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• COLLECTIVELY THESE PROGRAMS TOTAL 16 MILLION IN THE PRE-K-12 EDUCATION BUDGET.
• I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS.
• THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THE TRAINER MODEL SO THAT ONCE A TEACHER OR A COACH LEARNS HOW TO IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED
• OUR BOARDS APPROVE OUR BUDGETS. THEY APPROVE OUR PERSONNEL.
• WE LOOK AT LEGISLATION, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Committee will publish the proposed GAA, the implementing bill, and conforming legislation.
• That no later than Friday, March the 28th of this year, the Budget Committee will publish the proposed
• GAA, the implementing bill and conforming legislation.
• Committee, must be filed by 5 p.m. the day before the Budget Committee meets.
• On Thursday, April 3, the Budget Committee will file and publish the GAA, implementing bill, and conforming

Summary: The House Rules Committee met on March 20, 2025, with a quorum present and moved quickly through a full agenda. The committee first heard HB 399 by Representative Maney, an ethics bill aimed at prohibiting employees, candidates, and public officers from falsely claiming military service or decorations for material benefit and establishing civil penalties. An amendment was adopted to conform the House bill to the Senate version and clarify collection of penalties, including delinquency after 90 days and Attorney General collection authority. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified in support, saying the added civil-penalty language would improve enforcement. The bill was reported favorably by a 16-0 vote. The committee then adopted the special order letter for the March 26 session and approved special amendment deadlines and procedures for the General Appropriations Act and related bills. The budget procedures set deadlines for publication of the proposed GAA and related bills, committee amendment filing, and floor amendment filing, and required amendment requests to come from the sponsoring member or a House employee with written authorization. The chair also noted that some line-item veto reinstatements recommended by work groups would be considered on March 26. Finally, the committee considered four proposed committee bills sponsored by Vice Chair Barrero: PCB REC-25-01, the Adoption Act for recent statutes and reviser changes; PCB REC-25-02, a directive bill updating statutory references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations; PCB REC-25-03, a cleanup bill repealing inoperative or expired provisions; and PCB REC-25-04, the annual general reviser bill making technical, non-substantive, and conforming changes. None drew questions, testimony, or debate, and all four were reported favorably by unanimous 16-0 votes before the meeting adjourned.

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• <00:02:44.160> So of Health revised budget changes. So of Health revised budget changes.
• you know changing our budget approach. you know changing our budget approach.
• committee. the Elise Bailey, budget committee. the Elise Bailey, budget director<00:42:44.240>
• <00:43:42.800> and between doing the original budget and between doing the original budget
• Um as you notice the implementing.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• While early implementation shows promise, barriers in the current petition process are preventing the
• So we are focused on implementation and trying to make this program work.
• ... ...behind what we all voted on last night in terms of this budget.
• . but behind what we all voted on last night in terms of this budget.
• That is, in our budget, we are going to be considering that in the next little bit.

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills focused on mental health access, preventive care, health care costs, detention oversight, and daylight saving time. SB 989 would streamline Care Court referrals by allowing first responders to ask county behavioral health agencies to review and file petitions; supporters, especially firefighters and families, said the current process is too burdensome, while Disability Rights California and other opponents argued Care Court is coercive and unproven. SB 1089, as amended, would direct CalRx/HHS to help distribute GLP-1 medications more broadly and more affordably; the author described her own experience with the drugs, and the bill drew support from medical and life sciences groups with no opposition. SB 1309 would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for medically appropriate lung cancer screening follow-up care; cancer advocates and survivors strongly supported it, while health plans and insurers opposed it as costly and said the bigger problem is low initial screening rates. The committee also heard SB 1284, which would require DHCS to report large employers whose workers are enrolled in Medi-Cal and estimate taxpayer costs, framed by supporters as a transparency measure about corporate reliance on public coverage. SCR 7, urging permanent standard time for health reasons, passed with support from medical groups and no opposition. SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, would create statewide inspection and enforcement standards for large involuntary residential facilities, including private immigration detention centers and certain youth facilities; supporters cited unsafe and inhumane conditions, while county probation officials objected to duplicative oversight for secure youth treatment facilities. The committee took votes on each measure, and the bills and resolution advanced, with SB 1309 and SB 1284 moving on amended and the others also reported out; the consent calendar was approved as well.

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• But more specifically, I think it's tied to school budgets, right?
• It will also stagger rule implementation.
• Just as a number for you all, our budget request is $2,024,300.
• Just as a number for you all, our budget request is $2,024,300.
• Chair, I have a long... so take a look at the budget. Thank you.

Summary: The committee began with a presentation on the 520 Native American Language and Culture certificate, created to let proficient tribal language and culture speakers teach in K-12 schools without a bachelor’s degree. LESC staff, PED, and HED described the certificate’s statutory basis, the role of tribes and pueblos in setting proficiency standards, and ongoing challenges such as uneven MOAs, limited professional development, rural access barriers, data gaps, and retention concerns. PED said oversight of 520 is moving from the licensure bureau to the Indian Education Division, and HED reported that the tribal education technical assistance centers authorized in 2023 are still in procurement but are expected to be awarded in early 2026. A student, Alonzo Hughes, testified about how learning Tewa from 520-certified teachers helped him understand his culture and speak with elders, and members praised the program’s role in language revitalization and asked about funding, teacher pathways, and whether similar models exist in other states. Committee members then discussed several PED rule updates. Staff reviewed an adopted rule implementing HB 54 on AEDs and cardiac emergency response plans, including staff training requirements and staggered compliance dates, and a proposed rule for school nurse licensure under HB 195 that would create a three-tier system and align nurse pay with teacher pay. They also reviewed proposed changes to the Community Schools Act rule, including a full-time community school coordinator requirement, updated grant language, and broader coalition membership criteria; PED said the broader language would not conflict with the Martinez-Yazzie work. A proposed bilingual teacher rule would standardize coursework requirements, add trans-languaging and culturally relevant curriculum competencies, and allow Native American language certification applicants to demonstrate proficiency using tribal standards. In questions, members raised concerns about AEDs being present at athletic events, the need for the amended school nurse bill to move experienced nurses directly into higher levels, and whether the community schools rule’s broader coalition language could affect current education litigation. Members also asked about funding for 520 programs, teacher residency or cohort models, and how to support advanced language instruction and sustainability. PED said the Indian Education Fund and school budgets can support some of the work, but additional strategic funding and cross-training are needed. The committee also heard that New Mexico’s 520 system is unusually robust compared with other states, and members encouraged staff to present the model at national conferences. The meeting ended with the director’s report, which noted a flat budget request of $2,024,300, staff turnover including Natasha Davalos’s departure, and appreciation for the committee’s work before adjournment for the holidays.

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• <00:18:46.919> these information by implementing these information by implementing these recommendations
• security the next part of of our budget security the next part of of our budget requests<00:18:59.600
• <00:24:16.000> so uh strain on our jury program budget so uh strain on our jury program budget
• I know I don't know if you want us to go through the budget request.
• I know I don't know if you want us to go through the budget request.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee met to approve the January 16 minutes and then heard a budget presentation from State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba on behalf of the Minnesota judicial branch. Shorba described the courts’ structure, mission, and workload, noting 322 judges, about 2,800 staff, roughly 1 million district court filings annually, and a current budget of about $479 million. He emphasized the branch’s constitutional obligation to provide fair and timely access to justice and said the courts are funded almost entirely through legislative appropriations. He also highlighted recent accomplishments made possible by prior legislative funding, including eliminating the pandemic felony and gross misdemeanor backlog, expanding remote and hybrid hearings, improving courtroom technology, sustaining treatment courts, and increasing pay for interpreters and psychological examiners. Shorba outlined the judicial branch’s 2026–27 budget request, which he said totals a 12% increase over the starting biennial base. Major requests included $77.3 million in 2026–27 and $104 million in 2028–29 for a 6% judicial salary increase and related compensation costs; $5.1 million in 2026–27 and $1.76 million in 2028–29 for digital accessibility compliance with new federal ADA rules; $4 million in 2026–27 and $800,000 in 2028–29 to modernize justice partner access to court records; $7.2 million in 2026–27 to raise pay for contract psychological examiners; and $18 million in 2026–27 to increase juror pay from $20 to $100 per day and align mileage rates with federal rates. He also discussed ongoing funding needs for interpreter services, jury costs, cybersecurity, and other statutorily required court services, saying temporary funding provided in the prior session will expire and that permanent support is needed. Members asked questions about treatment courts, employee bargaining, and mental health competency issues. Representative Eric requested more detail on funding for newly launched and existing treatment courts, and Shorba said many treatment courts begin with federal grants before transitioning to state support after about three years. He confirmed the judicial branch negotiates its own employee contracts rather than the executive branch doing so, and said the branch has three unions plus many unrepresented employees. On mental health and competency, Shorba said the branch is focused on obtaining timely psychological evaluations and is not responsible for treatment services themselves, but acknowledged a shortage of examiners and treatment beds and said a related competency board would be testifying the following week. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond adoption of the minutes.

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• Budget Director Mingi, and State Economist Dr.
• than ever that we implement a responsible, measured, honest budget that shackles our challenges at the
• to agree on some facts. budget that shackles our challenges at budget that shackles our challenges at
• level but what's clear in this budget level but what's clear in this budget picture<00:00:55.879
• When you produce a budget.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But if implemented, the NIH F&A...
• So, you know, as we look at the budget going downstream, significant budget cuts will make it harder
• The Senate and House budget committees each adopted a budget resolution to provide fiscal targets or
• Budget later this month, with the full budget for federal fiscal year 2026 in mid-May.
• We are taking curtailments and budget reductions.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Transparency held a hearing focused on three issues: federal funding cuts and delays, possible state revenue impacts from reduced IRS enforcement, and the fiscal effects of AB 218 on local governments. The Franchise Tax Board described how state and federal tax systems are closely linked, how most returns are filed electronically through software, and how FTB relies on IRS information sharing for compliance, fraud prevention, offsets, and nonfiler work. Members raised concerns that federal staffing cuts at the IRS could weaken audits of large corporations and reduce California revenue, and asked about VITA and ITIN filers; FTB said it was not aware of VITA reductions, noted ITIN returns are processed the same as other returns, and said ITIN filing appeared slightly down this year. The Department of Finance said it is monitoring federal developments, summarized the continuing resolution and reconciliation process, and noted that California lost nearly $940 million in earmarked federal projects under the CR, while major federal budget decisions remain uncertain until the President’s budget and later congressional action. The University of California reported substantial federal pressure on research, student aid, and health care. UC said hundreds of millions of dollars in federal awards have already been canceled, with additional threats to NIH and DOE facilities-and-administration rates, graduate fellowships, student loan repayment plans, international student visas, Pell Grants, and Medicaid/Medi-Cal funding. Committee members pressed UC on the effects of DEIA-related federal restrictions, the loss of clinical trials and research staff, and the impact on low-income students and patients. UC said it is pursuing litigation with the Attorney General and other institutions, but emphasized that court action is only a temporary solution and that sustained state and private support may be needed. The second panel addressed the fiscal consequences of AB 218, which extended the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims against public agencies. FCMAT presented a report with 22 recommendations, including better statewide data collection, financing mechanisms, a possible victims compensation fund, and prevention measures. Los Angeles County described a tentative $4 billion settlement tied to AB 218 claims, saying it will require reserves, borrowing, and long-term annual payments through 2050, while also forcing curtailments and cuts to vacant positions to preserve services. Members discussed insurance pools, retroactive premiums, unidentified future claims, and the need for a compensation fund or other financing tools. No formal votes were taken; the hearing concluded with public comment, including testimony from local health officials about nearly $400 million in terminated federal public health grants and the resulting layoffs and service impacts.

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• And the congressional jurisdiction is implementing the treaty.
• Some of them were even less than that, depending on what your budgeting entities budget for dollars in
• As far as budget neutrality, As far as budget neutrality goes, an 1115 demonstration must not increase
• So a word about the federal budget environment.
• So a word about the federal budget environment.

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• The Conference Committee on the House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee
• We're pleased to provide you with our second offer relating to proviso, implementing, and back-of-the-bill
• And we also are happy to provide you with an offer as it pertains to budget and projects.
• The House has reviewed the Senate's offer on budget and projects and is prepared to accept your offer
• The Senate has reviewed your offer on proviso, implementing, and back-of-the-bill language.

Summary: The conference committee on the House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to exchange and accept offers on budget, proviso, implementing, back-of-the-bill, and project language for HB 5403E and SB 2512E. The House accepted several Senate project-line offers, while the Senate accepted multiple House proviso and bill-language lines. Both sides agreed that remaining unresolved items would be bumped to the full committee for further resolution. Members used the meeting to thank one another and staff for their work throughout the budget process, with several remarks recognizing the cooperation between the House and Senate teams and Senator Hooper’s service. The committee noted that this was likely the last conference committee meeting and that substantial progress had been made in narrowing differences between the chambers. Representative Costa moved to allow staff to make technical adjustments related to the bump process, and the motion was adopted without objection. There was no public comment, and Senator Hooper moved to adjourn; the motion carried and the meeting ended.

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• All right, the Conference Committee on the House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations
• We're pleased to provide you with our second offer relating to proviso, implementing, and back-of-the-bill
• And we also are happy to provide you with an offer as it pertains to budget and projects.
• The Senate has reviewed your offer on proviso, implementing, and back-of-the-bill language.
• For the back of the bill, the Senate accepts line 7, 41, lines 45 through 57, and for the implementing

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• Fifth, modernize the budget process. A budget is a plan, and right now we are planning to fail.
• No private company could survive if it took two years to budget for projects internally.
• When I became governor of Florida, there were 4,000 lines of the budget.
• a purpose against every budget line.
• And we all complain when the F-35 goes over budget.

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• That budget is over $20 million, just over $20 million.
• And so, that budget may target a number of things.
• Responsibilities are, as well as our fiscal year 26 budget, and then our employee breakdowns.
• We implemented that particular solution with our own district crews, and they put that into place.
• So we're hoping to develop some good solutions that we can implement.

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• Those folks are included in the transportation allocation in a different section in the budget.
• So, that's sort of our traditional um budget that we're used to seeing every year.
• Chair, maybe that's a good time for budget questions.
• Uh, and all of those things culminating in budget and policy proposals.
• You funded fiscal transparency in the creation of a dashboard for budgets that exists.

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• And I'll get to our budget request in the next slide.
• And Then my last slide is related to budget requests.
• So about 20% of our budget comes from the general fund.
• So that's one big portion of our budget. that we're seeking.
• Our request is already within the executive budget and NMDA's budget. As Mr.

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• amendment to that we cannot implement amendment to that we cannot implement more<00:21:18.880>
• Chair, thank balance the budget. Mr.
• We just don't, and our budget targets are not allowing the budget targets, the financial situation that
• c> allowing<01:15:46.000> the<01:15:46.239> budget targets are not allowing the budget
• implementing their preferred policies. implementing their preferred policies.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

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• <00:04:15.040> They session budget negotiations. They session budget negotiations.
• collaboration with partners to implement collaboration with partners to implement what<00:37:05.200
• There are many steps to implementation. implementation. implementation.
• areas to implement Medicaid changes. areas to implement Medicaid changes.
• that just passed, the federal budget that just passed, the federal budget.<01:43:52.480> Um<01

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And although a lot of this is numbers and we're going to be talking about budgets and staffing, these
• We're going to be talking about budgets and staffing. These are our family members.
• hearing the last time I held this, I talked about the fact that we were actually coming out of a budget
• , and they'll be implemented in a timely fashion.
• , and they'll be implemented in a timely fashion.

Summary: The hearing focused on a state audit of Cal/OSHA titled “The Division of Occupational Safety and Health: Process Deficiencies and Staffing Shortages Limit Its Ability to Protect Workers.” Committee leaders and the audit team described serious workplace tragedies, argued that California’s worker protections are not being adequately enforced, and said the audit was prompted by concerns that Cal/OSHA was too often relying on letters instead of inspections, delaying investigations, and closing cases without enough documentation. Members repeatedly emphasized that the issue was not just staffing, but also outdated policies, weak oversight, and inconsistent enforcement. State Auditor Grant Parks said the audit found a 32% vacancy rate in 2023-24, heavy reliance on hard-copy files, outdated or unclear policies, and inconsistent decision-making in complaints, accidents, citations, and fine reductions. He said Cal/OSHA conducted on-site inspections in only about 20% of complaints, used letter investigations more than 80% of the time, often lacked evidence that hazards were corrected, and sometimes failed to inspect serious injury cases on time. The audit also found weak documentation for fine calculations and settlement reductions, with some penalties reduced substantially without clear explanations. Parks said the agency had accepted the findings and would provide progress updates later in the year. Committee members pressed the auditor on vacancy rates, the use of letter investigations, the low rate of criminal referrals, and whether fines were being reduced too often. Cal/OSHA and DIR officials responded that the vacancy rate had fallen to 12% partly because 66 vacant positions were eliminated in a statewide budget reduction and partly because of hiring; they said 126 people had been hired in the first half of the year. They also said they had hired a policy writer, were updating several policies, were planning periodic internal audits, and were developing a new data management system expected to go live in late 2026 or early 2027. On fines, officials said Title 8 sets base penalties and allows adjustments based on factors like employer size, history, and good faith, with appeals and informal conferences also affecting final amounts. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• walz's budget walz's budget recommendations<00:01:35.799> uh<00:01:36.119> for<00:
• same time the governor's uh budget same time the governor's uh budget proposal<00:07:55.240>
• It may have a budget impact for future operating budgets with the replacement of more energy-efficient
• It may have a budget impact for future operating budgets with the replacement of more energy-efficient
• It may have a budget impact for future operating budgets with the replacement of more energy-efficient

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• budget proposed operating budget. budget proposed operating budget.
• It was to have a budget in the budget.
• If implemented, especially, we wouldn't know any governing bodies or budget committee that would push
• If implemented, especially, we wouldn't know any governing bodies or budget committee that would push
• The default budget is the budget of needs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all