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• of higher education that have relationships with Confucius Institutes and for other purposes.
• of higher education that have relationships with Confucius Institutes and for other purposes.
• </c><02:31:23.439><c> and</c> counter Confucious Institutes and counter Confucious Institutes and another
• .<04:11:16.160><c> President,</c><04:11:16.800><c> congratulations</c> institution.
• President, congratulations institution.

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• I rise to present AB 1660, which is a straightforward measure to ensure that financial institutions are
• AB 1660 does not create any new duties for financial institutions; rather, it establishes an appropriate
• I rise to present AB 1660 which is a straightforward measure to ensure that financial institutions are
• AB 1660 does not create any new duties for financial institutions, rather it establishes an appropriate
• Joining us here today are Senior Vice President for the CBC Leadership Institute, Ms.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then approved a procedural motion by a 41-17 roll call to re-refer AB 2690 and AB 1863 to Appropriations and to allow guests for the Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. House Resolution 92, recognizing Cinco de Mayo Week, was adopted after supportive remarks from members of several caucuses, and the chamber then held the 2026 Latino Spirit Awards ceremony honoring 11 individuals and organizations in higher education, human rights, philanthropy, health and science, advocacy, business, environmental justice, journalism and media, culinary arts, and a legacy award for Los Tigres del Norte. After the ceremony, the Assembly resumed business with guest introductions and moved through the daily file, passing or retaining a number of bills and resolutions. Among the measures taken up, the Assembly passed AB 1657 on domestic violence restraining order procedures (64-0), AB 2042 on civil procedure and service of process (66-0), AB 1660 on probate and public guardians (45-10), AB 1917 on criminal procedure and reinstatement of dismissed charges (43-15), AB 2148 clarifying that public school employees are human beings in the context of AI (69-0), AB 1647 protecting juvenile statements at transfer hearings (63-0), AB 1555 expanding community college access in Siskiyou County (66-0), AB 1608 on High-Speed Rail Inspector General oversight and reporting (45-18), AB 1803 requiring anti-hate speech training in workplace harassment prevention (50-9), AB 2128 protecting tenants in subsidized housing from certain federal work requirements and time limits (44-16), AB 2576 as a land-use cleanup bill protecting historic resources (61-0), AB 2601 allowing concurrent review for certain housing projects, and AB 2764 on extended foster care eligibility (60-0). Several items were passed and retained on file, and AB 2601 was interrupted by a call of the house before later business continued. The chamber also adopted ACR 159 on indigent defense after adding 59 coauthors, then heard guest introductions from chief public defenders from multiple counties. ACR 179, designating Wildland Urban Interface Preparedness and Resilience Day, was adopted with 65 coauthors after remarks on wildfire risk and forest management. Later, ACR 183 establishing Black Health Equity Advocacy Week was presented with extensive testimony from members of multiple caucuses emphasizing racial health disparities, maternal mortality, life expectancy gaps, and the need for systemic change; the debate continued beyond the excerpt provided. Throughout the session, members repeatedly used guest introductions to recognize visiting groups and individuals, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members, UAW President Shawn Fain, California Women in Agriculture, and others.

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• President, we are living in a time when trust in our institutions is fragile.
• </c><00:09:29.120><c> is</c> when trust in our institutions is when trust in our institutions is fragile
• He also emphasizes institutional and civic alignment through strong state partnerships, volunteerism,
• He also emphasizes institutional<00:16:12.560><c> and</c><00:16:12.880><c> civic</c><00:16:13.279><c>
• alignment</c> institutional and civic alignment institutional and civic alignment through<00:16:14.720

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• A January 2026 Manhattan Institute issue brief by Carolyn Gorman, with significant contributions from
• And so that's what this does, any place basically that any public institution that pushes any type of
• and faculty members employees and contractors of higher education institutions higher education institutions
• institutions.
• It shifts liability from institutions onto individual teachers.

Committee: House House Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2076, which would create a program and fund within ADE, in consultation with AZPOST, to reimburse eligible schools and employees for approved training, certification, and school safety equipment, and would allow schools to adopt policies permitting certain employees to carry concealed firearms on campus if they meet training, notification, and confidentiality requirements. The sponsor, Rep. Bliss, framed the bill as an optional, fiscally responsible medical-response measure focused on bleeding control and emergency preparedness, not a mandate to arm schools. Supporters said the bill adds guardrails, expands access to training, and could help staff respond in emergencies. Opponents, including Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, and the Arizona Education Association, argued it would normalize firearms in classrooms, create confidentiality and law-enforcement concerns, expose students and staff to new risks, and divert attention from prevention, mental health, and other school safety investments. After debate, the committee voted 6-5-1 to give HB 2076 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2830, which directs the State Board of Education to adopt science standards requiring instruction on fetal and prenatal development and specifies that the content is not sex education. Supporters, including the sponsor, a school board president, and a biology teacher, said the bill is about age-appropriate, medically accurate science, parental rights, and clear statewide guidance. Opponents, including the AEA and Reproductive Freedom for All, said it fragments science instruction, politicizes the curriculum, and omits the broader reproductive and public health context students need. Members debated whether fetal development can be taught without discussing reproduction, and whether the bill is an education measure or an anti-abortion effort. The committee approved HB 2830 on an 8-4 vote. The transcript also included discussion of House Bill 2093, which would repeal required mental health instruction and social-emotional learning in schools; supporters argued it restores parental control and refocuses schools on academics, while opponents said school-based mental health education saves lives and helps students who may not have support at home.

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• With me today is Adam Cignonis representing the Appraisal Institute. Mr. Cianas. Good morning. Mr.
• Adam Cignonas, California advocates on behalf of the Appraisal Institute, sponsors of the bill.
• Welfare and Institutions Code Section 361.5(b)(12), the bypass provision.
• , the Prevention Institute, and the Alameda County Democratic Party.
• Louis Brown here today on behalf of the Community Associations Institute.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• calculate this distribution institutions calculate this distribution rate<00:31:59.760><c> is</c><00
• Because institutions like Yale or Harvard never dip into their principal, right?
• Because institutions like Yale or Harvard never dip into their principal, right?
• Because institutions like Yale or Harvard never dip into their principal, right?
• Because institutions like that, right?

Bills: HF3900

Committee: House Education Finance

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• think we also all remember that in recognition of that service, we all worked hard to create an Institute
• In recognition of that service, we all worked hard to create an Institute of Politics at Salem State
• President, that institute, the Frederick Berry Institute of Politics at Salem State University, is thriving
• these... ...last few days and in the next several days in the form of a unique program that the Institute

Summary: The Senate took up House No. 62, an act extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency. Senator O'Connor spoke in support, praising the continued flexibility for municipal meetings and public participation, including remote attendance and testimony, and expressing hope the changes could eventually become permanent. The chamber adopted Senator Rodgers’ amendment striking and replacing the bill text with Senate Document No. 2506, then passed the bill to be engrossed. The Senate later adopted the emergency preamble by standing vote, with three in favor and none opposed, allowing final passage of the bill. The bill was then passed to be enacted and ordered signed by the President and laid before the Governor. Separately, Senator Tarr recognized a guest from Salem State University and spoke about the Frederick Berry Institute of Politics and its alternative spring break program. The Senate also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of former Representative John Stasik, followed by a moment of silence. Finally, the Senate adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• The Senate Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions will come to order.
• By enabling institutional funds to participate more readily in California's... ...increase.
• By enabling institutional funds to participate more readily in California's commercial lending markets
• The Senate Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions will take a recess, and we will wait until
• The Financial Institutions Committee will reconvene.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions met with an initial lack of quorum, so the hearing began as a subcommittee. The main item heard was SB 972, authored by Senator Grayson, which would modernize California’s licensing rules for non-bank commercial lenders by creating a streamlined umbrella license for SEC-registered investment advisers and their advised lending vehicles. The author and sponsor, LSTA, said the current California Financing Law can cause duplicative licensing, long delays, and reduced access to capital for middle-market and large California businesses, while the bill would preserve DFPI oversight and increase fee revenue. No one testified in opposition, and no registered opposition appeared. After quorum was established, the committee took up the bill and advanced it on a 4-0 vote, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee also later took up the consent calendar, which was adopted on a 6-0 vote after the meeting reconvened. When the committee reconvened with a quorum, it formally adopted the consent calendar and then approved SB 972 on a 6-0 vote with a do pass recommendation to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The meeting then adjourned.

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• McMahon's serious concerns with this bill and its potential transformative effect on the institution
• areas of those institutions.
• It ensures that institutions like schools and hospitals remain safe spaces for everyone.
• It should be the mandate of the institutions to notify students when ICE encroaches on our borders.
• One, definition of schools: does that include higher education institutions?

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on four bills. SB 5925 would expand the Attorney General’s civil investigative demand authority to investigate possible violations of the U.S. and Washington constitutions, certain labor and civil rights laws, law enforcement use-of-force issues, and jail-related statutes. Supporters, including the Attorney General’s office, Teamsters 117, and Working Washington, said the bill would make investigations faster and more effective, especially in wage theft and discrimination cases. Opponents, including police, sheriffs, cities, counties, and retail and business groups, argued it would give the AG broad investigative power without enough threshold showing, could burden local governments and employers, and raised constitutional concerns about speech and search protections. No vote was taken. SB 5906 would codify and expand protections for non-public spaces in schools, child care facilities, health care facilities, higher education institutions, and county auditor election areas by limiting immigration enforcement access without a judicial warrant or court order and restricting collection of immigration-related information about students and families. Supporters said the bill would reduce fear, protect privacy, and make existing Keep Washington Working policies clearer and more durable, with testimony from immigrant rights groups, faith organizations, students, PTA, and health advocates. Some organizations, including health care and child care stakeholders, supported the goal but asked for amendments to clarify definitions, create model policies, add training and enforcement provisions, and adjust warrant/subpoena language. The committee also heard strong opposition concerns about federal immigration enforcement, but no action was taken. SB 6070 would expand missing-person tools by allowing certain digital investigative tools to be used in missing endangered person cases, creating new Abney and Purple Alerts for missing Black people and people with disabilities, and broadening the definition of missing endangered person. Supporters included prosecutors, law enforcement, tribal and disability advocates, families of missing persons, and students who argued that faster alerts and better digital tools save lives and address racial and disability disparities in missing-person responses. Testimony described delays in prior cases and the need for more urgent, targeted alerts. The committee then heard SB 6002, which would regulate automated license plate reader systems, set registration, use, retention, audit, and disclosure rules, and prohibit certain uses such as immigration enforcement and surveillance near protected locations. The sponsor said the bill is intended to create statewide guardrails for a technology already in use, and testimony was expected to continue after the excerpt ended; no vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided.

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• We are recipients... of 80% of the extramural budget of the National Cancer Institute.
• Mohler is the Principal Investigator. partnerships with Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, the Los
• Richards is the The Nobel Institute has certain institutions that put forward nominations.
• That's part of what we are focused on as an institution-wide priority.
• The State Psychiatric Behavioral Health Institute is about the only long-term option.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• For disability services, we instituted a long-term service and support cost savings reform work group
• We institute some cost savings and growth by capping the number of service hours per day to six hours
• </c><00:13:59.839><c> a</c> For disability services, we instituted a For disability services, we instituted
• We institute some cost with training.
• We institute a new night both services.

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• Also recognized by the Department of Education as a Hispanic-serving institution and an Asian-American
• Pacific Islander-serving institution, a testament to its commitment to its diverse student population
• Transportation Institute, H.R. 757 by Guillen, LaSalle County to H.R. 758 by Guillen.
• This vote is truly about this institution. It's not about politics.
• I'm also sad about the institution, candidly.

Bills: HB630 , HB420 , HB767 , HB1708 , HB2842 , HB1404 , HB2457 , HB140 , HB333 , HB227 , HB913 , HB201 , HB2198 , HB 109 , HB2763 , HB519 , HB 1261 , HB 1135 , HB1318 , HB2358 , HB2415 , HB2765 , HB2735 , HB3307 , HB1373 , HB694 , HB 1242 , HB272 , HB1437 , HB1888 , HCR78 , HCR12 , HCR128 , HR7 , HR11 , HR37 , HR69 , HR83 , HR89 , HR100 , HR123 , HR129 , HR137 , HR254 , HR258 , HR289 , HR293 , HR318 , HR324 , HR350 , HR368 , HR370 , HR372 , HR379 , HR406 , HR407 , HR432 , HR445 , HR471 , HR504 , HR506 , HR507 , HR528 , HR567 , HR572 , HR591 , HR592 , HR593 , HR603 , HR614 , HR621 , HR673 , HR684 , HR685 , HR687 , HR700 , HR701 , HR711 , HR712 , HR754 , HR757 , HR758 , HR760 , HR764 , HR765 , HR766 , HR767 , HR768 , HR769 , HR770 , HR771 , HR772 , HR774 , HR776 , HR777 , HR778 , HR779 , HR780 , HR783 , HR784 , HR784 , HR6 , HR6 , HR17 , HR17 , HR18 , HR18 , HR49 , HR49 , HR170 , HR170 , HR236 , HR236 , HR247 , HR275 , HR355 , HR356 , HR364 , HR672 , HR690 , HR690 , HR755 , HR755 , HR756 , HR756 , HR759 , HR759 , HR762 , HR762 , HR763 , HR763 , HR781 , HR781 , HR785 , HR785 , SB2 , SB260 , SB569 , HB2 , HB2000 , HB213 , HB222 , HB645 , HB1458 , HB 1022 , HB141 , HB643 , HB3093 , HB1700 , HB 117

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• We are moving resources from those institutions that can grow, but $375 million, 5 percent of those institutions
• To take, it would put pressure on other institutions.
• They are the most successful institutions in the country in promoting social mobility.
• These public institutions provide access to higher education.
• They will not be retained by the institution if we go.

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• And I believe it's that spirit of service that truly makes this such a special institution.
• And thank you for what you do for this institution and for our families.
• But the most important contribution that she made to this institution and that she has made to all of
• you do for this institution and for our<00:20:06.400><c> families.
• </c> she made to this institution she made to this institution and<00:21:00.160><c> that</c><00:21:00.280

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• Uh, your Committee on Institutions did not discuss the necessity for having the words identification
• discuss</c><00:16:00.720><c> uh</c><00:16:00.959><c> the</c> institutions did not discuss uh the institutions
• And your Institutions Committee, on a vote of 4-0-1, recommends that this bill be passed.
• And your Institutions Committee, on a vote of 4-0-1, recommends that this bill be passed.
• </c> institutions will meet at 1:30. institutions will meet at 1:30.

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• You know, we're the only higher education institution between Amarillo and Albuquerque.
• Institution between Amarillo and Albuquerque. That's a long distance.
• But I also have college students from other institutions that need a science class.
• We also get recruited through working for those institutions.
• Simply, I put the question now: look at our paleontology program in big institutions.

Committee: House Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

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• You may or may not know the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity voted
• the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education due to concerns about student outcomes at member institutions
• If we move forward, Due to concerns about student outcomes at member institutions.
• Just a few weeks ago, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality Integrity voted unanimously
• If we move forward, due to concerns about student outcomes at member institutions.

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• Services, present and in support, but not wishing to speak; and Sadie Becknell, Louisiana Policy Institute
• the bill, in support, present but not wishing to speak: Sadie Becknell with the Louisiana Policy Institute
• Expenses for the Law Institute increased $27,376, and that is the only change from last year's enacted
• Representative Omade, the increase to the Law Institute, what is it for?
• The increase to the Law Institute, what is it for? Salaries or extra staff?

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 13, 2026, and considered the main budget bills for fiscal year 2026-27. Members heard a broad overview of House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, including the governor’s proposed budget, major funding items for education, workforce, corrections, health, and economic development, and a plan to use surplus funds to pay down LASERS’ unfunded liability. The committee discussed a 29-page amendment set that shifted savings from retirement and other areas into one-time expenditures, including FEMA Katrina debt, LSU, firefighter pay raises, crime victim reparations, rehabilitation services, and additional school choice support. Questions focused on the MFP per-pupil adjustment, the crime victim reparations shortfall, LSU funding, waiver slots, and whether the bill remained at a standstill overall. The committee adopted the amendments and reported HB 1 favorably as amended, making it Special Order No. 1 for April 16. The committee then took up House Bill 312, the supplemental appropriations bill, which also redirected the full $144.3 million surplus payment to LASERS and used savings from MFP, Medicaid forecast changes, and other reductions to fund statewide initiatives. Those included LED, corrections, DOTD road projects, public safety, IT modernization, school safety, firefighting equipment, community and technical college workforce programs, and DCFS shortfalls. Members raised questions about mental health funding and the retirement payment strategy; the amendments were adopted and HB 312 was reported favorably as amended and set as Special Order No. 4. House Bill 313, the funds bill, was amended to make additional deposits into the State Emergency and Response Fund, Voting Technology Fund, oil and gas regulatory funds, geological storage, reading enrichment, Imagination Library, and conservation accounts; it was reported favorably as amended and set as Special Order No. 5. House Bill 314, the revenue sharing distribution bill, received amendments inserting fiscal year 2027 distribution numbers and was reported favorably as amended and set as Special Order No. 7. The committee also advanced House Bill 383, the ancillary expenses bill, which covers self-generated, dedicated, and federal funds for agencies such as Group Benefits, Risk Management, Prison Enterprises, and Technology Services; a technical amendment updated accounting-standard references, and the bill was reported favorably as amended and set as Special Order No. 6. House Bill 983, the judiciary budget, was amended with a technical date correction and reported favorably as amended; members discussed funding for judges, staff pay, FINS, and whether pending legislation affecting Orleans Parish judges would later change the budget. House Bill 1126, the legislative branch budget, was reported favorably without amendment after brief questions about the Law Institute increase, and HCR 3, the hospital stabilization formula resolution tied to Medicaid hospital reimbursements, was reported favorably and set as Special Order No. 8. The committee also made HB 983 Special Order No. 9 and HB 1126 Special Order No. 10 for April 16, authorized technical corrections on adopted amendments, and adjourned after the chair thanked members and staff for their work.

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• 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding provisions relating to private postsecondary education institutions
• During that time, he also co-founded the Grand Canyon Institute.
• As budget director in her two terms, he also co-founded the Grand Canyon Institute, a nonpartisan think
• His great work through the Grand Canyon Institute, the information that was provided, was...
• Through the Grand Canyon Institute, the information that was provided was extremely helpful in my role

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• ><c> our</c><00:03:39.239><c> citizens</c> our institutions and our citizens our institutions and our
• as open institutions.
• </c> and end our status as open institutions. and end our status as open institutions.
• </c> egg utilization research institute AURI. egg utilization research institute AURI.
• Leaf Institute. And that's just one Leaf Institute.

Bills: HF4698 , HF4608

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy