Transcript Highlights:

• I would not abandon the bill, nor you.
• No, I would not abandon the bill nor you. So, all right, right, right.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Summary: The Senate Committee on Public Safety heard two bills. SB 99, by Senator Blakespear, would improve coordination between military and civilian law enforcement in domestic violence cases involving military protective orders. The author and a Department of Defense witness said the bill would help courts and police identify existing military protective orders, allow them to be considered in restraining order proceedings, require notification to military authorities when violations are suspected, and encourage memoranda of understanding between agencies. The ACLU California Action opposed unless amended, citing due process concerns because military protective orders are issued by commanders without court procedures. Members generally supported the bill as a way to protect survivors, and it passed the committee 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 758, by Senator Umberg, addressed nitrous oxide and concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products sold in retail settings. Supporters, including local officials, law enforcement groups, and parents, argued that nitrous oxide misuse and concentrated 7-OH products are harming youth and communities and that the bill would restrict sales while preserving legitimate culinary uses of nitrous oxide. Opponents, including kratom and drug policy advocates, argued the bill would criminalize adults, that 7-OH is a naturally occurring kratom component with limited evidence of severe harm when used alone, and that regulation rather than prohibition would be preferable. After discussion, the committee adopted amendments narrowing the bill and voted 5-0 to send SB 758 as amended to Appropriations.

Transcript Highlights:

• I would not abandon the bill, nor you.
• No, I would not abandon the bill nor you. So, all right, right, right.

Committee: Senate Public Safety

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• the end of the day, you know, there's a reimbursement to them that if a medic is showing up at the site
• them that if a medic is showing up at to them that if a medic is showing up at the<00:56:25.520><c> site
• </c> the site the site of<00:56:26.559><c> a</c><00:56:26.960><c> of</c><00:56:27.200><c> a</c><00:56
• :19:49.920><c> you</c><02:19:50.240><c> freely</c> anymore and you freely anymore and you freely abandoned
• it and freely decided to get abandoned it and freely decided to get back<02:19:55.600><c> into</c><02

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee began by discussing 15 retained bills and the chair’s preference to keep them alive through interim study rather than kill them, using them as vehicles for further discussion and possible later amendments. The chair said the bills would be executed out by November and then move to the House floor in January, and members generally agreed that interim study was the prevailing motion for the retained bills. Several health-related bills were then discussed. On Senate Bill 247, concerning pharmacy network exclusion when PBM reimbursement is below acquisition cost, members said the issue had been presented differently in prior discussions and noted unfamiliar intermediaries such as PSAOs; the bill was viewed as too complex to resolve immediately, so interim study was favored. A bill on treatment alternatives to opiates was said to need an amendment from the Insurance Department, and a bill on self-funded employer access to claims data was described as having changed substantially through amendment; the sponsor explained it was intended to incentivize self-funded plans to opt into the state’s all-payer claims database (CHIS) so their data could be used for cost analysis, and members indicated a separate bill would be brought later. The committee spent the most time on a glucose monitoring bill, with testimony from a sponsor and a parent of a type 1 diabetic describing the medical benefits of continuous glucose monitors, especially for preventing dangerous lows and managing fluctuations. Opponents and committee members raised concerns about the cost of a mandate, the effect on premiums in the individual and small-group markets, and whether the bill should require coverage without a prescription; one member cited medical literature suggesting limited evidence for non-insulin users. The chair concluded the bill was headed to interim study and said the committee would do further homework on the economic impact, especially for type 1 coverage. The meeting then moved on to a bill about insurer audits and clawbacks, where the Insurance Department commissioner explained that the issue involved several separate provider-payment problems that had recently come to the department’s attention and that the department would provide a report and work with the sponsor on next steps.

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• The proposal went from an $800,000 brick-and-mortar on-site.
• So it’s for secondary school redesign at community school sites.
• And it was a pilot because the $10 million could only go to so many school sites.
• within the district, since non-designated school sites also serve the same population.
• within the district, since non-designated school sites also serve the same population.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're abandoning it and amending it instead? Do we need to roll back or do we not adopt it yet?

Bills: HB40 , HB40 , HB1916 , HB1973 , HB2524 , HB2530 , HB3180 , HB3421 , HB3783 , HB4170 , HB4213

Committee: Senate Jurisprudence

Keywords: law enforcement, sheriffs, constables, contracts, county authority, business court, civil procedure, litigation, jurisdiction, arbitration, divorce, property division, family law, court jurisdiction, marital assets, parent-child relationship, birth certificate, identity proof, Family Code, court process

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• Crashed in abandoned cars in the middle of the street and much more.
• Crashed in abandoned<01:25:49.760><c> cars</c><01:25:50.159><c> in</c><01:25:50.320><c> the</c><01:25
• :50.480><c> middle</c><01:25:50.639><c> of</c><01:25:50.719><c> the</c> abandoned cars in the middle
• But these federal agents abandoned the law and they let those Minnesotans die.
• law and they let those abandoned the law and they let those motans<04:26:21.760><c> die.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• time and see how we can get back to some of those older, time-honored traditions that we hastily abandoned
• time and see how we can get back to some of those older, time-honored traditions that we hastily abandoned
• time and see how we can get back to some of those older, time-honored traditions that we hastily abandoned
• time and see how we can get back to some of those older, time-honored traditions that we hastily abandoned
• time and see how we can get back to some of those older, time-honored traditions that we hastily abandoned

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• we have uh just over 1,200 work site employees<01:43:52.400><c> and</c><01:43:52.560><c> we've</c><01
• 51.119><c> I</c><01:44:51.280><c> mentioned</c><01:44:51.520><c> a</c><01:44:51.679><c> minute</c> site
• Abandon production altogether. And that's happened all over our state.
• that the freezers were so person on site that the freezers were so packed<02:23:12.720><c> that</c><
• </c><02:28:40.640><c> is</c> do you know what the correct site is do you know what the correct site is

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• In my program, we served 700 Meals on Wheels participants and 1,000 congregate site lunch meals.
• range of mandated monitoring and accountability activities, including case reviews, home visits, on-site
• Otherwise, we're simply abandoning those vulnerable community members.
• But at the same time, we have at least three additional community sites that are ready and wanting to
• my mom's IHSS provider, my choice would have been to deny my mother life-saving treatment or else abandon

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• camp that Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and his administration have propped up in the middle of an abandoned
• When we abandon it, we abandon our values, our influence, and our moral standing in this world.
• </c><02:27:39.760><c> When</c><02:27:40.000><c> we</c><02:27:40.240><c> abandon</c><02:27:40.720><c>
• When we abandon it, we looks like.
• When we abandon it, we abandon<02:27:41.840><c> our</c><02:27:42.080><c> values,</c><02:27:42.800><c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• That doesn't mean abandoning athletics, but I think it could provide guidance on how do you determine
• That doesn't mean abandoning athletics, but I think it could provide guidance on how do you determine
• That doesn't mean abandoning athletics, but I think it could provide guidance on how do you determine
• That doesn't mean abandoning athletics, but I think it could provide guidance on how do you determine
• the Athletics but I mean abandoning the Athletics but I think<00:16:05.480><c> it</c><00:16:05.600><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• that we've increased our satellite hours with two of the 24/7 facilities where we are available on site
• </c> provider enrollment unit conducts site provider enrollment unit conducts site visits<01:47:53.679
• So that's the site visits and screenings of providers. Thank you for the question.
• so that's the site visits and screenings<02:01:33.880><c> of</c> providers<02:01:37.880><c> thank</c
• visit, the ombudsman's office doesn't is not required to do any site visits.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work. Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract. White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.

Transcript Highlights:

• They do not deserve to be abandoned and forgotten. They do not deserve to suffer and die.
• population, but I know that they cannot just be dismissed onto the streets and let go, because we’ll be abandoning
• population, but I know that they cannot just be dismissed onto the streets and let go because we'll be abandoning
• Thereafter, co-occurring conditions, the lack of infusion sites, qualified providers, or the cost incurred

Committee: Senate Health

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The proposal went from an $800,000 brick-and-mortar on-site solution.
• So that's the funding going out to school sites. But we also reappropriated intent with it.
• So it's for secondary school redesign at community school sites.
• And it was a pilot because the $10 million could only go to so many school sites.
• within the district, since non-designated school sites also serve the same population.

Summary: The committee heard an overview of the May Revision’s Proposition 98 changes for K-12 and community colleges. The Department of Finance said the minimum guarantee rises by $6.4 billion over the Governor’s Budget across the three-year window, with higher guarantees in each year, full payment of the prior settle-up, and larger deposits into the school rainy-day fund. The LAO said the revenue and LCFF updates were reasonable, but urged caution about the settle-up approach and recommended using more of the available funding to protect ongoing programs and build budget resilience. Members focused heavily on the size of the proposed $3.9 billion settle-up, the $10.3 billion reserve deposit, declining K-12 enrollment, and how much of the new funding should be ongoing versus one-time. The committee then reviewed the community colleges portion of the budget. Finance described the May Revision’s higher SCFF COLA, additional funding for enrollment growth, a student support block grant, apprenticeship adjustments, and continued funding for deferred maintenance, Calbright, Common Cloud, and credit for prior learning. The Chancellor’s Office supported the core investments but asked for more funding for enrollment growth, changes to the growth formula, and a COLA for Student Equity and Achievement. The LAO recommended prioritizing the statutory COLA increase, noted that more than half of districts are already above current-year growth targets, and said the new adult learner demonstration project should be rejected because districts already have tools to support similar services. Members also discussed a $52 million current-year apportionment shortfall, which Finance said was discovered too late for the May Revision and would need to be addressed later. Finally, the committee took up the proposed implementation of the federal Workforce Pell program. Finance proposed one-time funding for the California Student Aid Commission and Cradle to Career to build eligibility and data systems, along with trailer bill changes to set up state approval processes. CSAC said the program is promising but highly complex, that California lacks the needed infrastructure, and that the state will need emergency regulations, data linkages, and ongoing funding beyond the one-time proposal. The LAO agreed that some initial funding is needed but warned that the amounts and ongoing costs remain uncertain and that the Legislature should carefully draft the trailer bill language. Members asked about timing, other states’ actions, and how the state would ensure the program is ready for students and institutions.

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• And there's also another hole in the law that I encountered where a parent who abandons a child and the

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on March 18 for its third meeting of the year and considered a series of bills, mostly reporting them to the floor. Early measures included a bill by Senator Gernardis on releasing certain claims by employees, a bill by Senator Brooke barring people convicted of elder abuse from inheriting from the elder’s estate, and a bill by Senator Mayer requiring the Chief Administrator to report court data, including information on town and village courts. Members also advanced a bill on notice requirements for self-storage lien enforcement and a bill by Senator Sepulveda concerning mercantile establishments and collections after a finding of not guilty in a larceny case. The elder-abuse inheritance bill drew supportive comments, with one member noting a related gap in the law involving parental abandonment and inheritance rights. The most extended discussion centered on the mercantile-establishment bill, where some members raised concerns that a criminal acquittal or dismissal on technical grounds could unfairly limit a business’s ability to pursue civil recovery, while supporters argued that a not-guilty finding should prevent further collection efforts tied to the alleged crime. After debate, the bill was moved and reported to the floor, with at least one member voting no or without recommendation. The committee also advanced a bill on judicial staffing levels, with no substantive discussion noted. Later, the committee approved a bill prohibiting undisclosed reporting of mediation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and a broad bill by Senator Sepúlveda replacing references to paternity and affiliation with parentage across multiple laws. Most measures were reported to the floor, and one bill on court data reporting was sent to finance. The meeting concluded with no further business.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, House Bill 3519 is a solution for the abandoned grow issue that we discussed in our interim

Bills: HB3011 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3881 , HB3519 , HB3522 , HB3530

Committee: House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Keywords: alcoholic beverages, personal use permit, manufacturing, excise tax, Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, alternative nicotine products, vaping, regulations, manufacturing standards, packaging requirements, penalties, Attorney General

Summary: The committee considered several alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and ABLE Commission bills. House Bill 3011 was amended to clarify that home beer brewing would not be taxed if the beer is not being sold, and then passed by recorded vote. House Bill 3143, extending the moratorium on marijuana licenses, and House Bill 3144, adding a cap to prevent a large number of licenses if the moratorium is lifted, both passed. House Bill 3881, creating a regulatory framework for alternative nicotine products including e-liquids and vape products, passed after a question clarified it does not apply to medical marijuana vapes. The committee also advanced House Bill 3519, which replaces the current bond requirement for abandoned grow sites with an annual $2,000 fee paid to OMMA, creates a revolving fund capped at $5 million for cleanup costs, and waives the fee after five consecutive years of ownership in the same name as the license. Members discussed how the fund would be used and whether it was protected from legislative sweeps. House Bill 3522, requested by the Restaurant Association, requires the ABLE Commission to report its disciplinary actions annually and passed unanimously. Finally, House Bill 3530, with a committee substitute adopted as the working draft, sets timelines for ABLE licensees to produce requested documents. It also passed by recorded vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• problem-solving court reporting workload, and $13 million for architectural and engineering services, as well as site
• also allows the Save Our Homes benefit to transfer or port to a new homestead for any homestead abandoned
• expensive outside hospital contracts and reduce transportation costs and overtime associated with off-site
• Associated with off-site medical care. Other questions? Any debate?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• have described serious safety failures in a Phoenix group home, including guns and drugs found on site
• And then the abuser opens a case in family law and the children are taken over, and DCS abandons them
• the auditor general, and that we have something with teeth that we can hold someone accountable. ...site
• with the auditor general and that we have something with teeth that we can hold someone accountable site

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The special committee on government convened to discuss child welfare reform, with members framing the meeting as a response to Arizona Auditor General findings and broader concerns about the Department of Child Safety (DCS). The chair emphasized that the committee’s goal was to improve accountability, oversight, and child-centered practices rather than assign blame, and said bills advanced from the committee would move to the floor. Roll was taken, and the committee then heard testimony on several bills focused on foster care and DCS operations. HB 2611 was heard first. The bill would require termination of a group foster home employee who tests positive on a drug screen, establish screening and safety requirements for group homes, expand foster youth rights, and include designated advocates on family/service teams. An amendment was adopted that changed the drug-testing language to require removal from child contact pending confirmatory review rather than automatic termination, and to require testing after certain incidents. Supporters, including foster youth and former foster youth, described unsafe conditions in group homes, bullying, drug use by staff, inadequate training, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. Some members raised questions about the amendment, drug-testing procedures, backup staffing, and contracting authority, but the amendment passed and HB 2611 was given a do pass recommendation by a 5-1-1 vote. The committee next considered HB 2035, which would add extended family members to the search, notification, and placement process when a child enters custody and create a presumption that placement with relatives or significant adults is in the child’s best interest. Testimony strongly favored kinship placement, with speakers arguing that children do better with familiar caregivers and that current practice often fails to locate or prioritize relatives. Several witnesses described tragic cases, including the death of Zariah Finley Dodd, to argue that repeated placements and congregate care increase risk. Some members questioned whether the bill duplicated existing law and asked for clarification on differences from prior legislation; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was ultimately given a do pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel and incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require independent representation or review in certain cases involving credible allegations against DCS or its agents. The sponsor and several witnesses argued that the Attorney General’s office has a structural conflict when representing DCS, and that independent counsel would better ensure honesty and accountability in court proceedings. Others cautioned that keeping representation within the Attorney General’s office preserves consistency, oversight, and existing checks and balances. Discussion continued on the structure of legal representation for DCS, but the transcript ends before a final vote on HB 4049 is recorded.

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• those dollars weren't programmed already to be spent through the Common School Construction... ...site
• AAP funding is also used for on-site security services and provider training programs that address provider
• One is to not reduce the funding for our off-site clinics, which are usually our specialty clinics, and
• program and public donations for recuperating 100% of the cost of salvage, removal, and demolition of abandoned

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all

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• of higher education so that they can receive funding for services rendered at a school or schooling site
• the California School-Based Health Alliance Conference at the beginning of last week, and we did a site
• visit in Kern County in the latter part of last week, where we were visiting school district sites,
• the percentage of routed contacts that are answered in state; the average speed to answer; the abandonment
• We represent over 450 treatment sites across the state.

Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.