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• come in to testify before our hearings told us was that you can't just look at crimes, because these traumas
• for funding school counselors and mental health program hotlines that help students deal with the trauma
• That response leaves our community, already carrying generations of trauma, feeling deeply alone.
• Similarly, CHIRLA, along with other members of Congress, have tried to enter detention facilities where

Summary: The Select Committee on Hate, Racism, and Xenophobia met to hear opening remarks, state data, and testimony from community organizations and equity commissions about rising hate and discrimination in California. The chair framed the hearing as a response to persistent targeting of protected classes, and members said the committee’s purpose was to elevate community voices and identify policy responses. Assembly Member Gonzalez and Assembly Member Lowenthal also briefly commented on the importance of listening to communities and developing legislative solutions. The California Department of Justice reported that 2024 hate crime events, offenses, and victims all increased from the prior year, with anti-Black bias remaining the most common category, followed by anti-Jewish and anti-Latino bias in different breakdowns. DOJ also noted increases in referrals for prosecution and described its hate-crimes guidance, rapid-response protocol, and outreach efforts. The California Commission on the State of Hate said hate is underreported, cited survey data suggesting millions of Californians experienced hate incidents, and recommended permanent data infrastructure, mandatory law-enforcement training, and sustained funding for victim support and prevention programs. Commissioners also emphasized that public messaging by leaders can influence hate and violence. A long panel of advocates described the impacts of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBTQ+ hate, and anti-immigrant enforcement on their communities. NAACP representatives focused on systemic racism in policing, education, health, housing, and environmental justice; LULAC and CHIRLA described ICE raids, profiling, and fear in Latino and immigrant communities; Jewish, Muslim, Asian American, and LGBTQ+ speakers highlighted rising threats, harassment, and the need for language access, school protections, security funding, and legal assistance. The Racial Equity Commission closed by describing its statewide framework work, community engagement, and a December 1 deadline for delivering recommendations to the Legislature and administration. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing, but members said they would request additional recommendations and continue the work through future hearings and briefings.

Bills: SB3 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB1928 , SB2028 , SB2071 , SB2110 , SB2117 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB259 , SB1191 , SB1246 , SB1314 , SB1439 , SB1613 , SB1930 , SB1976 , SB330 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB3 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB1928 , SB2028 , SB2071 , SB2110 , SB2117 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB259 , SB1191 , SB1246 , SB1314 , SB1439 , SB1613 , SB1930 , SB1976 , SB330 , SB2069 , SB2095

Committees: House Energy , House Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

Keywords: industrial hemp, program licensing, agriculture, cannabinoids, state regulation, water infrastructure, wastewater, investment program, loans, local government, SB1509, groundwater, water wells, well spacing, water rights, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, OWRB, basin, subbasin, maximum annual yield

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• board-certified surgeon specializing in acute care surgery and surgical critical care. serves as trauma

Bills: SB1627 , SB227 , SB366 , SB1193 , SB1433 , SB1450 , SB1481 , SB1749 , SB1810 , SB1812 , SB1921 , SB1948 , SB2044 , SB2178 , SB169 , SB1877 , HB1409 , SB1266 , SB1432

Keywords: criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police

Bills: SB2065 , SB1641 , SB1642 , SB1589 , SB1597 , SB1216 , SB2173 , SB2028 , SB2117 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB2014 , SB1805 , SB2044 , SB1836 , SB1380 , SB2179 , SB1436 , SB1558 , SB933 , SB1651 , SB1328 , SB1572 , SB1966 , SB175 , SB1475 , SB1950 , SB2049 , SB2052

Keywords: pollinator, state symbols, agriculture, insects, environment, business entities, limited liability company, LLC, foreign LLC, domestic LLC, limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, registered agent, Secretary of State, annual certificate, good standing, certificate of authority, designated office, email address, electronic mail

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• Effective July 1, 2027, this requires health care facilities that perform procedures involving real-time
• striking about what has changed is that over the last 40 years, there has been recognition of the trauma
• It enables hyperbaric oxygen treatment therapy to be allowed in assisted living facilities.
• living facility with all kinds of safeguards built in, as you heard in the recitation of the bill.
• I cannot support expanding optional medical treatments in these facilities. I vote no.

Committee: Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Summary: The committee heard a series of bills and public testimony, beginning with introductions and then taking up several health and human services measures. A major focus was SB 1120 and SB 1121, which address radiation protection in cardiac catheterization and other ionizing-radiation procedure rooms. SB 1120 would require health care facilities to equip at least 50% of procedure rooms with radiation protection systems by July 1, 2027, while SB 1121 would prohibit requiring lead aprons in rooms with such systems and instead require real-time dosimeters for staff who opt out of lead aprons. Physicians, nurses, and a hospital executive testified that enhanced radiation protection systems can dramatically reduce occupational exposure, lower cancer and orthopedic risks, and help with workforce recruitment and retention; a hospital alliance remained neutral pending further stakeholder discussions. Both bills were amended and passed out of committee on 7-0 votes, and SB 1118, which appropriates state funds for a rural hospital grant program to install radiation protection systems, also passed 7-0. The committee also approved SB 1001, which appropriates $1 million to the Department of Economic Security for the Older Individuals Who Are Blind program, after testimony from blind and low-vision Arizonans and advocates describing long waitlists, the need for independent living training, and the program’s role in preventing unnecessary dependence. SB 1072, a major funding bill for home- and community-based services and room-and-board rate increases for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, drew testimony from providers about severe staffing shortages, overtime, turnover, and underfunding; it passed 6-0 with one not voting. SB 1125, requiring DCS to pursue MOUs with tribes and improve tribal communication and access to licensing and enforcement information, also passed 6-0 with one not voting. The committee then considered SB 1123, which removes a board-certification requirement so trained forensic pathologists can supervise autopsy training for residents and fellows; Maricopa County supported it as a workforce and training fix, and it passed 6-0 with one not voting. SB 1052, allowing mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy in assisted living facilities under physician order and DHS rules, generated mixed testimony: supporters argued it could improve health and independence for residents, while opponents raised concerns about off-label treatment in nonmedical settings. The bill passed 5-2. SB 1112, which reduces the number of acquaintance witnesses required in court-ordered treatment proceedings from two to one and allows the court to waive the witness requirement under certain conditions, drew strong testimony from families and mental health advocates on both sides; it passed 5-2. The committee also began hearing SB 1113, which would allow certain service of process in court-ordered evaluation and treatment cases by evaluation-agency employees or other court-authorized persons, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.

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• The amount of trauma and tragedy that came down... ...that came down in the Hill Country last year is
• We have really not faced any significant impediments other than people's trauma and not wanting to talk
• I mean, did they have any kind of, like what you would expect for a daycare facility?
• I'm not sure that we do, because daycare facilities get held to a very high standard in this state.
• And then she informed me politely that her daughter was not going to speak with me because of trauma.

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• mitigating food insecurity amongst older adults, family caregivers, residents of long-term care facilities
• We have been dealing with a lot of trauma that can be alleviated by allocating funds in the budget.
• I can share the numbers or any of their facilities.
• We were tracking that around 650 facilities in total were impacted at the highest point.
• As of now, we're aware Of 27 adult and senior care facility programs, five children's residential, and

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• Father Jeff, by the founder of Metanoia Manor, which is a juvenile facility for juvenile females who’
• Father Jeff By the founder of Metanoia Manor, which is a juvenile facility for juvenile females who've
• But one of the most important dynamics to understand is the trauma bonding, and so...”
• But one of the most important dynamics to understand is the trauma bonding, and so But one of the most
• important dynamics to understand is the trauma bonding.

Committee: Senate Judiciary C

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• </c><00:30:09.440><c> that</c> like to share with you the trauma that like to share with you the trauma
• </c> There is heightened anxiety and trauma There is heightened anxiety and trauma and<00:31:53.679><
• </c> trauma faced by our students this year. trauma faced by our students this year.
• This is generational trauma.
• </c> a school and a trauma response. a school and a trauma response.

Committee: House Education Finance

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• </c> appropriate facilities appropriate facilities um um um leveraging<01:07:41.119><c> um</c><01:07:
• </c> throughout our DAGs managed facilities. throughout our DAGs managed facilities.
• </c> just a lot of projects at that facility. just a lot of projects at that facility.
• </c><03:27:20.880><c> The</c> that data for new facilities. The that data for new facilities.
• </c> facilities in Eva Beach specifically. facilities in Eva Beach specifically.

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• /c> first responders is the impact of first responders is the impact of repeated<01:16:31.040><c> trauma
• <c> So,</c><01:16:32.159><c> it's</c><01:16:32.400><c> not</c><01:16:32.560><c> that</c> repeated trauma
• So, it's not that repeated trauma.
• So these are people who are putting their lives at risk, experiencing this repeated trauma and, in many
• Just a small snippet to illustrate the trauma of experiences like this.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

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• law enforcement when threats. supporting female patients to mental health and residential care facilities
• That is the law. are not licensed abortion facilities. We are hospitals. We treat emergencies.
• The provisions in here about an unlicensed facility really is dealing with rural Texas.
• The trauma is real. It is real. It's intense. I have PTSD from it. It's not going to go away.
• At the same time, we're a level four maternal care designated facility that's.

Bills: HB44 , HB2200 , HB1612 , HB2747 , HB2038 , HB3717 , HB1431 , HB3800 , HB3801 , HB3560 , HB3246 , HB44

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: HB 44, Life of the Mother Act, abortion exceptions, medical emergency, reasonable medical judgment, pregnancy complications, maternal health, life-threatening condition, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, fetal survival, Texas abortion law, abortion ban, physician liability, health care provider, disciplinary action, aiding and abetting, emergency abortion, obstetric care

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• The city of Elk Grove is not a full-service city, so they don't operate their own police facilities,
• They don't have their own police facilities.
• This project also included trauma-informed creative workshops, paid artist opportunities, and a community
• Adult shelters did not support my unique needs as a foster youth and caused additional trauma.
• Adult shelters did not support my unique needs as a foster youth and caused additional trauma.

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• Well, yes, yes, but of course the 287(g) program at the detention facility currently—the 287(g) contemplates
• As a mother, I can't imagine the trauma of my child being ripped from their classroom in school and carted
• As a teacher, I can't imagine the trauma my other students would experience, seeing this happening to
• Immigrants fleeing trauma will find themselves trapped in a system that reinforces that which they fled
• Immigrants fleeing trauma will find themselves trapped in a system that reinforces that which they fled

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and adoption of the special order report for the day. The chamber then moved into a special-order agenda focused almost entirely on immigration-related measures, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. The memorial was adopted 85-27 after brief debate, with supporters arguing Florida should help maximize federal immigration enforcement and opponents saying Congress, not the state, should fix immigration policy. The House next took up Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses for illegal entry and reentry by adult unauthorized aliens and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members debated constitutional concerns, due process, racial profiling, fiscal impacts, and whether the bill intruded on federal immigration authority. Several amendments were offered and defeated, including proposals to extend protections to Venezuelans with TPS, to remove the mandatory death penalty, to protect certain long-term immigrant workers and teachers, to expand exemptions for Haitians and humanitarian parole recipients, and to create a task force on best practices for immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive locations. A final amendment to strip the bill as unconstitutional was also rejected. The bill then passed 85-29. The final measure discussed was Senate Bill 2C, which creates a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establishes grants and incentive bonuses for local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities, repeals the fee waiver for undocumented students beginning July 1, 2025, and appropriates more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as a broad enforcement package, while questions from members focused on the impact on current students who receive in-state tuition and whether the bill would remove incentives for those already enrolled. The transcript ends during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.

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• contemplates detention facilities, and there's kind of different verticals on that 287(g), but that's
• As a mother, I can't imagine the trauma of my child being ripped from their classroom in school and carted
• As a teacher, I can't imagine the trauma my other students would experience, seeing this happening to
• Immigrants fleeing trauma will find themselves trapped in a system that reinforces that which they fled
• Immigrants fleeing trauma will find themselves trapped in a system that reinforces that which they fled

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, quorum call, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Rules and Ethics Committee special order report for February 13, 2025 was adopted, setting the day’s special order calendar and debate times. The chamber then took up immigration-related special order items, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C, which urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. Members debated federal immigration policy and state cooperation with DHS, and the memorial passed 85-27. The House next considered Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses related to unlawful entry and reentry into Florida and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, including Supremacy Clause, due process, and Eighth Amendment concerns, and several speakers argued it would create separate classes of people and invite litigation. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow or expand exemptions, including protections for Venezuelans on TPS, certain Haitian TPS and humanitarian parole recipients, undocumented people brought to Florida as children working in critical professions, and a proposal to delay action pending court rulings; all of those amendments were rejected. The bill passed 85-29. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 2C, which would create a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establish a local law enforcement immigration grant program and advisory council, repeal the undocumented-student fee waiver, and appropriate more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as supporting cooperation with federal immigration agencies and ending the in-state tuition incentive for undocumented students. Early questioning focused on the impact on “dreamers” and whether the bill would effectively raise their tuition costs; the sponsor said it removed the incentive of in-state tuition but did not bar attendance. The transcript cuts off during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.

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• Um, they really strongly define and share about the prevalence of trauma, how trauma and the brain interact
• together, and then different trauma-informed approaches. just give you a little bit more.
• Um, it's a proactive approach to supporting students because we have so much learning around trauma in
• </c><01:16:51.360><c> Um</c><01:16:52.480><c> really</c> significant physical trauma.
• Um really significant physical trauma.

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• inclusive of the Office of Emergency Management, Community Services, which includes recreation facilities
• I will also quickly say that these are not like 'anybody can come' type of facilities.
• Senator Gallegos: ...congregate model facilities. Has that ever been done and has that money...
• With regard to, are there any facilities that don't ask people to leave?
• The childcare facility loan fund, they've helped advise on our regulations.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• The no transportation rule, I do worry about kids who are struggling with trauma and maybe acting out
• The no transportation rule, I do worry about kids who are struggling with trauma and maybe acting out
• Our schools, our teachers shouldn't be absorbing all of the ills and traumas of society, and it feels
• Our schools, our teachers shouldn't be absorbing all of the ills and traumas of society, and it feels
• Our teachers shouldn't be absorbing all of the ills and traumas of society, and it feels like that's

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

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• physical injury, but there is trauma that could be exculpatory.
• Chair, Representative Powell, at the risk of being a little too brief, trauma can Trauma can exhibit
• Trauma could be something such as not being able to sleep at night.
• to mean physical injury, not trauma as the word is sometimes used today.
• Historically, trauma meant physical injury while emotional harm was different.

Committee: House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills on criminal justice, victims’ rights, education, and public safety. SB 1094, which creates a civil cause of action for minors who received irreversible gender reassignment surgery in violation of Arizona law, drew strong opposition from civil liberties and LGBTQ advocates who called it discriminatory and unnecessary, and support from the sponsor and medical-policy witnesses who argued minors cannot consent and that the procedures are not medically supported; it passed 6-3. SB 1635, a bill making it a crime to warn a person of an imminent arrest when the speaker knows police are there to arrest that person, prompted extensive First Amendment objections from the ACLU and others, while supporters said it was narrowly tailored to prevent people from helping suspects evade arrest; it also passed 6-3. The committee then approved SB 1673, appropriating lottery-funded money for the law enforcement crime victim notification system, after testimony that the program standardizes and improves victim notifications statewide; an amendment increased the amount from $5 million to $8.2 million, and the bill passed 9-0 as amended. SB 1092, which would bar early termination of probation for dangerous crimes against children, drew emotional testimony from victims’ advocates and opposition from defense-side speakers who warned it would remove judicial discretion and could sweep in people whose conduct was nonviolent or based on accidental online clicks; it passed 6-2 with one member present. Other bills considered included SB 1239, extending the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, which supporters said would help law enforcement and opponents said was redundant because registration violations are already tracked and prosecuted; it passed 5-4. SB 1139, a strike-everything bill requiring GPS monitoring for homeless registered sex offenders, failed after testimony that existing probation tools already cover the same population. SB 1502, increasing penalties for unlawful flight from police when aggravated by danger, injury, DUI, or transporting a child, passed 5-1 despite concerns about over-criminalization and possible impacts on innocent drivers. The committee also passed SB 1248 on county detention education programs, SB 1240 excluding certain DCAC probationers from county probation incentive calculations, SB 1669 narrowing rape-shield evidence rules to physical injury, and SB 1540 creating a new offense for fuel dispenser theft after an amendment removed mere possession of a device from the criminal statute.

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• physical injury, but there is trauma that could be exculpatory.
• Chair, Representative Powell, at the risk of being a little too brief, trauma can...
• Trauma could be something such as not being able to sleep at night.
• to mean physical injury, not trauma as the word is sometimes used today.
• Historically, trauma meant physical injury while emotional harm was different.

Bills: SB1092 , SB1094 , SB1139 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1248 , SB1326 , SB1502 , SB1512 , SB1540 , SB1616 , SB1635 , SB1669 , SB1673

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution