Transcript Highlights:

• AB 488 sanctioning online solicitation for a charity without their consent.
• But I think a common situation is it would take 30 days for a consenting charity or 45 days for a non-consenting
• But I think a common situation is it would take 30 days for a consenting charity or 45 days for a non-consenting
• But I think a common situation is it would take 30 days for a consenting charity or 45 days for a non-consenting
• But I think a common situation is it would take 30 days for a consenting charity or 45 days for a non-consenting

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Pugh requests unanimous consent to strike the title.
• Senator Pugh requests unanimous consent to strike the title.
• Madam Chair, requesting unanimous consent to strike title.
• Senator Pugh requesting unanimous consent to strike title. Unanimous consent to strike title.
• Senator Pugh requesting unanimous consent to strike title.

Bills: SB1726 , SB1236 , SB1633 , SB1413 , SB1317 , SB1360 , SB1342 , SB1477 , SB1189 , SB1546 , SB1524 , SB1338 , SB1193 , SB1812 , SB1617

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: higher education, graduate instructors, training program, academic integrity, First Amendment rights, administrative reporting, education, consolidation, board, public schools, resident tuition, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, state scholarships, financial aid, immigration status, undocumented students, noncitizen students, lawfully present, postsecondary education benefits, college tuition

Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a large slate of education bills. Early measures included SB 1726, requiring formal training for university teaching assistants before they teach classes and evaluate students, with emphasis on First Amendment rights; SB 1236, creating an Administrative Report Consolidation Act to reduce duplicative reporting by schools and agencies; SB 1633, codifying existing higher education residency tuition practices; SB 1413, requiring notice to parents when a teacher is emergency certified and limiting adjunct teachers to 270 clock hours per semester; SB 1317, allowing career teacher status to be portable across districts with local board approval; and SB 1360, expanding the state’s math initiative by restoring instructional coaches and creating a math office at the State Department of Education. Most of these bills passed on favorable votes, with SB 1413 drawing some concern over teacher shortages and the adjunct-hour cap, but still passing.

Transcript Highlights:

• The concern I always have with any agency board and commission are these folks advised and consented?
• The concern I always have with any agency board and commission are these folks advised and consented?
• legislature and never comes back for advice and consent.
• </c> these folks advised and consented? these folks advised and consented?
• . consent. consent.

Committee: Joint Business and Financial Institutions

Keywords: Business and Financial Institutions - Room 210; 28 January, 2026: 2:00 PM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to note we've got a consent agenda. Roll call. Mr.
• It's not on a consent agenda. We're not going to work it today.
• I believe all we have left is the consent agenda, so I please ask the consent agenda P be read in by
• Consent Agenda P.
• Secretary, please call roll on Consent Agenda P.

Keywords: 1064, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Starting with the consent calendar, consent consists of filing them to AB 1645, Starting with the consent
• So on the consent calendar, if we can please call the roll. On the consent calendar: Perez? Aye.
• Consent is now approved. AB 1568 was pulled by the author.
• Item 8 and 9 were on consent. That bill is out on a vote of 5 to 0. Item 8 and 9 were on consent.
• AB 1820 was on consent. AB 1927 was pulled. AB 1889 was pulled. AB 2018, Ramos, was on consent.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The consent calendar has the following bills proposed for consent for today's hearing.
• We are going to move on now to the consent calendar. Can I have a motion for the consent calendar?
• The consent calendar is out of committee.
• We'll open the roll again for add-ons, starting with the consent calendar. On consent, Rodriguez.
• Item number 12 is on consent. Aye. Rodriguez, aye. Item number 12 is on consent.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee met on April 8 and heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 54 on medication abortion access. The author and supporters, including the Attorney General’s office and reproductive justice advocates, said the bill would protect California’s medication abortion supply chain and shield providers and manufacturers from civil, criminal, and professional liability. Opponents from the California Family Council argued the bill removes safeguards and increases risks. The bill was moved forward on a committee motion. The committee then heard several reproductive and public health measures, including AB 551 to create a pilot program supporting emergency departments in providing reproductive health services, AB 260 to protect medication abortion access and telehealth, AB 309 to remove sunset dates on laws allowing pharmacy syringe sales and lawful possession of sterile syringes, AB 536 to preserve colorectal cancer screening coverage if federal guidelines are challenged, AB 804 to make housing support services a Medi-Cal benefit, AB 594 to address student health insurance billing and transparency, AB 836 to study and expand the midwifery workforce, AB 1418 to collect data on health coverage for eligible employees, and AB 1500 to maintain and expand the abortion.ca.gov information site. Supporters emphasized access, preventive care, workforce shortages, and public health benefits, while opponents raised concerns about abortion, syringe distribution, and the focus of state resources. Most measures were advanced by committee vote, with roll calls showing broad support and a few no votes from members on some bills. The final bill discussed in the transcript was AB 1037, which would update substance use disorder laws to reflect evidence-based, harm-reduction approaches and remove barriers to treatment. The author and supporters described it as a compassionate response to overdose and treatment access problems, while law enforcement opposition argued it would encourage drug use and endanger communities. The transcript cuts off during testimony on AB 1037, so no final committee action on that bill is shown in the provided text.

Transcript Highlights:

• For consent items... Harbidian? For consent items? Harbidian? Harbidian? Aye.
• Item 7 was on consent. Item 8 is on consent. Item 9 was pulled by the author.
• Item 13, AB 1994 was on consent. Item 14, AB 2001 was on consent.
• Item 13, AB 1994 was on consent. Item 14, AB 2001 was on consent.
• Item 20, AB 2147 is on consent. Item 21, AB 2204 is on consent.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Moving on to consent calendar. Any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second day consent calendar.
• The clerk will open the roll on the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote.
• This vote is for the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote.
• Noes 19, the consent calendar is adopted. Moving to announcements first. Birthdays!

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Beginning on page 39, advising consent.
• If there are no objections from the members, we will be taking advice and consent on consent.
• </c> Beginning on page 39, advising consent. Beginning on page 39, advising consent.
• If not, do we have unanimous consent? Any reservations? Any no votes? 18 aye, seven excused.
• If not, do we have unanimous consent? If not, do we have unanimous consent?

Bills: SCR56 , SCR79 , SCR85 , SCR120 , SCR129 , SCR181 , SCR63 , SCR112 , SCR194 , SCR195 , SCR196 , HB202 , HB963 , HB1050 , HB1511 , HB1546 , HB1550 , HB1553 , HB1643 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1664 , HB1667 , HB1682 , HB1700 , HB1721 , HB1810 , HB1823 , HB1824 , HB1878 , HB1969 , HB2005 , HB2078 , HB2152 , HB2246 , HB2270 , HB2279 , HB2289 , HB2385 , HB2417 , HB2429 , HB2503 , HB2599 , SB253 , SB847 , SB1142 , SB1432 , SB2043 , SB2050 , SB2074 , SB2102 , SB2135 , SB2138 , SB2140 , SB2320 , SB2340 , SB2386 , SB2396 , SB2397 , SB2398 , SB2433 , SB2446 , SB2521 , SB2544 , SB2567 , SB2578 , SB2580 , SB2595 , SB2601 , SB2645 , SB2673 , SB2706 , SB2727 , SB2802 , SB2852 , SB2892 , SB2929 , SB2972 , SB3007 , SB3069 , SB3073 , SB3076 , SB3136 , SB3138 , SB3157 , SB3204 , SB3234 , SB3247 , SB3302 , SB3324 , SB3325 , HB1815 , HB2592 , HCR32

Keywords: lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, community wellbeing, invasive species, octocoral, Pearl Harbor, environment, Navy responsibility, marine ecosystem, ecosystem preservation, shoreline maintenance, civil service, classification review, compensation systems, labor shortage, employee retention, department collaboration

Transcript Highlights:

• And we'll move to the consent calendar. To entertain a motion on that one. Mr.
• We're going to start with the consent calendar. Please call the absent members.
• We'll start with the consent calendar. Please call the absent members.
• The consent calendar has file items 1 and 3. Please call the absent members.
• Okay, that bill is, the consent calendar is out, 9 to 0.

Summary: The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard several bills related to wildfire recovery, fire safety, and school threat response. SB 904 would codify emergency coordination procedures used after the L.A. County and Palisades fires, including identifying permitting and building code requirements that can slow rebuilding after wildfire disasters. The author said it would not eliminate protections but would streamline recovery; Climate Action California opposed the bill, while the chair noted concerns about balancing efficiency with safeguards. The bill was later advanced on a 9-0 vote to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee also heard SB 1299, which would create a clearer statutory framework for certifying and training fire sprinkler fitters. Supporters from the Sprinkler Fitters Association and State Pipe Trades Council said the measure would ensure only properly trained and certified workers install sprinkler systems, addressing safety risks and litigation that weakened existing regulations. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 9-0 to the Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement Committee. SB 1181 proposed a voluntary pilot allowing schools to share credible safety concerns with regional threat assessment centers in several Central Valley counties, with privacy protections and a reporting requirement before expansion. The author tied the bill to youth violence, social media threats, and the need to connect warning signs before tragedies occur. Senators Rubio and the chair spoke in support, citing fusion center successes in preventing attacks; there was no opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar, and all measures were reported out on unanimous votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Public Employment and Retirement
• Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second-day consent calendar.
• Clerk will open the roll in the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote.
• Consent calendar is adopted. Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

Summary: The California Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a reflection and pledge. The body handled routine procedural business, including dispensing with the journal reading, suspending rules for guest introductions and adjournment memories, and re-referring several bills to different committees. Members also introduced guests, including district staff, the Citrus Heights leadership class, and Rosie Rios, chair of America 250. The main floor debate centered on AB 2180 by Assembly Member Ward, a local government finance measure related to water rates and Proposition 218. Ward argued the bill would provide clearer legal standards for proportional water rates, reduce litigation, and prevent low-use customers from subsidizing high-use users. Assembly Member DeMaio opposed the bill, saying it would weaken taxpayer protections and allow overcharging. After debate, the Assembly passed AB 2180 on a roll call vote of 41-17. The Assembly then adopted the second-day consent calendar, with AB 1853 and several other bills and resolutions passing 52-0. The chamber also held adjournment-in-memory tributes for former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr., praising his public service and transit advocacy. The session ended with announcements and adjournment until Monday, April 13 at 1 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Public Employment and Retirement
• Does any member wish to remove an item from the consent calendar?
• Seeing and hearing none, the clerk will read the second-day consent calendar.
• Clerk will open the roll in the consent calendar. All members vote who desire to vote.
• Consent calendar is adopted. Clerk will read the remaining items on the consent calendar.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I do want to also highlight that today's consent calendar consists of a few items: file item number one
• Consent will be held on file until all our other members are able to vote on it.
• consent?
• On consent. Okay. Here we go. Ready? Choi? This is for consent. Aye. Adigine? Menjavar? Strickland?
• Consent is out. File Item Number 2, SB 1002 by Niello. Pretty much everyone has voted aye.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I ask unanimous consent that it be brought directly to calendar.
• You have heard the unanimous consent request. Without objection, that'll be the order.
• Seeing none, Senator Rader asks unanimous consent that the bill be advanced.
• Seeing none, Senator Haste asks unanimous consent that the bill be advanced.
• Senator Yek asks unanimous consent that the bill be advanced.

Bills: HCR1006 , SB1226 , SB1239 , SB1309 , SB2132 , SB1189 , SB1344 , SB1295 , SB1355 , SB1998 , SB1330 , SB1297 , SB1338 , SB1546 , SB1378 , SB1859 , SB1333 , SB1341 , SB1377 , SB1990

Keywords: campaign finance, election spending, political spending, money in politics, constitutional amendment, Citizens United, free speech, ballot measures, elections, corruption, dark money, outside spending, foreign influence, special interests, corporations, unions, federalism, self-government, political equality, term limits

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and handled several floor introductions, including recognition of an intern, visiting FFA members, and later a Sand Springs state championship football team and Murray County visitors. The chamber also laid over Senate Bill 2067 and adopted a unanimous-consent request to bring HCR 1006 directly to calendar. HCR 1006, which calls on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment giving states more control over campaign and ballot-initiative money, passed by voice vote. Senate Bill 1226, expanding hit-and-run scene-retention requirements to include property damage, passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1239, dealing with transportation-related statutory cleanup and extending a sunset date for structurally deficient bridge funding from 2026 to 2031, was amended twice, advanced, and passed 44-2, then was approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1309, adjusting the amount that may be reserved from the Roads Fund for debt service, advanced and passed 46-0 as an emergency measure. Later, Senate Bill 2132, increasing a justice surcharge on credit-card point-of-sale transactions from 2% to 3%, passed 28-17; Senator Hall recorded a personal-interest abstention. The Senate then confirmed Daniel LaFortune to the Oklahoma Tax Commission by a 44-1 roll call vote. The body concluded by moving to adjourn until Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. when the clerk’s desk is clear.

Transcript Highlights:

• We did consent. You want to roll back through one more time? Don't worry.
• We're going to go to the consent calendar now. SB 973 is the item there.
• We're going to go to consent. No, did he make it on the consent? Okay, great.
• Let's go to the consent calendar. Please call the absent members.
• The consent file item two, SB 973.

Committee: Senate Emergency Management

Summary: The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard several wildfire- and emergency-related bills. SB 1270 by Senator Richardson would expand the California Wildfire Mitigation Program to more counties and direct future funding toward areas with the greatest wildfire risk and social vulnerability; supporters included CSAC and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. SB 1079 by Senator Stern would create a permanent fire innovation unit within Cal Fire to identify operational needs, test new technologies, and speed deployment of successful tools; it drew support from Megafire Action, fire agencies, and several advocacy groups. SB 1020 by Senator Niello would require annual reporting on open gubernatorial states of emergency, including spending and lessons learned, to increase legislative oversight without limiting emergency powers; the LAO provided technical assistance on the bill. SB 894 by Senator Allen would establish a wildfire resilience loan program modeled on Go Green to help finance home hardening and defensible space improvements, with broad support from state, local, environmental, and credit union interests. Testimony on the bills emphasized wildfire risk, the need for broader home hardening access, and the value of innovation and oversight in emergency management. Supporters of SB 894 said grants alone cannot meet the scale of needed mitigation and that low-cost financing could leverage private capital. Supporters of SB 1079 argued California needs a more formal system to connect firefighters with innovators and scale proven technologies. On SB 1020, the author and committee discussed balancing executive emergency authority with transparency and accountability. There was no recorded opposition to the measures during testimony. After discussion, the committee accepted amendments on the bills and voted to pass SB 894, SB 973, SB 1020, SB 1270, and SB 1079 as amended to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The transcript shows multiple roll calls as quorum was established and absent members were called; each bill ultimately received unanimous support from members present and was reported out of committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• We did consent. You want to roll back through one more time? Don't worry.
• We're going to go to the consent calendar now. SB 973 is the item there.
• We're going to go to consent. No, did he make it on the consent? Okay, great.
• The consent file item 2, SB 973.
• We go to the consent calendar. SB 973. Please call the absent members.

Summary: The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard five wildfire- and emergency-related bills. SB 1270 by Senator Richardson would expand the California Wildfire Mitigation Program to more counties based on wildfire risk and social vulnerability, with the author and county representatives saying the program should better target home-hardening assistance where need is greatest. SB 1079 by Senator Stern would create a Fire Innovation Unit within Cal Fire to identify operational needs, test new wildfire technologies, and speed deployment of successful tools; it drew broad support from fire, environmental, local government, and industry groups. SB 1020 by Senator Niello would require annual reporting on open states of emergency, including spending and lessons learned, to increase legislative oversight without limiting the governor’s emergency powers. SB 894 by Senator Allen would establish a wildfire resilience loan program modeled on the state’s Go Green financing platform to help homeowners afford wildfire hardening and defensible-space improvements; supporters included the State Treasurer’s office, counties, fire-safety groups, local governments, and credit unions. There was no opposition testimony on any of the bills. Committee members generally expressed support, with comments emphasizing wildfire risk, the need for home hardening, innovation, and accountability in emergency powers. Senator Rubio asked to be a coauthor on SB 894, and the chair noted the bill’s importance for making mitigation more affordable at scale. All five measures were approved by the committee on motions for “do pass as amended to appropriations,” with roll calls taken over several quorum interruptions. The bills were advanced out of committee, and the hearing was adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to go to the consent calendar now. SB 973 is the item there.
• We're going to go to consent. No, did he make it on the consent? Okay, great.
• We'll go to consent, which is SB 973. Please call the absent members.
• Let's go to the consent calendar. Please call the absent members.
• The consent file item two, SB 973.

Committee: Senate Emergency Management

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Otherwise, I think I probably have to move from consent to do something else.
• If you want to do that, you can on unanimous consent.
• That requires unanimous consent. Any objection? Hearing none, it is ordered.
• President, I'd like to have unanimous consent to bring up U SJR...
• I move now for unanimous consent. Ordered. I move now for unanimous consent to adoption.

Bills: SJR 2 , SB 4 , SJR 36 , SJR 2 , SB 4 , SR 42 , SR 74 , SR 76 , HCR 5 , SB 710 , SB 710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:

• Hearing none, this consent calendar.
• </c> bill will be placed on the consent bill will be placed on the consent calendar.<00:23:21.919><c>
• placed on the consent calendar?
• </c> can be placed on the consent calendar. can be placed on the consent calendar.
• </c> bill we place in the consent calendar. bill we place in the consent calendar.

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Is &gt;&gt; There's been a motion for consent.
• Motion will be put<00:09:53.279><c> on</c><00:09:53.519><c> consent.
• Thank you for put on consent. Thank you.
• There's been a motion for consent. Is there a second? Second.
• There's been a motion for consent. pass. There's been a motion for consent.

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Keywords: 958, all