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• On streamlining, we do have the canopy 45,000 square feet that would be on a graduated basis starting
• That was six days ago, and the Legislature has directed the office to recommend streamlining starting
• The streamlining was taken under advisement and study in a large consultative process statewide among
• The streamlining was taken under advisement and study in a large consultative process statewide among
• The streamlining was taken under advisement and study in a large consultative process statewide among

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• First off, the practice of dividing available funding among individual legislators, you know, while it
• By practice you put roughly 50% towards the state-owned stuff and the other 50% is divided equally among
• Chair, Representative, yes, I mean, it's just practice.
• history of where it originated from, but it's not in rule, it's not in statute, it's just common practice
• These funds aren't currently part of membership, and it would be practically very difficult to make them

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• The bill authorizes PERB, among other things, to decide unfair labor practices pursuant to a specified
• The bill grants PERB jurisdiction to make initial determinations as to whether charges of unfair practice
• So this is with regards to the unfair labor practices adjustment.
• The questions as to other labor practices in the use of AI, I think, are beyond the scope at this point
• For the people who have been detained, those who have been practically separated from their families

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision proposals for labor, public safety/judiciary, and transportation, and no votes were taken. In Part A on labor, the Employment Development Department reviewed proposals for EDD Next document management system funding, updated UI loan interest costs, disability insurance and paid family leave benefit and administration adjustments, WIOA funding changes, UI administrative and benefit changes, school employee benefit adjustments, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical correction tied to EDD Next. PERB discussed funding tied to AB 28 and AB 1, including litigation-related workload and new jurisdiction over legislative employees. DIR presented proposals for legal unit reclassifications, two major IT modernization projects, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COIA reappropriation, and trailer bill language on electronic assessment payments and the DWC director salary cap. CalHR proposed additional funding for a consolidated employee assistance program contract, and CalPERS and CalSTRS presented budget adjustments tied to investment costs and state contribution changes. Members focused heavily on UI debt and interest payments, asking the administration for a plan to reduce the outstanding loan and relieve employers. Finance said no specific repayment plan was included in the May Revision, while LAO said the state’s UI tax structure is structurally insufficient and that any debt payoff should be paired with tax-system reform. Senators also questioned EDD Next costs and timelines, PERB’s caseload and staffing needs, and DIR’s emerging technologies unit, with LAO noting that the unit would appear focused on physical workplace safety rather than broader AI labor issues. CalHR said the new EAP contract would consolidate services, improve access to clinicians, and lower costs relative to the current model. CalPERS defended higher external management fees as part of a strategy to pursue higher net returns, while some members pressed for more transparency about private investments; CalSTRS said it was not prepared to address investment-strategy questions at this hearing. Public comment in Part A was dominated by advocates urging support for an immigration enforcement emergency relief fund, along with comments supporting the Jails to Jobs proposal, the Apprenticeship Innovation Fund, and additional PERB funding. The chair noted that many of the immigration-related requests might fall under other committees and said staff would follow up. In Part B, Finance and LAO outlined judicial branch and DOJ May Revision items, including funding for court interpreter services, appellate court security, lactation room implementation delays, courthouse construction reappropriations, and DOJ budget increases. LAO recommended approving the language-access proposal with a report on reducing interpreter cost growth and reducing the General Fund backfill for state court facilities by $10 million on an ongoing basis.

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• A protection written in law means little if we have no practical and affordable way to enforce it.
• Chair. ...practically implemented. And with that, would you like to close? Thank you.
• I appreciate your passion, your hard work, and your practical application.
• AB 2371 streamlines the local permitting process to allow specified types of business owners.
• Yet AB 928 contains no religious exemptions and no accommodation for these longstanding practices.

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• create an emergency readiness toolkit and post it publicly, providing operational educators with practical
• Government efficiency can be improved by streamlining the process and freeing up state personnel to work
• Evaluate compliance with state and federal regulations and explore ways to streamline and modernize the
• There was just nothing either practiced or in place that would have given your boys or other campers

Bills: HB48, HB 66, HB 68, HB71, HB75, HB164, HB171, HB254, SB 3, SB 18, HB123, HB149, HB117

Keywords: HB 48, Texas alert notification systems, emergency alerts, public warning systems, alert fatigue, notification fatigue, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, DPS alerts, emergency management, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, STEAR, disaster notifications, weather alerts, Amber Alert, Silver Alert, Blue Alert, missing persons alerts, accessible alerts, hearing impaired

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• That is industry practice for when the landowner's rights are given to them?
• That is industry practice of when the landowner's right is given to them?
• And it's really streamlined and caused the system to work much better, where landowners are way more
• And it's really streamlined and, you know, caused the system to work much better where landowners are

Bills: HB5489, HB5695, HB5699, SB291, SB292

Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports

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• recover listed species, create greater transparency and accountability in recovering listed species, streamline
• recovering listed species, streamline recovering listed species, streamline the<00:15:37.199>
• If we hadn't have grown like we've grown over the last several years and just the practicality of this
• If we hadn't have grown like we've grown over the last several years and just the practicality of this
• If we hadn't have grown like we've grown over the last several years and just the practicality of this

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• , and spending and heard from practices, and spending and heard from many<00:11:09.279> key<00
• This practice is directly harming providers, staff, and the families they serve.
• to align with this common sense practice to align with federal<00:49:44.319> law.
• House Bill 776, Representative Derek Lewis, an act relating to the practice of dentistry.
• Lewis, an act relating to the practice Lewis, an act relating to the practice of<01:56:19.440>

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Summary: The House convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent members, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications, and approved the journal from February 26, 2026. The clerk then reported several bills on second reading, including measures on state personnel, domestic violence, fish and wildlife resources, open records, workforce investment, data centers, guardians ad litem and domestic relations, along with Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 on a Medicaid pilot feasibility study and Senate Joint Resolution 23 declaring Kentucky a “food is medicine” state. The main floor business was House Bill 2, the Medicaid reform and appropriation bill. The sponsor described it as a response to rising Medicaid costs and federal changes, saying it would improve transparency, oversight, fraud prevention, and program operations. He said the bill would apply mainly to the Medicaid expansion population and include community engagement, cost-sharing, eligibility safeguards, stronger managed care oversight, transportation and dental delivery changes, waiver program prioritization, greater legislative access to CHFS data, a transparency dashboard, periodic auditor review, and limits on certain weight-management drug coverage. A House committee substitute was adopted, and a floor amendment on phasing in a marginal medical loss ratio requirement over four years was offered as a friendly amendment and adopted. The House then debated House Floor Amendment 1, which would have removed state-mandated co-payments and limited cost sharing to the federal minimum, while also prohibiting reporting medical debt to credit agencies. Supporters argued the amendment would protect low-income Kentuckians from barriers to care and prevent medical debt from worsening poverty. Opponents said the bill’s co-pays were intended to encourage appropriate use of care, especially to reduce non-emergency emergency room visits, and noted that providers and MCOs could waive or work around some charges. After a roll call vote, the amendment failed 20-39. After the amendment vote, the House continued discussion of the bill, with the sponsor defending the co-payment structure as a way to promote personal responsibility and sustainability while preserving access to primary care. The transcript ends during further debate on House Bill 2, and no final passage vote is shown in the provided excerpt.

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• in a thoughtful, practical way.
• And how we train and how districts understand what you can and cannot do within the Data Practices Act
• There is a section in the Data Practices Act called the Personnel Data Section. It's 1343.
• We are not creating any new programs here; we are simply streamlining data.
• education. government data practices and higher education.

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• Price optimization is a shady practice.
• Price optimization is a shady practice that companies use to determine the highest price you can sustain
• The people that we represent expect us to learn from past failures and take practical steps to prevent
• The Civil Rights Act was pivotal on paper, yet in practice, it was incomplete.
• The Civil Rights Act was pivotal on paper, yet in practice, it was incomplete.

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, pledge, attendance, and a series of recesses and caucus calls. The chamber also recognized the retirement of Larry Horn of the Michigan Senate Police Department and later honored departing staff members Macy Maine, Maddie Cutler, and Julia Schmidt. Senator Geiss delivered a statement marking the 62nd anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, emphasizing its legacy and the need to protect and strengthen civil rights protections. The Senate received House messages on Senate Bills 870 and 878, with SB 878 sent to conference. It also introduced several new measures, including Senate Joint Resolution L and Senate Bills 1085 through 1091, plus House Bills 4833, 5152, 5153, and 5727, referring them to the appropriate committees. The chamber discharged multiple committees from further consideration of bills and suspended rules several times to move legislation onto the General Orders calendar and to allow committee meetings during session. On the floor, the Senate passed House Bill 4072 and Senate Bills 792, 793, 1013, and 947. SB 1013, dealing with the Insurance Code and price optimization, included a failed Tice amendment and passed 34-3. SB 947, concerning dam safety under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, drew supportive remarks from Senator McMorrow and a strong no-vote explanation from Senator McBroom before passing 22-15. The Senate also adopted a McMorrow substitute for SB 947 and later considered a large group of bills in Committee of the Whole, reporting many with amendments and others without amendment for third reading. The session ended with the Senate adjourning until Friday, July 3rd at 12:15 a.m.

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• The question was more a practical one, please stop a driver and don't have, let's say, a driver's license
• My issue, my question is that... more practical, assuming that the person doesn't have insurance or a
• If we can make a practical accommodation, say, let them make a phone call, of course.
• It became a standard practice to And so a number of six, originally six projects, three per year and
• Eliminating railroad crossings is also a sound business. practice.

Bills: SB35, SB284, SB296, SB305, SB857, SB995, SB1121, SB1555, SB1902, SCR25, SB 35

Keywords: transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County

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• We're streamlining the 62J mandate evaluation process to allow freshman legislators to introduce mandates
• We're streamlining<00:36:18.640> the<00:36:18.960> 62J<00:36:19.680> mandate<00:
• 36:20.160> evaluation streamlining the 62J mandate evaluation streamlining the 62J mandate evaluation
• I want to tell the body that Commissioner Partridge has years of real-world practical experience working
• I want to tell the body that Commissioner Partridge has years of real-world practical experience working

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• Senate Bill 43 will also improve government efficiency by streamlining the process and freeing up state
• This is really for encouraging innovative practices.
• So specifically today, state how practical—not theoretical—but practically speaking, how do we let the
• I think each disaster would clearly make that distinction on its own, practically speaking.
• What I see in practice with the OR is it doesn't mean I have to do it; it means you have to do it.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Assembly Bill 578 by Assemblymember Bauer-Cahan, an act relating to business practices.
• This is a measure that protects consumers from unfair refund and customer services practices by food
• This update will uphold fair and competitive business practices.
• I rise to present an AB 920, a bill that will streamline housing approvals in California by creating
• These practices aren't just unfair. They make it harder for everyday Californians.

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• It streamlines the comprehensive plan amendment process, closes a loophole on extra student mitigation
• It streamlines the comprehensive plan amendment process, closes a loophole on extra student mitigation
• They're eligible for loan forgiveness in the frame program. they want to go practice in a rural community
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice. You can't use that.
• And finally, it amends a piece in the optometry practice, which allows the Board of Optometry to be able

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of member introductions recognizing interns, pages, volunteers, and the retirement of Pastor Gary Austin from the sergeant’s office. Leadership also announced that budget talks with the House were continuing and that senators would not need to plan on being in next week, suggesting progress toward a budget framework. After routine floor business, the chamber took up a major third-reading measure on citizen initiatives and several education bills, followed later by returning messages from the House on health and school-safety measures. The most extensive debate centered on the citizen initiative bill, which sponsors said was intended to protect the constitutional amendment process from fraud and abuse based on election-crime investigations and a large state report on petition fraud. Supporters argued the bill would add reasonable guardrails, prevent misuse of public funds, and preserve integrity while still allowing grassroots participation. Opponents from both parties argued it would make citizen-led amendments much harder by adding costs, deadlines, criminal penalties, and administrative burdens that would chill participation and favor wealthy or corporate interests. After lengthy debate, the Senate voted 28-10 to pass the bill. The chamber then passed several education measures with little or no opposition, including bills tied to Bright Futures, dual enrollment, Florida ABLE, teacher preparation, and other education policy updates, all by 38-0. Later, the Senate concurred in House amendments on a stem cell therapy bill, an EKG requirement for student athletes, and a cardiac emergency bill, each passing 37-0. The House also sent back a school safety bill with amendments affecting child care facility partnerships with law enforcement, temporary door locks during active assailant incidents, supervision windows, and funding for panic alarm systems; the transcript ends as that bill is being explained.

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• Thank you. practice and theory don't, you know, coincide.
• Residents have basic sustenance and also are able to maintain important cultural and spiritual practices
• This will simplify that process and make it much more efficient from a cost standpoint and practical
• Water Resources Control Board and the California Energy Commission with developing best practices for
• We would like to see the bill implement a statewide best management practice for data centers.

Summary: The committee heard several water, wildlife, conservation, and local government bills. AB 362, by Assembly Member Ramos, would add tribal water uses as a statewide beneficial use and strengthen tribal consultation in water planning; tribal representatives and conservation groups supported it as a long-overdue correction, while water agencies, business groups, and agricultural interests raised concerns about CEQA, regulatory uncertainty, and impacts on existing water planning. The bill was moved on a due pass motion to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, with some members noting ongoing stakeholder discussions and one abstention. AB 1089, by Assembly Member Carrillo, would expand local permitting authority under the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act to include commercial and industrial projects. The author and the City of Adelanto argued it would speed housing and economic development in the high desert while preserving the overall conservation framework, but environmental groups opposed it as premature and potentially weakening protections for Joshua trees. The committee approved the bill on a due pass motion to Appropriations. AB 1024, by Assembly Member Harabedian, would require a regional black bear mitigation plan for the San Gabriel Valley and related areas; Sierra Madre officials described rising bear intrusions and the need for state help, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 846, by Assembly Member Connolly, would streamline permitting for local wildfire preparedness and vegetation management projects in local responsibility areas by creating a faster review process at Fish and Wildlife and improving mapping coordination with Cal Fire. Local government, fire service, and agricultural witnesses supported the bill as a common-sense wildfire prevention measure, and it passed to Natural Resources with no opposition. AB 263, by Assembly Member Rogers, would extend emergency minimum-flow regulations for the Scott and Shasta Rivers for five years or until permanent rules are adopted; supporters said it protects salmon recovery, tribal subsistence, and the fishing economy during a transition period, while opponents argued it bypasses normal regulatory process and harms farmers. The committee approved it on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations, with one abstention and two no votes. AB 1044, by Assembly Member Bains, would create a new Tulare County groundwater sustainability agency for undistricted lands after other local agencies split off; the bill passed to Local Government. AB 1426, by Assembly Member Arambula, began testimony on creating a Diablo Range Conservation Program to fund habitat protection and restoration across the range.

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• our staff participating in using this as we'll look to add additional staff as we learn the best practices
• So it has become standard practice at the request of the committee.
• be completed before session: making the updating of the data when the budgets are released more streamlined

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the June 18, 2025 minutes, and heard four proposed budget format changes. Washington State Parks requested a structural change to separate and better track its Stewardship Services Division, including cultural and natural resources, environmental planning, and Climate Commitment Act investments. DCYF proposed moving direct service functions now housed in program support into the child welfare program so operational costs and direct services would be reported separately; members asked how this would help avoid across-the-board reductions affecting direct services, and the agency said the change would improve transparency and prevent that problem. The Department of Transportation sought to create a new Ferries Program Support sub-program to consolidate four related projects and two existing sub-programs into one administrative/project support structure, while the Department of Veterans Affairs requested only a title change for Program 20 from Field Services to Veteran Services and Counseling and Wellness. The committee voted unanimously to approve all four changes. Kevin Feltis then gave an interim work plan and staffing update for LEAP. He said the office is continuing work on the rewritten capital budget application (BuildSUM), updating the transportation bond model, completing carry-forward levels for the 2027-29 biennium, publishing 2026 legislative budget notes, updating 2025 salary data, and participating in a LegiTech AI pilot for system development within the legislative network. He also noted LEAP’s role in supporting the new Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability. Staffing remained steady at 11 FTEs, with no retirements or staffing changes in the past year, though one vacancy may be filled later and two retirements are anticipated over the next four to five years. The committee also discussed updates to the fiscal.wa.gov website. Planned work includes streamlining how budget data is updated when budgets are released, converting more than 100 reports from Microsoft Reporting Services to Power BI because support is ending, and evaluating whether the site’s search tool should be improved or replaced. Senators and representatives raised concerns about the number of clicks needed to reach capital and transportation project maps and about making public-facing budget information easier to find and understand. Staff said the website redesign was based on prior user testing and that they would look at ways to make maps and other top-level information more accessible. Finally, the committee elected new officers under its alternating-chair rule. Representative Gregerson was nominated and elected chair, and Senator King was nominated and elected vice chair. The meeting then adjourned.

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• I wasn't able to put it in timely for the PCS today, that would not disrupt hiring practices during that
• It is also a federal crime to discriminate in employment practices based on protected characteristics
• have a website with training information and manuals and guidance on how to make sure that they streamline

Bills: HB3725, HB3260, HB3660, HB3369, HB3370

Keywords: labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit

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• resources that we have put a lot of money into and staff time into is incredibly important to streamlining
• Do you have an idea of just how functionally this might work in practice?
• This is just to align with the Office of Grants Management practices, so it will match. that office's

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• And so we streamline it, but when we try these cases, it's still a week.
• Tray Wheeler, I have often viewed your office as being a training ground for law firms that practice
• I have often viewed your office as being a training ground for law firms that practice this law, and

Summary: The joint committee met with a quorum present and first received an overview of its jurisdiction and duties related to appointing the Florida Public Counsel. Staff explained the committee’s authority under joint rules and state law, noted that the current Public Counsel’s term expires February 28, 2025, and that applications for the next four-year term were open with a February 6, 2025 deadline. The committee then heard an extensive update from Public Counsel Walt Truerweiler on the Office of Public Counsel’s work representing utility ratepayers before the Public Service Commission and in appeals. Truerweiler described the office’s caseload and priorities, including electric, gas, water, and wastewater rate cases; storm recovery dockets; cost-recovery clauses; rulemakings; and customer service hearings. He emphasized that the office seeks to challenge unsupported or imprudent costs, find value for customers, and use expert analysis and customer testimony to shape outcomes. He highlighted recent and ongoing matters, including major Duke, TECO, Sunshine water/wastewater, and hurricane recovery proceedings, and said the office had fully litigated four of its last five rate cases, while also achieving a major settlement in Duke that reduced a requested increase and imposed cost controls on solar projects. Members praised the office’s work and asked about the benefits of settlements, staffing and compensation, and how the office decides when to fully intervene versus provide guidance or monitor a case. Truerweiler said settlements can create predictability, reduce uncertainty and expense, and produce tangible value for both customers and utilities. He also acknowledged recruitment challenges, including lower pay than comparable agencies and difficulty attracting attorneys who do not want in-person litigation work. The committee took no substantive action beyond receiving the presentations, and adjourned after a motion was adopted.