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• Just the attractiveness in terms of housing right now for those folks, but also just the skill levels
• The value-added component is the contribution to GDP, and then out of that is labor income.
• We have labor income here on the bottom, value added, and then total output.
• Representative for San Juan County over that period of time: 436 jobs, labor income of 11.7 million,
• Labor shortages, both skilled and unskilled, are affecting many of our meat processors.

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• labor pool available.
• </c> It would direct that project labor It would direct that project labor agreements<06:44:34.000><c
• </c><06:47:02.558><c> And</c> the use of project labor agreements.
• And the use of project labor agreements.
• Standards Act. the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

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• And the fourth thing he names is the lack of skilled labor to build the houses.
• </c> lack of labor.
• Okay, lack of skilled lack of labor.
• Okay, lack of skilled labor<00:20:51.600><c> to</c><00:20:51.760><c> build</c><00:20:51.919><c> the</
• Labor as the broad umbrella of all of the labor that goes into developing new housing.

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• Sorry, my skills are even worse than Judge Braswell's, I think, when it comes to this stuff.
• Everything's, we all know, at the cost of labor, everything's gone up.
• Everything's, we all know at the cost of labor, everything's gone up.
• So as I summarize, and I'd be glad to continue... ...literacy skills, you know, as they go.
• Thank you for your comments, well stated. literacy skills, you know, as they go.

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Summary: The committee first approved the December 10 minutes and then approved Representative Bentley’s appointment to the Child Maltreatment Oversight Committee. Members then received the Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review annual report, which covered unexpected child deaths in 2023. Reviewers said 170 non-natural deaths were identified, but 22 could not be reviewed because of criminal investigations, prosecutions, or missing records. Of the 148 reviewed deaths, 69 were accidents, 14 suicides, 18 homicides, and 47 were undetermined causes, including sudden unexpected infant death. Members asked how the report’s recommendations could be used, and presenters said the report is intended as a prevention tool for agencies, nonprofits, and others; they also noted that child abuse prevention grant applications are being shaped by the report’s recommendations and offered to share the RFP with the committee. A question about suicide and homicide data by age was answered by pointing members to the age breakdown in the report, with most of those deaths concentrated among 15- to 17-year-olds. The committee then took up HCR 1010 and a broader discussion of juvenile justice reform. Representative Shepard said the resolution was meant to confront data on juvenile incarceration and the cost of the system, while Senator Irvin, Judge Troy Braswell, Judge Kathy Hess, and AOC Juvenile Division Director Burke Steen described years of reform efforts built around validated risk assessments, diversion, and community-based services. They said Arkansas adopted tools such as SAVRY, the MAYSI, and substance-abuse screening to individualize juvenile court responses, and they emphasized that the goal is to keep children at home and in their communities when safe to do so. Members discussed the need for more mental health and substance-abuse services, better school collaboration, and the role of school safety dashboards and FINS/truancy cases in identifying problems earlier. Judges and staff said the reforms have reduced delinquency filings, DYS commitments, and revocations, while increasing diversions, though they noted data gaps in some counties and the need for better reporting. They also stressed that some serious offenses still require detention or commitment, and that judges must balance public safety with rehabilitation. Representative Barnes and others asked whether the numbers might be worse without judicial discretion and community programs, and the presenters agreed that individualized decision-making and graduated sanctions matter. Representative Inatt asked about tracking youth with disabilities, and the presenters said that specific diagnoses are not currently tracked but that national court data efforts may soon add behavioral-health data points. The committee then heard from DYS Director Michael Crump, who provided detailed data on DYS commitments, secure and community-based placements, detention-center use, demographics, offense levels, average length of stay, education outcomes, recidivism, dual DCFS/DYS custody, costs, and interagency coordination. He said commitments fell sharply during COVID, have since risen and then begun to decline, and that the system is working to reduce detention use, improve education and treatment, and expand community-based providers statewide.

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• Beyond leadership skills, JROTC helps students develop strong character and a sense of civic duty.
• establishes a two-year pilot program for grants to organizations to provide services to victims of labor
• Organizations to provide services to victims of labor and sexual trafficking.
• After much labor and perseverance, we are delivering. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• After much labor and perseverance, we are delivering the final sunset of the day, an extension of the

Bills: HR1055, SB2170, SB1833, SB1198, HR1056, SB1730, SB563, SB1379, SB1645, SB2155, SB1280, SB1455, SB1456, SB1461, SB1457, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, SB1344, SB1309, HR1054, SB2159, SB1948, HB1371, SB1365, SB1976, SB1975, SB2026, SB1565, SB1621, SB237, SB933, SB1427, SB1642, SB171, SB1873, SB2067, SB1623, SB1771, SB1805, SB1826, SB2072, SB444, SB2184, SB1966, SB1812, SB2117, SB2135, SB330, SB1239, SB1428, SB1531, SB1484, SB1405, SB3

Keywords: Oklahoma Agriculture Day, agriculture, farmers, ranchers, agribusiness, food production, wheat, cattle, beef, dairy, soybeans, cotton, poultry, pork, rye, rural economy, urban-rural, trade, commodity production, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture

Summary: The House met in session with a roll call establishing a quorum, followed by prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including the Doctor and Nurse of the Day and youth groups visiting the chamber. Special presentations honored the Oklahoma City Blazers under-10 ice hockey team for winning a Texas state championship and MacArthur High School JROTC cadets for repeated drill team success. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1055 declaring April 29, 2026, as Oklahoma Agriculture Day, and House Resolution 1056 recognizing Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; both were adopted without objection. Members then considered a series of Senate bills. SB 2170 on child custody passed 77-0 and requires supervised visitation when a court finds child abuse or sexual exploitation. SB 1833 codifies a federal waiver barring SNAP purchases of candy and soft drinks and passed 62-17. SB 1198, requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to file releases on county- and municipally-owned properties at the request of local officials, passed 79-0. SB 1730, which requires law enforcement sexual abuse reports to be forwarded to OSBI for investigative use, drew debate over victim protection versus due-process concerns and passed 52-29. The House also passed SB 1379 creating a two-year grant pilot for services to labor and sex trafficking victims, including services regardless of immigration status, and approved the emergency. SB 1645 on Medicaid audit procedures, SB 2155 allowing the Route 66 Commission to use MOUs for administrative oversight, and several sunset-extension bills for boards and commissions also advanced, many with emergency clauses approved. SB 1461 extending the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority passed 67-20, but its emergency failed 55-20. Other measures passed included SB 1344 creating an insulin access and affordability program, SB 1309 increasing Roads Fund debt-service capacity, and multiple board-extension bills for construction, polygraph examiners, engineers and surveyors, and midwifery, most with emergency clauses adopted. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 1:30 p.m.

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• Patient safety and misrepresentation of skills, as identified by the author, have been addressed by my
• education verification, ensuring accountability, patient protection, and preventing misrepresentation of skills
• a retired volunteer status for retired veterinarians and RVTs who wish to provide unpaid voluntary labor
• a retired volunteer status for retired veterinarians and RVTs who wish to provide unpaid voluntary labor
• This added flexibility will help hospitals compete in the healthcare labor market, stabilize their workforce

Summary: The committee heard a series of bills on access to care, professional licensing, and consumer protection, beginning as a subcommittee because quorum was initially lacking. AB 1307 would create a pilot program allowing up to 30 qualified dentists from Mexico to work in underserved California areas for up to three years; the author and sponsor framed it as a cost-neutral way to address dental shortages, the California Dental Association moved from opposition to neutral after amendments, and members expressed support. AB 1703 would restrict use of osteopathic titles and osteopathic manipulative treatment to licensed DOs; supporters said it would prevent patient confusion and unlicensed practice, while non-physician osteopaths argued it would criminalize a long-standing, safe practice and reduce access. Members raised concerns about consumer clarity and access, and the author said she would continue working with opponents. AB 2250 made technical cleanup changes to last year’s hemp enforcement law, with support from the cannabis industry and no opposition. AB 1758 would raise the annual seller-of-travel assessment for the Travel Consumer Restitution Fund from $35 to $60, and AB 1794 would allow prescribed enteral nutrition formulas to be drop-shipped directly to patients’ homes with pharmacist oversight; both drew support and no opposition. AB 1775 would expand state licensing priority and related support for veterans discharged because of a federal transgender military policy, with emotional testimony from a transgender Army captain and support from equality and women’s organizations. AB 1939 would allow licensed professional fiduciaries to form corporations, and AB 2477 would create a limited provisional period for new pest control employees to work under supervision while licensing is pending; both were supported, though AB 2477 drew questions about supervision and committee amendments. AB 1999 would address veterinary workforce shortages by creating retired volunteer status, a shelter-veterinarian pathway, changes to VCPR rules, and narrowing the owner exemption to exclude surgical procedures; supporters cited animal welfare concerns, while some opponents warned about overreach. AB 2010 would permit high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinics in nontraditional settings to expand access, but the Veterinary Medical Board and some advocates opposed it unless amended over safety and clarity concerns. AB 2311 would let public health care district hospitals directly employ physicians, with supporters saying it would improve recruitment and access and opponents warning about erosion of physician autonomy; the author said the bill included safeguards, a sunset, and reporting requirements, and continued negotiations were ongoing. After quorum was established, the committee took roll-call votes and advanced the bills, generally on party-line or broad bipartisan votes, with several measures placed on call and others sent to Appropriations, Judiciary, Revenue and Taxation, Military and Veterans Affairs, or other committees as noted.

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• So, on the labor shortage, could you maybe just give us an update?
• The thing that's that are put for labor shortage, one of the things is we've done a lot of work to focus
• It's still there's more skilled staff you know as you know to operate a healthcare facility than just
• And so finding you know radiology techs and go down the list from those technical skilled laborers it
• So, with that estimated 20% reduction as a goal on that contract labor, what would the system savings

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• of hope for the transgender veterans community, it's an investment in these veterans' talents and skills
• Of course, they come with a lot of the skills, training, and leadership. and access to civilians, of
• course, they come with a lot of the skills, training, and leadership opportunities as well to be able
• Department of Labor statistics show a 53% decrease in veterans in the California workforce over the last

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• Sarah Flachs, California Federation of Labor Unions in support. Thank you. Thank you.
• California Labor Federation and Shane Gussman, representing the California Teamsters.
• This bill is part of a package of bills that the Labor Federation is sponsoring to update labor standards
• And we have special interest groups that come here, labor. They're the modern-day Luddites.
• And then you're talking about child safety laws, which come from the labor movement.

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• company would handle removal when chosen by the landowner, it would increase safety and create jobs for skilled
• ><00:02:38.400><c> create</c><00:02:38.800><c> jobs</c><00:02:39.280><c> for</c><00:02:39.599><c> skilled
• </c><00:02:40.239><c> union</c> safety and create jobs for skilled union safety and create jobs for skilled
• I use this example a lot, but you know, Department of Labor for a long time now has taken 13 to 15 weeks
• I use this example a lot, but you know, Department of Labor for a long time now has taken 13 to 15 weeks

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• I don't have an issue with, you know, department's labor standard enforcement.
• I can go to labor standards enforcement. I know who they are. I can do that. I can do that.
• preliminary cure determination issued by the Labor...
• referenced, and so what The Labor Commissioner’s side that Senator Grove referenced.
• I'm the director of the Labor Management Compliance Council.

Summary: The Senate Rules Committee met to consider several gubernatorial appointments and procedural items. It unanimously approved three appointments not required to appear: Frank Damrow Jr. to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, Michelle Edger to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, and David Galavis to the State Park and Recreation Commission. The committee also approved bill referrals, a rule waiver to allow SB 1447 (Health) to be heard past the policy deadline, and floor acknowledgments, all by 4-0 votes. The committee then heard testimony from Clint Kellam, nominee to lead the Department of Cannabis Control. Senators focused on illicit cannabis activity, consumer education, youth protection, labeling, and packaging that may be attractive to children. Kellam said the department’s goal is to shift consumption from illicit to legal sources, not increase use, and described efforts including the Real California Cannabis campaign, the SB 540 pamphlet, inspections, a package-review team, and an AI image analyzer for licensees. He also discussed enforcement against illicit cultivation, coordination with local, state, and federal agencies, and the department’s role in helping bring legal market compliance and access into balance. The committee voted 4-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate. The committee next heard from Jennifer Osborne, nominee to direct the Department of Industrial Relations. Questions centered on Cal/OSHA audit findings, workplace safety, PAGA-related litigation, case backlogs, staffing shortages, and how her administrative background would help manage the department. Osborne said she would focus on fixing systemic issues, improving staffing and classification rules, modernizing IT systems, adding intake and investigative capacity, and addressing the Cal/OSHA audit recommendations. She also said DIR would continue working on worker safety, compensation, and apprenticeship programs, and would follow up on some questions about natural-disaster-related enforcement and backlog metrics. Public commenters from employer groups and labor organizations spoke in support, and the committee approved her appointment 4-0 for consideration by the full Senate.

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• As we heard on Friday, the U.S. labor market is weakening and we know the cost of electricity is going
• Island and Connecticut, to end this chaos and get the operating engineers, the longshoremen, the laborers
• LABOR MARKET IS WEAKENING AND WE KNOW THE COST OF ELECTRICITY IS GOING UP.
• IDENTIFY AND MATCH THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES OF VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH
• WHICH IS WHY I HAD TO DRIVE DOWN THE CITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND SEE THE PRESIDENT'S FACE ON

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• Required services include prenatal education, labor support, postpartum assistance, advocacy within medical
• Department of Health contract with various certification organizations such as Lamaze, DONA, CAPA, to labor
• , therapy, counseling, employment and housing assistance, wraparound services, independent living, skill
• What it allows is 80 hours a month of on-the-job training, vocational education training, job skills
• It's better if you have work skills.

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Summary: The committee first considered SB 268, a public records bill for emergency physicians. A strike-all amendment narrowed and clarified the exemption, and the sponsor said it was intended to protect current emergency department physicians and eligible family members who submit a written request. Emergency physician Dr. Sean Patterson and several health care organizations supported the bill, citing threats, harassment, and safety concerns tied to mandatory reporting and patient encounters. The committee adopted the amendment and reported SB 268 favorably as a committee substitute. The committee then heard SB 514, creating the Doula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties for pregnant and postpartum women, with priority for those affected by substance use disorder. Members discussed how the Department of Health would implement the pilot, collect data, and work with existing maternal health partners. An amendment changed the funding source to specific appropriations in the General Appropriations Act. Supporters said doula care can improve maternal and infant outcomes and help address Florida’s maternal health crisis. The bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 36, on use of professional nursing titles, drew extensive debate over whether nurses with doctoral degrees should be able to use the title “doctor” in clinical and advertising settings while clearly identifying themselves as nurses. The sponsor said the bill was about transparency and patient clarity, while several senators raised concerns that patients could confuse DNPs with physicians. Supporters from nursing groups said the bill protects earned credentials and does not expand scope of practice. The committee adopted an amendment aligning the bill with the House version and reported SB 36 favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also reported favorably SB 864, creating a public records exemption for uterine fibroid research data; SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care management for certain health professionals; SB 1404, revising memory care licensing for assisted living facilities; and SB 914, clarifying dry needling authority for occupational therapists. Finally, the committee took up SB 1758, a broad public assistance bill affecting Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described reforms including stronger fraud enforcement, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral health services through a waiver, pharmacy program changes, and SNAP fraud reduction measures. Members questioned the work requirement, implementation costs, eligibility verification, and due process concerns, while the sponsor said the bill would require federal approval and legislative review before implementation. Three amendments were adopted to adjust drug list update timing, expand public testimony on the high-cost drug list, and require faster prior authorization responses with a temporary supply in emergencies. The transcript cuts off before the final disposition of SB 1758.

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• PERB for adjudicating unfair labor practice charges.
• The fragmented labor enforcement system leaves workers and families exposed.
• I do appreciate the comments regarding labor. I had an extensive discussion with my labor partners.
• I do appreciate the comments regarding labor. I had an extensive discussion with my labor partners.
• Their concern is having a labor representative of my labor partners, their concern is having a labor

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• What is the cost to, the cost of labor to deliver those things.
• And as I mentioned on the last slide, that figure is made up of those base costs, labor hours, all the
• So I think it's, you know, maybe in the order of a third-ish, but I'm not an engineer, so my math skills
• I'm not an engineer, so my math skills are not that close. But those are the numbers.
• How has the retirements in the skill sets that you need for a big project like this affected the cost

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• These efforts bring together communities, universities, labs, and employers to build the skilled workforce
• In a time of high inflation and limited labor and material availability, we have to partner to drive
• However, through training and retooling, we can provide individuals with more skills to maintain their
• We need to support individuals in those basic needs, but also in the support around workforce skills
• What's the common-sense approach to keeping skilled workers?

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• Are there skill deficits in SEL? Um, are their parenting.
• Lower the, lower the level of skills just to graduate.
• We have to make sure that the skill, pluck out the skill they need to pass the 7th grade standard tomorrow
• That means they're, you know, their skills of 1st grade and 2nd grade.
• skills, they're gonna sit there and say, I don't know what I'm doing.

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• to the original bill in your electronic bill books, and it indicates that between costs at PERC for labor
• The change in scope is supported by a number of student organizations as well as labor unions across
• The change in scope is supported by a number of student organizations as well as labor unions across
• Passing this bill and giving students the opportunity to negotiate would allow them to take those skills

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee held public hearings on several bills related to artificial intelligence, student employee bargaining, and online safety. For HB 1170, staff explained that the bill would require certain large generative AI providers to offer provenance detection tools and include latent or optional manifest disclosures in AI-generated audio, image, and video content, with enforcement by the Attorney General under the Consumer Protection Act. Committee discussion focused on whether the bill would apply to AI-generated text code, and staff clarified that it would not. Testimony from the Washington Technology Industry Association opposed the bill as written, citing enforcement ambiguity, definition changes, and interoperability concerns, while noting support for continued work on the issue. For HB 1570, staff described the underlying bill as extending collective bargaining rights under the Public Employees Collective Bargaining Act to student employees at several state higher education institutions, with a striking amendment narrowing the bill to non-academic student employees at Western Washington University and listing covered job classifications. Staff estimated the original bill’s fiscal impact at about $1.5 million per biennium, reduced to roughly $200,000 per biennium under the striking amendment. Testimony from labor and student representatives supported the narrowed bill, emphasizing student worker safety, organizing support, and the need to move forward after prior union votes. The committee also heard substitute HB 1833, which would create the Spark Act grant program in the Department of Commerce to support innovative uses of AI, with grants requiring a state benefit and shared technology, and with Commerce consulting the Attorney General’s AI Task Force. Staff estimated administrative costs of about $160,000 per year plus grant funding that could bring total annual program costs to roughly $660,000 to $1.6 million. Representative Keaton said an amendment would update dates and incorporate changes. Testimony was generally supportive from industry and retail representatives, who framed the bill as a pro-innovation public-private partnership. Finally, the committee heard a proposed third substitute for HB 1834, which would prohibit addictive feeds for minor users and restrict push notifications during evening and school hours unless parents consent, while allowing all users to limit feeds and privacy settings. Supporters, including the Attorney General’s Office, Children’s Alliance, and a parent who lost a child to social media harms, argued the bill would protect children and reduce behavioral health costs. Opponents from technology, civil liberties, and industry groups raised constitutional, privacy, and vagueness concerns, warning that age determination could function like age verification and that the bill could restrict access to beneficial content. No votes or executive action were taken; the committee concluded public hearings and announced amendment deadlines for upcoming executive sessions.

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• Math and business skills. His family immigrated here from Chihuahua, Mexico.
• Through the guest worker program, laboring under the hot sun to provide for his family.
• Here, as builders, dreamers, entrepreneurs, public servants, pioneers, labor leaders, and politicians
• out of that experience, the Irish were pivotal to building our state's trade union movement and the labor

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• This bill is supported by labor orgs representing the very workers who power this industry.
• Our labor partners know that when production leaves, careers leave with it.
• They benefited from the economic wealth transfer of free labor.
• They insured those loans and underwrote them with that same slave labor.
• They insured those loans and underwrote them with that same slave labor.

Summary: The Senate Public Safety Committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing a long agenda of bills. Early items included AB 2605, which would require statewide reporting on public defense services; supporters said California lacks basic data on how indigent defense is delivered and that the bill would help identify under-resourced counties, while no opposition appeared. AB 1650 would require rental vehicles used in law enforcement operations to display agency identification; supporters framed it as a transparency and community-trust measure in response to immigration enforcement tactics, while sheriffs and police groups opposed it unless amended, arguing it could compromise undercover and task-force operations and raise legal and indemnification concerns. AB 1930 would require notice to the Attorney General before business entities respond to subpoenas involving legally protected abortion or gender-affirming care information; supporters said it protects patient privacy and provider safety, while opponents raised constitutional, law-enforcement, and business-burden concerns. The committee also heard AB 458, directing state procurement guidelines for firearms and accessories so agencies buy from responsible vendors, with support from police chiefs, gun-violence prevention groups, and local officials, and no opposition testimony offered. The committee then heard AB 1588 on sideshows and street takeovers, which would update the definition of sideshows, include motorcycles and dirt bikes, and align penalties with street racing. Supporters, including police, city, transportation, and road-safety advocates, said the bill responds to dangerous events, property damage, and injuries; opponents from civil liberties and public defender groups argued higher fines and criminal penalties are ineffective and disproportionately harm low-income people, favoring roadway design and community-based prevention instead. AB 910, the Survivors Act, would expand affirmative defenses and vacature relief for survivors of trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence; supporters, including a survivor who described decades of abuse and wrongful conviction, said the bill gives survivors a chance to tell their stories and seek relief, while district attorneys opposed expanding relief to violent offenses and warned it could erase restitution and undermine victims’ rights. AB 2624 would expand Safe at Home confidentiality protections to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers; supporters described threats, doxxing, and harassment against immigrant-serving organizations, while opponents claimed the bill was prompted by investigative reporting on fraud and would chill journalism and transparency. The committee also heard AB 31, making the tribal police pilot program permanent and creating a missing and murdered Indigenous persons task force, which drew strong support from tribal representatives and no opposition. Later, AB 1959 sought to close a resentencing loophole tied to a 2001 Santana High School shooting case by restoring judicial discretion in resentencing for certain juvenile offenders; supporters said the current process can lead to automatic release even after parole denial, while opposition testimony began with concerns that the bill was responding to one case and lacked broader evidence. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly noted they supported several bills but could not formally vote because the committee lacked a quorum, so motions were held for later action.