainability</c><03:27:17.399><c> program</c> nursing facility sustainability program
• :27:19.479><c> sustainability</c><03:27:20.199><c> programs</c> and the hospital sustainability programs
• </c> because portion of the sustainability because portion of the sustainability funds<03:57:28.920><

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• with our districts and other stakeholders to, to be able to provide, um, complete and robust, uh, packages
• items such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions, uh, increasing rewable energy use, the support and sustainable
• climate resilient industries, and it also will invest in workforce training to support climate and sustainability

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• Just last year, the Legislature passed HB 7021, a comprehensive package seeking to improve the processes
• After the removal, the twins sustained more injuries in their new home placement, and they even sustained

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee considered three bills and reported all of them favorably. HB 1013, relating to crisis care coordination, would create a pilot program in Polk and Volusia counties to connect people who have had Baker Act-related crises with follow-up counseling, assessments, and outpatient services through partnerships between law enforcement and community providers. The sponsor said the program has reduced repeat Baker Act commitments in Polk County, and the committee adopted a strike-all amendment moving the pilot to a different statute, formalizing partnerships, and requiring an independent DCF evaluation due in January 2029. The bill drew support from mental health and justice advocates and passed unanimously. The committee then heard PCS for HB 511, which addresses child protective investigations involving specific medical diagnoses. Sponsors and several parents, attorneys, and advocates described cases in which children were removed after injuries were initially treated as abuse but later linked to conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, metabolic bone disease, or other medical fragility. They argued the bill would require notice of the right to a second medical opinion, better consideration of preexisting conditions and medical records, and more coordination before reports are sent to law enforcement, while still preserving protections for abused children. Members expressed sympathy for the families and emphasized the need for fairness and accurate medical review; the bill passed 17-0. Finally, HB 1439, based on recommendations from the 2025 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder, was presented as a broader mental health and substance use disorder measure focused on crisis response, access to care, and workforce development. An amendment aligned the bill more closely with commission recommendations, including assessment tools, trauma-informed practices, school-based behavioral health access, telehealth, discharge planning, and long-acting injectable treatment access. The commission chair testified that the bill reflected a vetted set of recommendations from subject matter experts and commissioners, and the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably by unanimous vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Uh the Verus municipal sustainability.
• </c> consideration of sustainability, consideration of sustainability, resiliency,<00:35:36.720><c> and
• This will complete our funding package. We're at 60% design today.
• This will complete our funding<01:09:55.679><c> package.
• We're at 60% design funding package.

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• um that we develop and is package um that we develop and is available<01:10:45.760><c> on</c><01:10:
• to sustaining and expanding residential<01:54:13.480><c> ownership</c><01:54:14.360><c> of</c><01:54
• </c><01:54:25.599><c> housing</c> affordable self-sustaining housing affordable self-sustaining housing
• </c><02:10:25.960><c> together</c><02:10:26.239><c> or</c> the time to put a package together or the
• time to put a package together or promptly<02:10:26.880><c> respond</c><02:10:27.239><c> to</c><02:10

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, when we're talking about sustainability of that, Care.
• Not sustainable. You couldn't stay open.
• Because that makes things sustainable, and it makes it accessible.
• Because cuts are the only way we're going to get sustainability in this system.
• A growth of about 2% to 3% is sustainable, in my opinion.

Summary: The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages. Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation. The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.

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• There's all this packaging that FedEx, UPS, whoever is shipping it is held accountable to.
• You buy it, you know, in Europe, and you can't, you know, and they'll say they will package it.
• That process is set up, so they have special packaging requirements.
• You have to stick that on the package, similar to, I think, international... okay, I'm 21.
• I'm going to read it to you real fast: It says this package contains alcohol, in bold print.

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• to ensure safety instead of just turning an eye and letting foreign, unsafe, impure materials get packaged
• . ...and letting foreign, unsafe, impure materials get packaged and be sold in Arizona.
• , repackaging of GLP-1s, and it's interesting because it's grown so much that the package...
• And it's interesting because it's grown so much that the packaging is even available to anyone at any
• It should have a self-sustaining fee to allow for compliance checks.

Committee: House House International Trade Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee began with a presentation from Berthold Barak Karlich of Benor Capital on investment and innovation from a European perspective. He argued that legacy in trade and innovation is about enabling future generations, not isolation, and highlighted Austria and Europe’s strengths in education, applied research, hidden-champion SMEs, and deep-tech. He also warned against economic nationalism and emphasized that entrepreneurship and cross-border trade create shared interests, peace, and long-term collaboration. In response to questions, he said Arizona had impressed him as a strong, international deep-tech hub, and he expressed interest in learning more about opportunities there. The committee then considered HB 2746, which creates a study committee on trade offices under the Arizona Commerce Authority to review existing trade offices, gather stakeholder input, and report recommendations by December 31, 2028. Members discussed oversight of Arizona’s trade offices in countries including Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Romania, and Germany, and the sponsor said the bill would help evaluate effectiveness while identifying new opportunities. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. HB 2750, which establishes the Arizona-Sonora Trade Commission with legislative appointees, also received a due pass recommendation after members discussed its role as a complement to executive-branch efforts; it passed 5-1 with one present. The committee next heard HB 4036, a bill restricting the sale and distribution of compounded GLP-1 weight-loss drugs made with certain bulk drug substances and authorizing inspections by the State Board of Pharmacy. Supporters, including Novo Nordisk and the Partnership for Safe Medicines, argued the bill would address unsafe imported ingredients, impurities, misleading advertising, and a surge in mass compounding that they said exceeds the intent of compounding law. Opponents from the Arizona Pharmacy Association, compounding pharmacists, and a physician argued the bill would burden lawful compounders, raise costs, reduce access, and could harm patients who rely on compounded medications. After extensive debate, the committee failed to pass HB 4036 on a 5-5 vote. Finally, the committee took up HB 2765, as amended by a strike-everything amendment creating a vapor product manufacturer licensing framework, fees, penalties, and Department of Revenue oversight. The sponsor said the measure was intended to address illegal smuggling of vape products and protect children, while opponents argued it would burden lawful businesses and that the real problem was illicit actors outside the regulated market. The transcript ends during the discussion of this bill, before a final vote is recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• It is included in the budget package as published on Friday, yes, sir.
• I was hoping we get to the slide on the middle-class tax relief that's in the package, but we didn't
• included in the governor's budget with regard to the revenues that will be devoted to the tax cuts package
• governor's budget accounts for exactly what the governor has proposed, the middle-class tax cuts package
• making sure that correctional officers don't receive a $2,000 pay cut before doing the full 1106 package

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee met to review the governor’s fiscal 2027 budget presentation, with the chair repeatedly asking members to keep questions brief and avoid speeches. The discussion focused first on the overall revenue and spending outlook, including concerns from members that the executive forecast was more optimistic than the JLBC baseline and that the budget appeared to front-load revenue and expenditure growth. The governor’s budget team said the forecast was close to JLBC’s, that the budget was structurally balanced, and that differences were roughly $100 million per year on ongoing revenue. Members asked for follow-up calculations in writing, including the total multi-year gap and the amount of revenue enhancements above base revenues. A major portion of the meeting centered on tax and fee proposals tied to data centers, water use, and sports betting. The governor’s team defended eliminating the existing data center tax incentive as the removal of a loophole rather than a new tax, arguing the incentive had already succeeded in attracting major investment. They also described a proposed Department of Water Resources fee-setting authority for data centers to support a new Colorado River Protection Fund, and said the proposal would apply to existing and future facilities without a grandfather clause. Members raised concerns about fairness, competitiveness, and whether the changes would require a supermajority vote. The team also discussed increased sports betting fees, saying the revenue forecast did not include dynamic behavioral effects. The committee then moved through major spending areas, including corrections, public safety, border security, cybersecurity, K-12 education, Medicaid, and developmental disabilities. The governor’s budget includes ongoing funding to prevent correctional officer pay cuts, money to comply with prison health care court orders, probation funding, body-worn cameras, law enforcement staffing, fentanyl task forces, and cyber readiness grants. Members questioned the lack of funding for a prison oversight committee and asked for corrections spending totals over the administration. On border security, the executive said it was seeking about $759.7 million in federal reimbursement for border-related costs and that the governor had met with federal officials, including Secretary Noem and Tom Homan, about the request. In education, the budget proposes renewing Prop. 123, adding K-12 base funding, and issuing $1.5 billion in school facilities bonds over three years; members debated whether the proposal was appropriate and whether Prop. 123 revenues could support the debt service. The meeting also covered AHCCCS cost growth and federal HR1 impacts, with the executive warning of major coverage losses and hospital funding reductions, and DDD funding, where the governor’s team said the budget fully funds services and includes about $120 million in supplemental needs. No votes were taken; the meeting was a presentation and question-and-answer session only.

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• Finally, we need a sustainable revenue solution, including requiring large corporations to pay their
• H.R. 1 enacted this summer is a sweeping package of tax, health, and social policy changes, including
• But the way that it's packaged and posed to legislatures to make a choice to take from one to ensure
• And I'll add, I also really appreciate the point you made, Assemblywoman, about how the topic is packaged
• Really, what kind of a contribution to sustaining California, and quite frankly this country, would it

Summary: The Select Committee on Latina Inequities met at Los Angeles Mission College in Sylmar, hosted by Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez and joined by Assemblymember Mia Bonta. Rodriguez opened by framing the committee’s work around the economic status of Latinas and the effects of federal policies on the economy and social safety net, while the college president welcomed the committee and described campus services for undocumented and housing-insecure students. Rodriguez also emphasized the local impact of immigration enforcement in the San Fernando Valley and said the hearing would focus on Latinas’ economic conditions, immigration enforcement impacts on the workforce and safety, and H.R. 1’s effects on the safety net. The first panel featured HOPE’s Maria Morales and Dr. Elsa Macias, who presented findings from HOPE’s National Economic Status of Latinas report. They said Latinas are a major and growing part of California’s population and workforce, but face persistent inequities, including a large wage gap, higher unemployment, high uninsured rates, student debt, and affordability pressures around child care, housing, and education. They also discussed entrepreneurship, noting both the growth of Latina-owned businesses and barriers such as limited access to capital, technical assistance, and retirement and health coverage. In response to committee questions, they said higher education can still offer a strong return on investment, but only if students can complete degrees without being overwhelmed by debt and care costs; they also pointed to policy solutions such as SB 642, mentorship, financial literacy, CalSavers access, and support for community development financial institutions. The second panel focused on immigration enforcement and Latina safety in the workforce. Luis Nolasco of the ACLU described arrests tied to apparent ethnicity and Spanish-speaking, the chilling effect on families, and the loss of wages, school attendance, and mobility. Dr. Amada Armenta said immigration enforcement harms California’s economy, public health, and mixed-status families, and noted that undocumented workers are concentrated in agriculture, construction, and child care. SEIU’s Jen Baca Beltran said raids and school-based enforcement traumatize children and families and highlighted the need for Know Your Rights trainings. Megan Ortiz of IDEPSCA described repeated Border Patrol raids on day labor centers, injuries to staff, and the need to protect worker centers, domestic workers, and street vendors. Inclusive Action’s Shannon Camacho said raids have forced many informal workers to stop working, prompted emergency cash assistance and rent relief efforts, and strengthened advocacy for vendor protections and CDFI support. CHIRLA’s Jeanette Zanipatine said the rapid response network has expanded, documented widespread arrests and detention conditions, and is providing direct support and legal referrals; committee members asked about detention, maternal health, and what the state can do, and panelists urged stronger oversight, more legal representation, and protections for pregnant and detained people.

Transcript Highlights:

• We use the balance of our audit fund to partially defray our operating budget, and that's not sustainable
• And as you all just heard Deputy John Courtney talking about our compensation package and the logic behind
• Instead, put it towards something positive so that we can start having self-sustainment and be able to
• money ourselves on site prep, but should an applicant come in that desires a site, a lot of times a package
• It could be here in New Mexico done in a sustainable way, or it could be done in Indonesia. or the Congo

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance