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• Current vote is 4-0. Chair and Vice Chair voting aye. Senator Ashby: aye. The vote is 5-0.
• Current vote is 3-0. Chair and Vice Chair voting aye. Senator Ashby: aye. The vote is 4-0.
• Current vote is 3-1. Chair voting aye, Vice Chair voting no. And again, I apologize.
• There's no vote to reconsider. No vote to reconsider. No vote to reconsider.
• Current vote is 3-1. Chair voting aye, Vice Chair voting no. Senator Becker: aye. The vote is 4-1.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Revenue and Taxation Committee heard a long agenda of tax and housing measures, beginning with SB 1329 on solar property tax assessment. The author and solar industry witnesses argued the bill would create a uniform, predictable statewide method as the current solar property tax exclusion sunsets, while county assessors and local county representatives opposed it as a departure from market-based valuation that would reduce assessed values and local revenue. The committee also heard SB 1406, which would target the so-called Montana loophole used to avoid California vehicle taxes and fees; it drew support from CTA and no formal opposition. Both bills were moved to Appropriations and placed on call after committee votes. The consent calendar was also adopted and placed on call. The committee then took up several tax relief and wildfire-related measures. SB 984 would conform California law to the federal tipped-income deduction; restaurant, taxpayer, and enrolled agent representatives supported it, and the committee approved it 3-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1084 would create a fire-safe home tax credit for home hardening and defensible space improvements; supporters included the Town of Truckee and the California Association of Realtors, while members raised questions about cost and interaction with Prop. 98, and the bill passed 3-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1118 would provide a tax credit for backup generators or solar battery systems in high fire-threat areas; the author and supporters framed it as a resilience measure, but committee members questioned the use of taxpayer funds, diesel generators, and the benefit relative to cost. The bill was not advanced in the portion of the transcript provided. Later, the committee heard SB 1249, a narrowly targeted senior deduction for taxpayers ages 86 to 90, supported by LeadingAge California and the California Senior Legislature; it passed 4-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1424 would extend a partial sales and use tax exemption to zero-emission vehicle refueling equipment, including charging and hydrogen stations; it received support from hydrogen and electric transportation groups and passed 4-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1113 would conform California tax law to the federal tonnage tax regime for U.S.-flag international shipping companies; maritime industry witnesses supported it as a competitiveness and national security measure, while ILWU opposed it over the estimated general fund impact, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations, on call. SB 1137 would expand the medical expense deduction for lower-income taxpayers, and SB 1415 would extend a partial welfare property tax exemption to mixed-income housing; both were presented with support from advocacy and local government witnesses, with assessors and housing stakeholders seeking amendments on SB 1415. The transcript ends before final action on SB 1415 is completed.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members wishing to vote, change your vote.
• Declare the vote, 92 i zero nay, received 2/3 vote of those votes, to the emergency to have passed.
• Vote. Members wishing to vote or change your vote. Chairs, parent to close.
• Adeschiffer, quarter vote. Once a Harris, nay. Ne a credit vote. 55 to 24 nay. Seen majority vote.
• Vote change your vote. It appears to close. Blair.

Bills: HB3407, HB1242, HJR1081, HB3443, HB3781, HB1939, HB4237, HB3430, HB3321, HB3905, HB3329, HB4253, HB4421, HB4311, HJR1046, HB2015, HB3244, HB4265, HB3941, HB4203, HB2941, HB3695, HB3380, HB3132, HB3673, HB3134, HB3383, HB4490, HB4058

Keywords: property rights, abandoned homes, manufactured homes, notification, salvage, real estate, Oklahoma Tax Commission, landowner liability, redemption, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, agriculture

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• I vote.
• If all senators voted, all senators voted.
• If all senators voted, all senators voted.
• Senators will proceed to vote. Of all senators voted, has Senator Sharief voted?
• Senators will proceed to vote. If all senators voted.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests and visiting groups, including the Challenger Learning Center, the Florida Dental Hygienists Association, Zeta Phi Beta, Pine Forest High School students, and others. Senators also noted President Albritton’s recovery and upcoming caucus and appointment announcements. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 156, which increases penalties for crimes against law enforcement officers and other personnel, including making manslaughter of an officer punishable by mandatory life imprisonment without release and clarifying resistance to officers. Senator Leek described the bill as a compromise intended to honor Officer Jason Rainer, while Senators Rouson and Bracy Davis offered and then withdrew amendments. Senators Pizzo, Berman, Smith, Polsky, and others questioned the bill’s impact on self-defense, officer conduct, jury instructions, prosecutorial discretion, and the removal of language regarding unlawful force by officers. Supporters argued the bill corrects confusion and strengthens protections for officers; opponents said it removes civilian protections and imposes disproportionate mandatory sentencing. The bill passed 31-4. The Senate then passed SB 168 on public nuisances, expanding nuisance law to include gambling establishments and increasing penalties; SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives; SB 292 and SB 298 creating public records protections for appellate clerks and dating-violence victims; SB 296 establishing the HAVEN alert platform study and expanding address confidentiality protections for domestic violence victims; SB 364 modernizing CPA licensure; SB 386 creating protections for farm equipment purchasers; and several Open Government Sunset Review bills preserving or extending public records and meeting exemptions, including SB 7000, SB 7202, SB 706, SB 708, SB 7012, SB 7014, and SB 7016. Most passed with little or no opposition, though some of the public-records measures drew a few nays. At the end, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify passed bills to the House and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• That’s all they get to vote on. They don’t get to vote on you.
• voted in person.
• place in voting.
• Is there a close vote?
• voted for Mitt Romney?

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The members will proceed to vote. Have all the members voted? Have all the members voted?
• Members will proceed to vote.” Have all the members voted? Have all the members voted?
• Members will proceed to vote.” All the members voted. All the members voted.
• Members will proceed to vote.” Members voted. Have all the members voted?
• Members will proceed to vote. All the members voted. Have all the members voted?

Keywords: Scheduler, 973, house, all

Summary: The House convened, approved a prior journal, confirmed a quorum, and received several bill referrals and calendar motions before moving into caucus and committee announcements. Members also welcomed a number of guests and student visitors to the chamber. After recess, the House resumed with committee reports from Appropriations and Rules, agreeing to re-reported bills including House Bills 1006, 106, 2014, 2037, 2460, 2512, 2559, 2644, 733, 2455, 2499, and 2529. The chamber adopted two resolutions: House Resolution 462 designating May 17, 2026, as World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day, and House Resolution 553 designating May 19, 2026, as Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day. Both sponsors spoke in support, with the NF resolution emphasizing awareness, diagnosis, and research, and the Pontian Greek resolution focusing on remembrance of historical persecution and ethnic violence. The House also passed several bills on final consideration, including House Bill 2014 on opportunities for minors in emergency service organizations, House Bill 2037 on cryptocurrency-related ethics restrictions, House Bill 2512 on rideshare pricing protections, House Bill 2644 on legislative authorization for capital bridge projects, and House Bill 2559 on state property conveyances. Amendments were considered on several measures. On House Bill 2359, which prohibits government agencies from entering nondisclosure agreements related to data centers, one amendment requiring hyperscale data centers to pay their own energy costs failed on a 101-101 tie, another amendment making the bill effective immediately was adopted, and a third amendment protecting trade secrets failed. On House Bill 779 regarding abusive towing practices, an agreed-to amendment was adopted. House Bill 733 modernizing marriage ceremony law, Senate Bill 1294 on penalties for unlicensed commercial driving schools, and Senate Bill 1259 clarifying parole record privilege and access were agreed to, and House Bill 2499 concerning the State Workers Insurance Fund and Investment Authority was also advanced. The House then recommitted several bills to Appropriations, removed others from the tabled calendar, and adjourned until June 30, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• Out with Republicans not voting.
• Out with Republicans not voting.
• That's out with Republicans not voting.
• It's not voting.
• Republicans not voting.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Pinto votes yes. Senator Pinto votes yes. Senator Pope votes yes. Senator Ramos votes yes.
• Senator Scott votes yes. Senator Cedia Lopez votes yes. Senator Share votes yes.
• Senator Shendo votes yes. Senator Sandoz votes yes. Senator Solz votes yes.
• Senator Tobias votes yes. Senator Townsend votes yes. Senator Trujillo votes yes.
• Senator Wilson votes yes. Senator Wilson votes yes. Senator Worth votes yes.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So as I vote on this bill, I'll vote with my head up high and my conscience clear as I vote it down because
• All members voted.
• All members voted.
• All members voted.
• Have all members voted? One more member needs to vote.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests and visitors. The chamber then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The main measure taken up was HB 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors in public schools and charter schools, which the sponsor described as a clarification of existing law to keep pornographic or sexually explicit material away from minors and to give districts clearer standards for review and objection processes. The bill drew extensive debate over constitutional concerns, local control, litigation risk, and the scope of the definition of “harmful to minors.” Members supporting the bill argued it was needed to close loopholes and protect children, while opponents warned it could lead to overbroad book removals, conflict with federal court rulings, and costly lawsuits. A series of amendments sought to narrow or redirect the bill: proposals by Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris would have preserved literary value review, protected educational and abuse-prevention materials, exempted LGBTQ-inclusive books, limited objections, preserved funding for districts, or delayed enforcement during ongoing litigation. Supporters of the amendments framed them as protecting parental choice, academic value, student safety, and district finances; opponents said they would weaken the bill’s child-protection purpose. All of the amendments failed. After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. Debate continued along the same lines, with opponents emphasizing book removals, First Amendment concerns, and the impact on students and schools, and supporters reiterating that the bill was intended to prevent minors from accessing obscene material. The transcript provided ends during structured debate and does not include the final vote on HB 1119.

Transcript Highlights:

• Paul voting aye. Show Ms. Garcia Bear voting. aye. Show Mr. Verdell voting aye.
• Record vote. The clerk will ring the bell. Mr. King voting aye. Mr. Little voting no.
• Have all members voted? Chair: Garcia voting aye. Have all members voted?
• Record vote. Clerk, ring the bell. Have all members voted? Have all members voted?
• Record vote. Clerk, ring the bell. Mr. Ashby voting aye. Have all members voted?

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• Chair votes yes. The motion vote Barry. Chair votes yes.
• carries on a vote of 10 to 7. carries on a vote of 10 to 7.
• Chairman Barry: Chair votes yes. The vote carries on a vote of 10 to 7.
• Chairman Barry: Chair votes yes. The vote carries on a vote of 10 to 7.
• The vote carries Barry, chair votes yes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Vote I if you are in favor voice vote.
• Vote I if you are in take a voice vote.
• Amato, votes no. Amato, votes no.
• Amato, votes no. CD1, Rep. Amato, votes no.
• Confirming you're in no vote. No vote. Yes. Thank you, members. Have all votes been cast?

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Any senator wish to vote who did not vote or wish to change your vote? I'll begin on this side.
• Any senator wish to vote, who did not vote, or change his or her vote? Senator Flowers, no.
• Any senator wish to vote who did not vote or change his or her vote? Senator Flowers, yes.
• Any senator wish to vote who did not vote or wish to change your vote? Senator Hester, no.
• Any senator wish to vote who did not vote or change your vote? Senator Gilmore? No.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• to vote.
• to vote.
• to vote.
• to vote.
• to vote.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote, all those vote who desire to vote
• All those vote who desire to vote. All those vote who desire to vote.
• All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.
• All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.
• All members vote who desire to vote. All members vote who desire to vote.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• On this vote. On this vote. On this vote. The yays are 210. The nays are 216.
• Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a two-minute vote.
• Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a two-minute vote.
• Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a two-minute vote.
• voted.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It has received no votes in committee, and I ask for your aye vote today. Thank you. I vote today.
• I urge you: no vote.
• I urge a no vote.
• This is an important vote. I respectfully ask for an aye vote. Thank you, Senator.
• I urge an aye vote.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journals, and confirmed three gubernatorial appointments: Doreen Diyamo to the State Water Resources Control Board, Dr. Anne Maria de Mars to the State Athletic Commission, and Ronald Fiore to the State Athletic Commission. The chamber then took up a series of floor items, including SB 73 on election security, SB 929 on annual reporting by the California Energy Commission, SB 1370 on wildfire-related oversight testimony, SB 983 on Port of San Diego contracting authority, SB 1367 on restricting new detention-facility land use approvals, SB 1257 on annual reporting of immigration enforcement incidents, SB 1103 on retailer reporting related to immigration enforcement, SB 1399 on continuing DOJ reviews of immigration detention facilities, SB 873 on limiting ICE arrests near courthouses, SB 1292 on pilot camera/sensor enforcement for curb management, SB 878 on insurance prompt-payment penalties, SB 958 on CEQA clarification for building-height impacts, SB 924 on low-income energy assistance, SB 1057 on certification changes for nurse assistants and home health aides, SB 1092 on resident bid opportunities for mobile home park sales, SB 1123 on considering consumer benefits in regulatory analysis, SB 1233 on utility rate transparency, SB 1237 on pay equity reporting enforcement, SB 886 on data-center cost allocation, SB 905 on utility executive incentives and ratepayer protections, SB 909 on public works wage enforcement, and SB 925 on a statewide fusion-energy roadmap. Most of the debate centered on election security, immigration enforcement, utility rates, housing and land use, and environmental/CEQA policy. SB 73 drew sharp support and opposition over ballot custody and law-enforcement access at voting locations, with supporters framing it as a response to election interference and opponents arguing it would hinder legitimate investigations and raise constitutional concerns; the urgency clause and the measure both passed. Immigration-related bills were defended as protections for vulnerable communities and court access, while opponents argued they would obstruct enforcement and public safety. Energy and utility bills were presented as ratepayer protections and transparency measures, with supporters emphasizing affordability and accountability and opponents warning about regulatory burdens and impacts on business and utility operations. SB 954 generated extensive discussion over whether it appropriately refined last year’s CEQA exemptions for advanced manufacturing or improperly rolled back housing-related reforms; supporters said it added needed guardrails and labor/environmental protections, while opponents said it would add bureaucracy and uncertainty. Several measures passed on recorded votes, including SB 73, SB 929, SB 1370, SB 983, SB 1367, SB 1257, SB 1103, SB 1399, SB 873, SB 1292, SB 878, SB 958, SB 924, SB 1057, SB 1092, SB 1123, SB 1233, SB 1237, SB 886, SB 905, SB 909, and SB 925. SB 958 passed unanimously without objection, and SB 925 also passed unanimously. The transcript ends during continued debate on SB 954, with supporters and opponents still discussing the bill’s CEQA, housing, labor, and manufacturing provisions.

Transcript Highlights:

• 189 voting day, 158 voting nay. 189 voting day, 158 voting nay.
• >> 197 voting nay. 159 voting nay. >> 197 voting nay. 159 voting nay.
• House will tend to stand to the to vote. House will tend to stand to the vote. vote. vote.
• The House will stand to the vote. 183 voting yea, 170 voting nay.
• <02:39:59.359> The 183 voting yay. 170 voting nay. The 183 voting yay. 170 voting nay.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• votes aye. >> Senator Port votes aye. >> Senator Jeang votes aye. >> Senator Jang votes aye. >> Senator
• votes aye. >> Senator Clark votes aye. >> Senator Clark votes aye. >> Senator Putnam votes aye. >> Senator
• Putnam votes aye. >> Senator Fate votes aye. >> Senator Fate votes aye. >> Senator Latz votes aye. >
• Senator Lieske votes no. >> Senator Lieske votes no. >> Senator Weber votes no. >> Senator Weber votes
• Coleman votes aye. >> All senators have been voted who desire to vote.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate was called to order under a call of the Senate, then proceeded to House File 3426, a natural resources bill appropriating money from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. The House message reported adoption of the conference committee report, and Senator Her explained that the conference version was similar to the House bill but did not include a proposed grazing rotation amendment or the provision related to taking children to the Boundary Waters. He said the report instead included a two-year expiration for a community grant capped at $2 million and a 12-member approval requirement for certain emerging account grants, with the bill reduced from 109 to 108 projects and totaling a little over $102 million. Senator Green said the conference committee reforms were good but he still could not support the bill because of the amount of spending and the value of some projects. Senator Her then gave closing remarks thanking conferees and staff, expressing disappointment that the fiscal agent requirement remained, warning it could burden smaller grant recipients and small-town nonprofits, and noting that 83% of Minnesotans had approved the trust fund amendment. He urged that the fund not be used as a political bargaining tool and asked for support. The Senate adopted the conference committee report and then took final passage on House File 3426. The roll call showed 46 ayes and 19 nays, and the bill passed with its title agreed to. The Senate also took House File 3067 from the table, gave it a second reading, and placed it on the general orders calendar. The chamber then adjourned until Friday, May 15 at 11:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• No vote. Representative Alos. >> No vote. So ordered. Representative Pirick. >> Thank you. No vote.
• >> No<00:15:38.320> vote. >> No vote. >> No vote.
• >> No<00:15:44.240> vote. >> No vote. >> No vote.
• >> No<00:15:56.240> vote. >> No vote. >> No vote.
• Representative Gideon, >> no<00:16:31.920> vote. >> no vote. >> no vote.

Bills: HB2028, HB1859, HB1851, HB1660, HB1890, HB1892, HB1893, HB2122, HB2012, HB1770, HB2121, HB1979, HB1650, HB1982, HB218

Keywords: Labor Day, construction workers, tax credit, economic development, state law, employer support, workforce development, employment, career counseling, local economy, high-demand jobs, taxation, apprenticeship, income tax credit, qualified apprenticeship program, HB1660, Hawaii, county labor standards, counties, contractors

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• Voting Machine, and Voting Systems. Voting Machine, and Voting Systems.
• vote closed. vote closed.
• Closing vote<03:10:48.080> closed. vote closed. vote closed.
• ; By your vote, you have voted to override >> By your vote, you have voted to override the<03:10
• ; By your vote, you have voted to override >> By your vote, you have voted to override the<03:13

Keywords: 916, all