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• We designate the need as far as we want a fire suppression aircraft with minimum specifications that
• The specs are a minimum, and we expect multiple platforms, multiple vendors, multiple models to meet
• those minimum specifications.
• So the the minimum specifications though are not such that you're going to exclude people.
• You know, you talked about, um, allowing our ag airplanes to fly now and we're, we're going to have,

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• It also codifies the minimum number of services required to reach that status at five.
• Forty-eight hours is a minimum, not a maximum. There is no maximum.
• Forty-eight hours is only a minimum.
• In my experience, the current 48-hour minimum time period was sufficient enough time for me to make an
• Twenty percent of Texas' current physicians are over the age of 65 and are expected to retire within

Bills: HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534

Keywords: epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing

Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.

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• The inclusion of the minimum debt service is much appreciated, as this will assist the taxpayer in engaging
• measure how inflated the INS rates are across the state when compared to a rate set only to pay the minimum
• Other great bills passed this session changed the definition of debt service to minimum debt service.
• Everyone is ag... Noring us this morning. Nope. I need to talk to somebody.

Bills: HB148, HB334, HB554, HB762, HB1520, HB1593, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, SB2215, HB2607, HB148

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, HB 554, fireworks, Juneteenth, Juneteenth holiday, retail fireworks permit, Texas Occupations Code, Local Government Code, county commissioners court, drought conditions, Texas A&M Forest Service, fire safety, holiday sales

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• . >> [clears throat] >> Um, while most platforms technically require a minimum age of 13, there's no
• platforms, and an astonishing 40% of children ages 8 to 12 are on it.
• age uh of technically require minimum age uh of 13,<00:29:36.760> there's<00:29:36.920> no
• With younger children aged 10 lifetime.
• my age feel disconnected and lonely. my age feel disconnected and lonely.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The minimum age of 12 applies because that is the minimum age for a minor to be charged for the juvenile
• As H. 198 is currently being considered in the other chamber. that is the minimum age for a minor to
• that is the minimum age for a minor to be<00:12:07.160> charged<00:12:07.520> for<00:12
• Section 12 is the first of of the AG.
• The general state policy provides a minimum of 2 years for records retention.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• This ensures the public knows when the Commission has the information it needs to determine whether minimum
• Additionally, all of the information will remain on their website for a minimum of two years.
• In these jails, or do some people just pass after a time of old age or while in custody?
• As per the schedule, this is a minimum of 50 years. All right. Thank you. Members, any questions?
• Currently, county jailers are required to complete a preparatory training program, including a minimum

Bills: HB2814, HB4477, HB5084, HB5108, HB5127, HB5383, HB5611, HB5663, HB5664, SB1563, HB2668, HB3841, HB4114

Keywords: juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death

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• penalties imposed by the director on retailers who sell alternative nicotine products to persons under the age
• intentionally distributes or publishes sexual material on the internet to obtain reasonable consent for age
• intentionally distributes or publishes sexual material on the internet to obtain reasonable consent for age
• Whip and members, as passed the House, House Bill 2003 allows a person who is at least 15 years of age
• The bill extends the minimum time required from 6 to 9 months for a person between 16 and 18 years old

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Instead, the laws are based on age.
• So the thing for me and the committee, it's age: what do you see as a risk for waiting till the age of
• We have laws and reasons for not to drink to a certain age and not to smoke till a certain age.
• What is the age? So I would say... ...in a clinic and being started on hormones. What is the age?
• Most sports require a year of hormone replacement therapy minimum. Minimum.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• <00:18:41.360> There<00:18:41.520> are firearms due to their age.
• There are firearms due to their age.
• Is it boys of a certain<00:31:37.279> age?
• That is a constant that's a certain age?
• For schools like ours, that minimum matters.

Bills: HF3653, HF2717, HF3451, HF3857

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.

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• So we have big questions about what an ag economy looks like, what ag land looks like when we have a
• When you talk about ag, you're talking about both farming and ranching, correct?
• Okay, so then when we talk about land, ownership, is there a minimum and a maximum amount of acreage
• And so a follow-up to that, then, would be if your focus is on minimum acreages in Bernalillo County,
• The big exemption is ag. We don't tax ag, but we also don't know what they don't pay.

Keywords: 996, all

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• The bill does age gate at 21. Provided it's product being sold with 1,000 feet of schools.
• It's like with the liquor industry, we limit who can go in to the age of 21.
• They had every opportunity. in the world, every, self-imposed to age gate, they chose not to.
• So we have age gating and we've seen how that works out for us.
• For instance, raising the age, the DUIs, the crashes went down. There's still too many.

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• We're probably looking at a minimum of five or ten years before we will have productive...
• I think just going back to the previous point, we opened the proceeding to work on resupply and minimum
• I think just going back to the previous point, we opened the proceeding to work on resupply and minimum
• One thing that we have in common with oil and ag is we just can't pick up and leave.
• And once we leave, we can't come... ...in ag, is we just can't pick up and leave.

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Committees on Utilities and Energy, Transportation, and Natural Resources focused on California’s transportation fuels sector, especially the state’s response to refinery closures and the broader transition away from fossil fuels. Opening remarks emphasized the tension between climate and air-quality goals, fuel affordability, refinery jobs and local tax bases, and the need to avoid crisis-driven responses as Phillips 66 and Valero consider shutting refineries in Wilmington and Benicia. Professor Emily Grubert framed the issue as a long-term managed transition in which the public already bears much of the risk and should also capture benefits from a well-planned shift. CARB Chair Leanne Randolph reviewed the state’s emissions and fuel policies, including AB 32, the low-carbon fuel standard, clean vehicle programs, and the at-berth regulation for ocean-going vessels. She said California’s transportation sector remains the largest source of greenhouse gases and a major source of smog-forming pollution, but that the state has made substantial progress and still needs to reduce demand for fossil fuels while maintaining compliance with federal air-quality standards. Randolph also said CARB’s recent LCFS amendments had not caused the predicted spike in gas prices and explained that compliance pathways for the at-berth rule include emissions-reduction technologies or payments into a remediation fund. CEC Vice Chair Gunda described declining gasoline demand, shrinking in-state refining capacity, and growing dependence on imports, arguing that the state is in a “mid-transition” period that requires both support for legacy infrastructure and continued investment in cleaner alternatives. He outlined the administration’s petroleum market stabilization proposal, which aims to return California crude production to 125 million barrels a year through four components: codifying the ban on fracking, validating the Kern County oil-and-gas permitting ordinance, creating a temporary CEQA exemption paired with a two-for-one plug-and-drill framework, and strengthening pipeline and spill-safety requirements. Department of Conservation Director Jennifer Lucasey said the proposal is intended to stabilize crude supply and pipeline throughput while preserving health and environmental protections, and noted that CalGEM would still review permits and enforce other requirements. Mayor Steve Young of Benicia testified that a Valero closure would significantly reduce city revenue and leave the community facing years of cleanup and redevelopment challenges. He said the city supports environmental protection but is worried about the economic hit, the possibility that Benicia becomes a fuel-import terminal, and the lack of local influence over refinery decisions. Members pressed the panel on the CEQA exemption, tribal and habitat review, disclosure of closure liabilities, fuel-demand projections, and whether the proposal should include more demand-side measures. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and officials said some proposals, including a margin-cap pause and further transition planning, would be taken up later in the process.

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• many of them don't get either filed or prosecuted simply because the cost sometimes outweighs the minimum
• So the age limit for... these kids. Yes, they do start riding at an early age.
• And is there a cap or minimum? Is there? It's going to be in the Justice Court dollar jurisdiction.
• Judicial Council adopted a resolution asking the legislature to modernize wage exemptions to establish a minimum

Bills: HB2242, HB2446, HB2799, HB4502, HB2920, HB2790, HB5620, HB5060, HB5076, HB5080, HB5081, HB5128, HB5130, HB3847, HB5116, HB2969, HB4546, HB4202, HB5624, HB3964, HB4803, HB872, HB4775, HB4777, HB4961, HB5570, HB2988, HB4260, HB1375, HB5009, HB5411, HB5134, HB4388, HB3095, HB1387

Keywords: constables, civil rights, local government, law enforcement, policy-making authority, affidavit, medical bills, civil actions, reasonable charges, healthcare services, judicial statistics, court performance, family law, civil cases, efficiency reporting, court security, emergency management, harassment penalties, judicial safety, court committee

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• And so the minimum requirement at the lowest lowest Level I believe is either 10 or 15 years.
• This does not expand services, ages, or anything else.
• We're not increasing the age. We're not increasing the population.
• Some of these guys are charging a minimum of $3 to $400, some as much as $1,000 per person per day over
• I believe the minimum was about $300,000.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution

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• We've seen, at a minimum, half a billion dollars in fraud in the state of Minnesota, and as Representative
• we've<00:03:56.079> seen<00:03:56.319> at<00:03:56.480> a<00:03:56.640> minimum
• /c><00:03:57.519> uh<00:03:57.720> half<00:03:57.920> a stop we've seen at a minimum
• uh half a stop we've seen at a minimum uh half a billion<00:03:58.519> dollars<00:03:59.040><
• Are you surprised in this day and age that the Office of Legislative Auditor is still so respected when

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The meeting focused on a package of anti-fraud bills and oversight reforms. House File 3 would direct the Office of Legislative Auditor to compile existing audit and recommendation data into a matrix or numeric score showing how well agencies have implemented past recommendations over a five-year look-back period, with the goal of giving legislators a clearer, more usable accountability tool. Supporters said it would not create new data, only aggregate what already exists, and estimated the bill’s cost at about $240,000. They argued it would help lawmakers identify agencies that repeatedly fail to address waste, fraud, and abuse. House File 2 would require state employees and agencies to immediately report suspected fraud to law enforcement and to legislative committee leaders, require unannounced in-person site visits for grant recipients, and add criminal penalties for failing to carry out those duties. House File 1 would create an independent state Office of Inspector General to investigate fraud in state government, with subpoena power, authority to stop payments, and the ability to share information with other agencies. Speakers said the new office should be independent and nonpartisan, separate from existing agency inspector general functions, and more focused on investigations than the Legislative Auditor. Members also discussed the new fraud and oversight committee, which will meet on Mondays and plans to invite DHS Commissioner Jodi Harpstead to testify. The committee said it will work alongside standing committees, create a whistleblower reporting website, and investigate issues as they arise. In response to questions, Robbins said HF 3 already had a fiscal note and HF 2’s fiscal note was still pending. She also said the committee is considering AI tools to flag irregularities in state programs, and that such tools might have detected problems like those seen in Feeding Our Future.

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• that they themselves can finally start to look at it from their perspective, whether it's reduced minimum
• themselves, um, can finally start to look at it from, from their perspective, whether it's reduced minimum
• My grandmother, who is here today at the age of 90, has been a tireless advocate for affordable housing
• Despite her age, Bella's length of stay at the MSPCA was thankfully shorter than most senior dogs that
• Despite her age, Bella's length of stay at the MSPCA was thankfully shorter than most senior dogs that

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing heard testimony on several housing bills, with much of the discussion focused on seasonal communities and funding for year-round housing in places like Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires. Speakers supported bills including H. 4410/S. 966 and related seasonal communities legislation, which would allow local option real estate transfer fees and expand tools for towns to preserve and create affordable housing. Testimony emphasized severe housing shortages, high home prices, workforce displacement, and impacts on public safety, schools, health care, and local businesses. Many witnesses said the transfer fee would provide a sustainable local revenue stream, citing prior land bank models on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as proof the approach can work. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3989 regarding seasonal community designation, with supporters arguing that towns should be included automatically or through a simpler opt-in process, and on H. 4568 to expand the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which would broaden access to a federal voucher-based savings and self-sufficiency model. Senator Edwards testified in support of a bill to create training for municipal board members, describing it as a toolkit to improve informed local decision-making. Senator O’Connor testified for a bed bug bill, saying it would create clearer landlord and tenant notification and treatment requirements and provide needed legal guidance after his family’s experience with an infestation. Senator Lovely also testified for the Homeworks program, which provides transportation so homeless children in motels and shelters can attend after-school activities. The committee further heard testimony on a bill to fund housing in seasonal communities through a transfer fee and on a companion measure to expand the seasonal communities toolkit, with repeated calls for favorable reports. Witnesses from public safety, health care, housing nonprofits, schools, and local government described staffing shortages and housing insecurity as urgent problems. Later, the committee took testimony on H. 1559/S. 102 to maintain stable housing for families with pets, with animal welfare groups supporting protections against eviction, breed discrimination, and excessive pet rent. They said housing-related pet surrenders are a major driver of shelter intake. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1498 to limit criminalization of homelessness, which would restrict citations, fines, and related consequences for outdoor camping tied solely to homelessness.

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• Roughly 45 to 90 days minimum.
• Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) offer older Texans a promise of aging in place through
• With Leading Age Texas, and you are... Or the bill, is that correct? Yes. Thank you.
• I'm George Lineal, President of Leading Age Texas.
• I'm an attorney with Reed Klayman, and I am testifying for SB 1522 on behalf of Leading Age Texas.

Bills: SB500, SB1522, SB1137, SB1266

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

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• These were children ages 5 and under, most of whom were under the age of 2.
• of 12 months or above the age of 18 months, as do other states.
• But here in California, we define it between the ages of 0 and 24 months.
• They're unique mixed-age environments where research proves children thrive.
• They should be age-appropriate, with detailed steps and action plans.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The donation of blood at the age of at the age of 17.
• Reactions in people aged 15 to 24 account for half of all new STI cases.
• And then that's going to affect the medical care for all no matter what age.
• amendment would have a real-time age verification and that it occurred to chair.
• There is a period in age. It is a good use, the social media.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This bill will create a minimum age of 16 for users to create or maintain accounts on social media platforms
• That age group is a particularly important age group that we need to make sure that the benefits of connectivity
• Give every kid a pocket supercomputer by age eight.
• It sets a minimum age of 16 for covered social media platforms.
• It sets a minimum age of 16 for covered social media platforms, requires meaningful age verification,

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened in Sacramento, established a quorum, offered a prayer and pledge, and then moved through the daily file with several procedural motions, including moving AB 1566 to the inactive file and removing SCR 177 from the consent calendar. The chamber then took up a series of bills, mostly on third reading, with many measures described by authors as support bills and passing with little or no opposition. Among the early items, AB 2257 on county jail accountability was presented but the call was moved before a recorded result was announced in the excerpt; AB 2529 on claims against public agencies passed 41-2; AB 2689 on affordable housing management passed 49-0; AB 1722 on fish and wildlife passed 51-0; AB 2071 on digital wellness instruction passed 54-0; AB 1976 on pedestrian and bicycle safety passed 42-17; AB 2012 on manufactured home transport passed 57-0; AB 2139 on surplus land and an Inland Empire soccer project passed 58-1; AB 1548 creating a Monterey Bay stewardship authority passed after the call was moved; AB 1707 allowing online electrician license renewal passed 60-0; AB 2105 on navigation app impacts passed 44-14; and AB 2051 on coastal resiliency permitting passed 46-6. The floor also approved a number of other measures with broad bipartisan support, including AB 2074 on streamlined housing development in transit-rich downtowns (55-5), AB 2129 on Cal Fire firefighter compensation (57-1), AB 2279 on communications (16-0), AB 2282 allowing Del Puerto Health Care District to provide emergency care in rural Patterson-area communities (64-0), AB 2316 extending school facilities hardship relief to charter schools (59-0), AB 2337 adding theft by a peace officer under color of authority to serious misconduct (68-0), AB 2374 creating a state designation for AANHPI-serving institutions (47-14), AB 2464 on energy (67-0), AB 2537 on cannabis (62-0), AB 2562 requiring suicide prevention plans at alcohol and drug treatment facilities (62-0), AB 2667 on vape products (62-0), and AB 2727 raising the threshold for elderly parole review for violent sex offenses (66-0). AB 1958, which clarifies procedures under the California Racial Justice Act, was taken up later and the author said he would accept Senate amendments, but the excerpt cuts off before the final vote is shown. AB 2313, allowing customers with planned gas service line replacements to opt into electrification, drew debate over cost shifts and equity concerns before passing 41-21. The most extensive debate centered on AB 1709, which would set a minimum age of 16 for accounts on social media platforms using addictive features and create an e-safety commission. The author and supporters from both parties framed the bill as a child-safety measure responding to research on anxiety, depression, sleep disruption, and other harms, while also emphasizing protections for vulnerable youth and the need for age verification and ongoing oversight. Several members raised concerns about preserving access for LGBTQ youth, isolated rural youth, and others who rely on online spaces, but said they trusted the author’s approach and the commission structure. The bill drew strong bipartisan support in floor speeches from members who described it as necessary to protect children from addictive platform design, and the excerpt ends amid that debate without showing the final vote on AB 1709.