Transcript Highlights:

• To specifically learn from Californians about their experiences with hate, we partnered with the Civil
• What we've learned so far is there is no one-size-fits-all solution to preventing hate.
• I ask that you all join me on that journey, learn about Jewish culture and anti-Semitism, and condemn
• I ask that you all join me on that journey, learn about Jewish culture and anti-Semitism, and condemn
• It does not stop or start with a framework or report, but must ebb and flow as we learn together and

Summary: The Select Committee on Hate, Racism, and Xenophobia met to examine the scope of hate activity in California and hear from state agencies, commissions, and community organizations. The chair opened by framing hate as a persistent crisis affecting many protected groups, and Assembly Member Gonzalez briefly joined the committee. The first panel included the California Department of Justice and the California Commission on the State of Hate, both of which presented recent data and policy recommendations. The Department of Justice reported that in 2024 California saw 2,023 reported hate crime events, 2,568 hate crime offenses, and 2,491 victims, with anti-Black bias remaining the most common category, followed by anti-Jewish and anti-Latino bias. DOJ also said referrals for prosecution increased, and it described its hate-crimes guidance, rapid response protocol, and multilingual resources. The Commission on the State of Hate said hate is undercounted in law enforcement data and cited a survey suggesting about 2.6 million Californians experienced at least one hate act in a year, including more than half a million potentially criminal incidents. It recommended permanent data infrastructure, mandatory law enforcement training, and continued funding for community-based prevention and victim support. The committee then heard testimony from representatives of the NAACP, LULAC, Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, CHIRLA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, CARE, Equality California, and the Racial Equity Commission. Witnesses described systemic racism, anti-immigrant enforcement, antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Asian bias, and anti-LGBTQ+ hate, often linking these harms to political rhetoric, social media, and federal actions. They urged the Legislature to fund programs such as California vs. Hate, Stop the Hate, nonprofit security grants, language access, school and mental health supports, and legal assistance, while also protecting civil rights, due process, and free speech. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing, but members indicated they would request additional recommendations and continue the discussion in future hearings.

Transcript Highlights:

• You can learn more, or members of the public can learn more about the plan at jobsfirst.ca.gov, and I'm
• I first learned about Women's Economic Ventures, or WEVE.
• Through WEAVE, I learned about SCORE and EDC.
• And so what they do is they learn the different systems, they learn the computer code, then they have
• You're talking about prior learning credit? Yeah. Yes, we are trying.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I learned more.
• I, I've learned more now than I think I ever have on this on the Texas Veteran Lands Board.
• And as one of the things that I've learned in the complaints that I went through.
• And so one of the issues of things that I've learned as we go, which is really important.
• One of the problems that we learned that I learned in helping Roy is the VA sent him his check, but TDCJ

Transcript Highlights:

• one district outside of Boyle in Barren County has somewhere between 6% and 7% of its in-person learning
• :14:06.600> virtual<00:14:07.000> and<00:14:07.160> remote<00:14:07.440> learning
• online virtual and remote learning online virtual and remote learning programs<00:14:08.680>
• programs which must include the learning programs which must include the procedures<00:15:32.040>
• at done virtually uh we do have learning at done virtually uh we do have some<00:15:51.199> issues

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met on February 10 with a quorum present, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a long agenda of agency regulations, most of which were accompanied by staff-suggested amendments for drafting conformity under KRS Chapter 13A. The Department of Financial Institutions’ 808 KAR 9:10, the Secretary of State’s 030 KAR 2:11, the Office of the Attorney General’s 04 KAR 5:10, the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology’s emergency 201 KAR 17:120, the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ 301 KAR 2:41, the Department for Environmental Protection’s 401 KAR 47:110 and 48:320, the State Police regulations 502 KAR 1:012 and 1:121, the Department for Public Health’s 902 KAR 4:15, the Department for Medicaid Services’ 907 KAR 1:15, and the Department for Community Based Services’ 921 KAR 1:400 were all discussed and, where applicable, staff amendments were approved without objection. The Workplace Standards emergency regulation 803 KAR 2:320E was also presented without amendment, and the Department of Insurance’s 806 KAR 9:360 was taken up but ultimately deferred at the agency’s request. Several regulations drew brief substantive discussion. The Fish and Wildlife rule on foxhound training enclosures was explained as expanding both commercial and non-commercial provisions for training with dogs involving red fox and coyotes, with enclosure standards intended to protect wildlife inside and outside the facilities. The environmental protection rules were tied to House Bill 478 and addressed permit-by-rule timelines, reporting, and operating standards for certain construction and demolition debris landfills, including sites up to two acres; members asked whether these facilities were private or municipal, and staff said they were a mix, often tied to private demolition contractors or single projects. The State Police fee increase for hazardous materials endorsements was described as reflecting a federal TSA fee change, and the witness estimated the new fee at about $23. The most extended debate concerned the Board of Education’s 704 KAR 3:535 on full-time virtual and remote learning programs. The agency amendment would cap enrollment in such programs at 10% above a district’s prior-year in-person enrollment, while also clarifying accountability, staffing, and monitoring requirements. Education officials said the cap was intended to address concerns about district capacity and student performance, and they cited Cloverport as an example of a district with high virtual participation and participation-rate issues. Members expressed concern that the amendment was too open-ended for regulation and suggested the issue might be better addressed in statute; no motion was made to adopt the agency amendment, so the regulation was left to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The Department of Insurance also discussed implementation of Senate Bill 188, saying it had received more than 3,000 complaints since the law took effect and was still working through enforcement and complaint processing before asking to defer its PBM licensing regulation.

Transcript Highlights:

• have an auditor's report, so we can just look to the auditor for many of the things that we want to learn
• What we learned from GSEP, at $1 to $2 a month, a change that ended up costing ratepayers more than $40
• This amendment says we do not wait for discovery to learn. ...what we should have known from the first
• This amendment says we do not wait for discovery to learn. billion dollars later.
• I'm asking you to consider, before you cast yours, whether we have learned anything from the last time

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several procedural matters, including adopting a resolution recognizing the work of Ukraine Forward and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a number of petitions. The chamber also scheduled several bills for later consideration, including measures on unemployment insurance for fluctuating work schedules, the Medical Society mission statement, a youth training wage, bridge and intersection namings, handicapped parking fines, public-way safety, excavation restoration, motor vehicle safety, and a Newton police age requirement. Two engrossed local bills were passed to be enacted: one authorizing retired police officers as special police in Plainville and another allowing Orange to increase its Board of Selectmen membership. The main policy debate centered on House No. 5151, An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power, and economic competitiveness. Supporters described it as a broad affordability and clean-energy package that would cut costs for ratepayers, reform Mass Save, speed clean-energy procurement and interconnection, return a portion of alternative compliance payments to customers, and address biomass and other energy issues. Opponents argued the bill relied too heavily on long-term programs and new administrative structures while offering little immediate relief, and raised concerns about costs being shifted to consumers, impacts on natural gas, and the pace of implementation. Several amendments were debated and rejected, including proposals to shift public benefit charges away from peak hours, pause public benefit charges for a year, require greater utility disclosure before rate increases, and add a forest-clearing penalty for solar development. One amendment to the energy bill was adopted: a consolidated amendment that included budget-billing consumer protections for gas customers, requiring notice and conservation recommendations when usage rises significantly. The House also adopted an amendment to a separate conservation-restriction bill for Hanson, changing a figure in the underlying law, and passed that bill to be engrossed as amended. The energy bill’s consolidated amendment passed by roll call, while several other amendments failed by roll call votes. The House observed multiple moments of silence honoring Jaden Booker, Thomas Skip Karam, former Freetown Police Chief Carlton Abbott, and former Representative and Senator William Q. “Biff” McLean, Jr.

Transcript Highlights:

• It was amazing, learning at the state level.
• by the Arizona Department of Revenue so and accepted a position there and it was amazing you know learning
• I served for six years, the final two as chair, and felt I did make contributions and learned a great
• It was something that I thought I could do well, and I learned so much over the six years I was there
• What are maybe your top three priorities outside of learning from a legislative point of view that you

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Social and emotional learning... ...and AI for mental health information.
• We passed, essentially, social-emotional learning for police officers. It's a good idea.
• Social-emotional learning is as simple as teaching students to hold the door open for somebody whose
• That's social-emotional learning, and I don't know why. Teaching them to say please and thank you.
• That's social-emotional learning.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And SB 23 builds on that momentum to strengthen learning environments in New Mexico.
• , and automaticity that prepare them for learning in college and university classrooms, including CTE
• Learning focus is essential for deep thinking and long-term success, and mastering the basics creates
• **APS** thanks the sponsors for prioritizing student learning with this bill, and we stand in strong
• Actor to keep that focus on learning in the classroom. There are several books about this.

Bills: SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, misappropriation, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, racketeering, criminal penalties, New Mexico, public safety, health regulations, community welfare, peace promotion, legislative reforms, election integrity, voter coercion, emergency procedures, polling place security

Transcript Highlights:

• also she's interfacing with people across the country and actually internationally so we can really learn
• So, if someone is maybe getting hired into a new job and has to learn or maybe isn't as proficient as
• What was Your what was your lessons learned? What was what was your success rates?
• Anything else on what we need to learn before our next meeting?
• Any other big things we need to discuss or learn before the next meeting?

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We know students learn when they learn better when they feel better and access to this med during the
• school day can help a student focus on their learning instead of their discomfort.
• We need our children to be learning math, science, and reading. These standards...
• Texas law already requires students to learn about parenting and paternity awareness.
• I just want to make sure you know that you have value and that you're learning.

Bills: SB207, SB611, SB920, SB1174, SB1207, SB1325, SB1396, SB1551, SB1619

Keywords: SB 207, Texas Education Code, public school attendance, excused absence, mental health appointment, mental health care, behavioral health, school district, student absenteeism, same-day return, health care professionals, physician certification, religious holy days, court appearance, DFPS, foster care, education policy, student wellness, school mental health, attendance policy

Transcript Highlights:

• , and you can learn about all these new technologies and also the behind-the-wheel, you know, when my
• grandkids were trying to learn how to drive, you know, it's expensive.
• better place for it because that's where you're with your peers and you have to do it together and you learn
• , and you can learn about all these new technologies and also the behind-the-wheel, you know, when my
• grandkids were trying to learn how to drive, you know, it's expensive.

Summary: The caucus reviewed several bills and Senate or conference committee amendments, with members generally noting whether the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2749 would let courts enter a Class 1 misdemeanor conviction for certain lower-level felony convictions, with the Senate amendment requiring at least five years since completion of sentence before eligibility. HB 2082 would create a childhood cancer and rare childhood disease research commission and adjust funding rules, including a five-million-dollar threshold tied to appropriations or federal grants. HB 2096 would allow counties to seek WIFA assistance for cesspool remediation, with the Senate adding an alternative compliance path using ADEQ’s nonpoint source management plan. HB 4001 would regulate alternative nicotine products through the Department of Liquor Licensing and Control; members discussed whether some tobacco-related products remain outside the bill, tribal enforcement limits, and the absence of a tax provision. The presenter said the AG and governor support the bill. The caucus then shifted to conference committee bills. HB 2003 would lower the learner’s permit age from 15.5 to 15 and increase supervised driving time, but several members raised safety concerns and questioned whether the change was needed; the conference amendment would let current instruction permit holders qualify for a license after six months, while still requiring age 16 for licensure. HB 2133 would impose content-verification requirements for commercial websites publishing sexual material, with conference changes exempting pre-effective-date motion pictures and television programming. Members noted the Motion Picture Association still had concerns, though the changes addressed some retroactivity issues. HB 2874 would change campaign finance penalty rules, including a five-day publication requirement for committees owing late-filing penalties, a $5,000 cap on penalties per late report, and retroactive relief for certain inactive committees that filed no-contribution/no-expenditure reports and later terminated; one member said they still had not received the outstanding fee totals requested on the floor. HB 2010 would regulate digital goods sellers and refunds for revoked access to licensed digital content; the conference version kept a five-year refund structure but changed the refund amount to 20% per year, clarified refund procedures, and removed the refund requirement if alternative access is provided. The caucus took no votes in the transcript and ended after the bill presentations and questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• But Senator Cook moved local see look, she is learning admin.
• She's learning, a freshman who learns. All right, OK, that's right for 32, OK. All right.
• But Senator Cook moved local see look, she is learning admin.
• She's learning, a freshman who learns. Alright, OK, that's right for 32, OK. All right.

Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee met with a quorum and considered several bills and resolutions, beginning with Senate Bill 393. The bill would restrict political subdivisions from issuing debt for personal property whose useful life ends before the debt matures, and the committee substitute broadened the restriction to include certificates of obligation and anticipation notes as well as general obligation bonds. Members asked about how the weighted-average maturity calculation works, but no detailed explanation was provided. The committee adopted the substitute and left SB 393 pending without a final vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 464, a youth vaping measure by Senator Campbell. The committee substitute defined vaping apparatus, added a Class A misdemeanor, increased the school buffer from 300 feet to 1,000 feet, preserved limited local authority over tobacco-related retail regulation, and removed a 50% threshold. The substitute was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably; it was also placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also took up SJR 81, which would create a general-law exception for up to $25,000 of tangible personal property held for production of income, and after no public testimony it was reported favorably. Members next considered SB 32, a tax relief measure. The committee substitute reduced the franchise credit amount from $700 million to $500 million, paired with the recently passed $200 million from the related resolution to keep the total at $700 million over the biennium. The substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported out SB 996, SB 1163, SB 1173, SB 1277, SB 1453, and SB 2016, with most passing on 5-0 votes; SB 1453 passed 4-1 and SB 2016 passed 4-1. SB 1163 was reported to the full Senate but not placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee ended the meeting by leaving SB 393 pending and then adjourning/recessing subject to the chair's call.

Transcript Highlights:

• I truly appreciated receiving the technology, having my paraprofessionals, and learning from my school
• He's actually requested her to become his aide when she graduates from high school because their learning
• Through the blessing of Annie in my life, I've learned that that's life.
• Through the blessing of Annie in my life, I've learned that all life has value.
• for her, but I've learned that all life has value and how to be a good advocate for her, but for all

Keywords: special education, funding, equity, advocacy, Texas Legislature, SB568, HB2, disabilities

Summary: This was a press conference calling on the Texas Legislature to increase and reform funding for special education, with speakers arguing that the current system leaves a roughly $1.7 billion gap and forces districts to stretch general education dollars to cover mandated services. Sabrina Gonzalez Ocedo of The Arc of Texas opened by framing the issue as one of equity and self-determination for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and noted support for legislative efforts including Senate Bill 568 and House Bill 2. She also thanked a coalition of advocacy groups and legislators involved in special education funding work. Representative Steve Toth spoke in favor of investing surplus dollars in special education, citing high rates of functional illiteracy and dyslexia among prison populations and saying earlier intervention could change life outcomes. Amy Litzinger described how accommodations and assistive technology helped her succeed in school and urged continued investment so other students can access similar supports. Sarah Harden, a parent and disability advocate, shared her daughter’s positive experience in a well-supported district but warned that many Texas districts cannot provide comparable services because of funding shortages and that families are increasingly worried about cuts. Rachel Hull, a special education director, said well-resourced special education is transformational and outlined the need for individualized services, therapies, vocational training, and college readiness supports. Jean Mayer, a school trustee, said districts are struggling to meet state and federal requirements because funding does not match actual costs, pointing to staffing shortages and the need for parent engagement and professional development. The speakers repeatedly urged lawmakers to fully fund Senate Bill 568 and broader special education reforms this session; no votes were taken, as this was an advocacy event rather than a committee hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, what I also have learned is, you know, the first year in office, like I said, learning about the
• Um, what I also have learned is, you know, the first year in office, like I said, learning about the
• Um, what I also have learned is, you know, the first year in office, like I said, learning about the
• learn it in at least in the first year. learn it in at least in the first year.
• , I learned that it does take time to learn this job.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:15:22.320> and environment conducive to learning. and environment conducive to learning
• . learned. learned.
• They learn from each other. They learn from social media all the time.
• I would recommend taking some time to learn about this incredible program through Up for Learning, a
• I would recommend taking some time to learn about this incredible program through Up for Learning, a

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, please welcome Marissa Clump, student of the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School.
• environment is best for their learning environment is best for their children<00:26:30.039> and
• Think about it: they earn while they learn, so instead of owing $140,000 after four years of college,
• Think about it: they earn while they learn, so instead of owing $140,000 after four years of college,
• Think about it: they earn while they learn, so instead of owing $140,000 after four years of college,

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to learn and be creative in this space. to learn and be creative in this space.
• their behavior, if they're learning their behavior, if they're learning information,<01:08:30.000
• Always good to learn from you, too. Um, I have two questions. directions.
• Um, I have two learn from you, too.
• So then you can learn and than others?

Keywords: This meeting was pulled from back ups and uploaded in it's entirety due to technical issues., 958, all

Summary: The Make America Healthy Kentucky Task Force met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then heard a presentation on the state’s “food is medicine” work from Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Department of Agriculture leaders, including Jim Muser, Holly Harris, and Commissioner Jonathan Shell. The chair framed the discussion around personal wellness, injury prevention, and the broader goal of improving health through better sleep, nutrition, and activity, then asked the presenters to describe current initiatives and any policy changes needed. The witnesses described a partnership linking hospitals and Kentucky farmers to improve health outcomes while supporting rural agriculture. They said the effort has moved beyond the pilot stage and now includes more than 40 hospitals statewide, with programs such as healthier hospital cafeterias, grab-and-go options, farmers markets at hospital sites, subsidized CSA boxes for employees, and medically tailored meals or groceries for patients with chronic conditions. ARH was highlighted as a leading model, with local food procurement, employee wellness efforts, and measurable outcome pilots, including a Russell County Hospital project focused on diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. They also emphasized barriers to scaling the model, including fragmented short-term funding, lack of reimbursement for food-as-medicine programs, and burdensome procurement and testing requirements that can make it difficult for small farmers to participate. The presenters said hospitals are using their own funds or temporary grants to sustain programs and argued that policy changes are needed to simplify sourcing, expand reimbursement pathways, and support clinical measurement of outcomes. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken during the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• That way, anyone who's reading this, if they're not familiar, can reference and learn what these terms
• And learn what these terms are. More glossary.
• And I just learned now that CHIA actually looks at CCRCs. Right. Yeah. It seems to me that...
• Maybe nobody else has learned as much as I have, but I have learned a great deal.
• I agree that I've learned a great deal.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met to review its draft final report on continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with most of the discussion focused on whether recommendations required unanimous consensus and how to handle disagreements in the report. Members agreed that consensus meant no stated opposition, and several participants argued that unresolved issues should still be described in the report rather than omitted. The chairs said the report would include agreed-upon recommendations, note areas without consensus, and preserve written comments or dissent letters submitted by members. The draft report’s findings and slides were reviewed charge by charge, including CCRC definitions, financial condition, entrance fee refunds, regulatory oversight, advertising practices, and closure/change-of-ownership procedures. Members suggested several factual and wording edits, including clarifying financial data sources, correcting a presenter’s name, refining language about entrance fee use and refund timing, and revising statements about Attorney General authority and CCRC advertising. There was also discussion about the need to distinguish nonprofit and for-profit CCRCs and to better explain how different care levels and licensing structures are described. On recommendations, the commission kept the proposal to advance the disclosure bill (S. 478) and update the consumer guide, but removed a recommendation for annual open board meetings after objections that it was inadequate. The group spent considerable time debating whether to recommend resident representation on CCRC boards, timely refund requirements for entrance fees, and possible state registration or definition changes for CCRCs, but no consensus was reached on those items. The chairs said the final report would be completed by the statutory August 1 deadline, with final written comments due before then and the report and meeting materials posted on the legislature website.

Transcript Highlights:

• something that we should never allow any resident of this state to ever forget and to continue to learn
• , to listen, Thank you. together with you to take the time to remember, to research, to learn, to listen
• I look forward to the Dominique Hoskins Black History Museum and Learning Center.
• I look forward to the Dominique Hoskins Black History Museum and Learning Center in my district.
• to a time where we're not able to celebrate the diversity in this country, that we're not able to learn

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I see this is kind of a continual learning, right?
• What we learned in one practice who implemented this, we'll learn from another.
• Tell me what you've learned,” right?
• So we'll learn as we go what those workflow challenges can be and how we can get around them.
• We’d have to test and learn for sure. But thanks, Marilyn, it’s a good point.

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The MAPOC Women and Children’s Health Subcommittee heard a presentation from Kate Parker Riley, executive director of the Connecticut Dental Health Partnership, on the Husky Dental Program and efforts to improve oral health during pregnancy. She reviewed the structure of Connecticut’s Medicaid dental benefit, the ASO model, provider network, utilization trends, and member barriers to care. She noted that children’s dental measures remain above the national median, but adult utilization is lower and the dental provider network has been shrinking, with longer wait times in rural areas. A major focus was the state’s goal to raise the rate of oral evaluation during pregnancy from about 17.5% to 25% by 2030. Riley described planned outreach to OB/GYN practices using a draft “snapshot” report showing each practice’s pregnancy oral-health rate compared with the state average, along with education materials based on ACOG and AAP guidance. Committee members and guests discussed barriers such as lack of provider training, workflow burden, access to dentists who will see pregnant patients, and the need for stronger referral bridges. Suggestions included adding simple oral-health screening questions in OB settings, using human support to make appointments, and exploring co-located dental hygienists or other embedded models. Riley also highlighted partnerships with DSS, DCF, Head Start, WIC, Read to Grow, YMCA programs, refugee resettlement agencies, and school-based and hospital partners, as well as data-sharing and navigation efforts. She said pregnant members newly identified through HUSKY will now receive outreach and navigation support. DSS dental director Carolyn MacArthur introduced herself and said she supports the initiative, noting the literature linking untreated maternal dental disease to poor child oral-health outcomes. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with thanks and a preview of upcoming July presentations on integrated behavioral health and home visitation programs.