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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Natural Resources and Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • Should new federal leases be... which power our tourism, fisheries, and coastal communities.
  • Further, over 10 million people live nearby in communities around the Diablo Range.
  • Last year, we opened our first park in the unincorporated community of Carson.
  • We opened our first park in the unincorporated community of Carson.
  • We should prioritize all investments for both rural communities and urban communities, and this ensures
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee heard several measures focused on conservation, coastal protection, water supply, and urban greening. AB 1987 by Assemblywoman Aguirre-Curry would direct fees generated by state wildlife areas back to their operation and maintenance; she accepted committee amendments, and Audubon California testified in support with no opposition. AB 1448 by Assembly Member Hart would restrict state actions that could facilitate expanded offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, including limits on using existing infrastructure for new offshore drilling and added review requirements for lease changes; it drew broad support from coastal governments and environmental groups and no opposition, and was referred to Appropriations. AB 1894 by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio would allow imported water deliveries for groundwater recharge to continue when they comply with approved invasive mussel control plans, addressing disruptions caused by the golden mussel; supporters said it protects groundwater reliability while maintaining invasive-species safeguards, while opponents argued it could undercut local authority and liability protections. After discussion about liability and whether the bill weakens invasive-species protections, the committee voted 6-0 to send it to Appropriations. The committee also considered ACR 107 by Assembly Member Bauer-Kahan, which recognizes the Diablo Range as a conservation priority and links it to habitat protection, groundwater recharge, and the state’s 30-by-30 goals. Save Mount Diablo and other supporters emphasized the range’s ecological value and limited current protection, and members voiced support; the resolution passed 7-0. AB 1946 by Assembly Member Bryan would encourage land conservation investments in historically underserved urban communities and support greening, park creation, and restoration in places like South Los Angeles. Testimony from Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation and park and conservation groups stressed environmental justice, access to nature, and the need to regenerate degraded lands into parkland. Members discussed the importance of urban parks, maintenance, biodiversity, and balancing rural and urban conservation, and the bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also took up the consent calendar, which passed unanimously. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly noted the need to balance environmental protection with practical water delivery and local community needs, and several bills were amended or clarified before votes. Final recorded actions included unanimous or near-unanimous approvals for the measures heard, with AB 1448, AB 1894, AB 1987, and AB 1946 moving forward, along with ACR 107 and the consent calendar.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Nov 5th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I went to the academy at Pasco-Hernando Community College at the time.
  • I serve on numerous nonprofit boards here in our community.
  • I've been very, very blessed to be able to serve my community.
  • It elevates the entire community.
  • I am the entire community.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to consider a slate of trustee confirmations for several Florida state colleges and universities. Chair Harrell outlined the process, including swearing in nominees, allowing brief presentations and questions, taking public comment after each nominee, and voting on the full slate at the end unless a member was pulled for separate consideration. One nominee, Edward Fleming, was not heard and was deferred to a future meeting. The committee also dealt with several technical issues for remote participants before proceeding through the agenda. Nominees and reappointees emphasized their personal ties to their institutions and focused their remarks on workforce development, affordability, and partnerships with local employers. Several highlighted nursing and allied health programs, with committee members repeatedly asking about NCLEX pass rates; reported figures included Polk State at 100%, Lake-Sumter at 97.5%, Northwest Florida State at 100%, Daytona State at 95%, Pasco-Hernando at 97% for associate degree and 100% for practical nursing, Pensacola State at 90% practical nursing and 85% RN, and Hillsborough College at 87.5%. Other priorities mentioned included construction technology, agriculture and ag technology, surveying/geodetic programs, maritime and diesel mechanics, aircraft maintenance, dual enrollment, AI, cybersecurity, and support for military and veteran transitions. After hearing from all nominees, the committee asked whether any names should be voted on separately; none were requested. Senator Bradley moved a block vote to recommend confirmation, the motion was approved by roll call, and all nominees heard that day were recommended for confirmation except Tab 10, Edward Fleming, who was postponed to a later meeting. The committee then adjourned.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • policy changes out to the community.
  • Communication is going to be key.
  • So I know you probably have providers or community groups in your communities who have asked you about
  • On the communication side, trying to build like two-way communication with an individual where, you know
  • I mean, to communicate.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Dec 5th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those communities are the places where you see, have seen, all this new construction.
  • People want vibrant, livable communities around transit.
  • We think that the state government Want vibrant, livable communities around transit.
  • This is DOT's community planning portal, and they have taken—where is it?
  • This is DOT's community planning portal, and they have taken, where is it?
Summary: The Senate Housing Committee heard a series of work-session presentations focused on transit-oriented development, commercial-to-residential redevelopment, building code implementation, housing market trends, and the Covenant Homeownership Program. The first presentation, from the Urban Institute, reviewed research on HB 1491 and TOD feasibility, arguing that Washington has made major progress but faces diverging conditions across transit areas. The presenter said rising construction costs, higher interest rates, and lower rents in some markets have made many projects less feasible, and recommended targeted infrastructure funding for lower-market communities, adjustments to MFTE and affordability requirements by local market conditions, more support for very low-income housing in high-market transit areas, minimum density standards near stations, expanded public land/joint development tools, and better tracking of TOD outcomes over time. Committee members asked about AMI calculations, immigration’s effect on construction labor, developer input, and whether a tracking mechanism had been removed from the bill. The Department of Commerce then outlined implementation of HB 1491 and demonstrated the new Washington Zoning Atlas, which is live and intended to help visualize zoning, overlays, and station-area conditions. Commerce said local governments will designate station areas, update zoning and MFTE policies, and handle anti-displacement measures, with Vancouver and Spokane first to implement and Puget Sound following later. Staff described a timeline for updated MFTE guidance, station-area implementation guidance, a TOD model ordinance, and later rulemaking on variances. The committee also heard from the Lieutenant Governor’s office on a report about converting commercial properties to housing, which found substantial potential for redevelopment on vacant or underused commercial land, especially near transit, but noted barriers such as ground-floor retail mandates, affordability requirements, infrastructure costs, private covenants, and slow implementation. The office urged by-right residential use on commercial land and faster rollout of new housing laws. The State Building Code Council updated the committee on its three-year code cycle and several legislatively directed actions, including minimum dwelling size, emergency shelters, and especially single-exit stairs and multiplex housing. Council staff said those code changes are nearing completion and will provide prescriptive solutions, while noting that elevator size and requirements were not changed and would require separate legislative direction if the committee wanted to revisit them. Members discussed the cost impacts of building and energy codes and the council said it is required to consider economic impacts and is increasingly looking at performance-based approaches. Later, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research presented its annual housing report, showing that higher mortgage rates have sharply reduced affordability, flattened house prices in many cities, and slowed single-family permitting and completions, while multifamily construction has recently cooled after a prior surge. Finally, the Washington State Housing Finance Commission reported strong first-year results for the Covenant Homeownership Program, which provides zero-interest down payment assistance to eligible first-time buyers with family ties to Washington before 1968; the program assisted 547 homebuyers in its first fiscal year, with more than $60 million loaned, and the agency said participation has continued to grow after income-limit changes enacted in 2025.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Mar 24th, 2025

Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Transcript Highlights:
  • My community is in many communities.
  • and let the business community do. what the business community was going to do.
  • In fact, funny enough, I think we do a lot of work with rural communities in ensuring that rural communities
  • lives of their communities.
  • In low-income communities, underserved communities, we have the training in Spanish, which has been a
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • customers to to to go with Community customers to to to go with Community solar solar solar um<00
  • The only utility that is required to do community solar gardens is Xcel.
  • The only utility that is required to do community solar gardens is Xcel.
  • The only utility that is required to do community solar gardens is Xcel.
  • of the arguments made in the community of the arguments made in the community solar<00:26:10.600
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The Committee on Energy Finance and Policy met for an informational session and quorum was present, but the chair stated no action would be taken. Members and staff introduced themselves, and Chair Chris Swedzinski outlined the committee’s broad goals of improving Minnesota’s energy system for families and businesses, with an emphasis on affordability, reliability, and development. Several members echoed those priorities, especially concerns about electric reliability, base-load generation, and the needs of rural communities, co-ops, munis, farms, and small businesses. House fiscal analyst Ashley presented a budget overview for the committee’s jurisdiction. She reviewed spending and base amounts for the Energy Resources Division, the Renewable Development Fund, the Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Fund, and the Public Utilities Commission, and explained that the committee also oversees special revenue and other accounts. She noted that the Renewable Development Fund is supported by utility payments for spent nuclear fuel storage, the cleanup fund by a petroleum distribution fee, and that the Commerce Department receives significant federal LIHEAP and weatherization funds. Members asked about the large increase in the Climate and Economic Development Fund and the status of recent appropriations; staff explained that the 2023 session set a larger target, that about $79 million had been spent from the relevant budget, and that some funds may carry forward. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on community solar gardens. Representative Dave Baker asked for an update on the program, and staff explained that Minnesota has about 1,600 megawatts of solar, with more than 900 megawatts in community solar. Staff said 2023 legislative changes capped annual additions and created new incentives for low- and middle-income participation. Members also discussed concerns about program cost, local siting opposition, and a large interconnection queue; staff said there is a backlog of projects, including a reported 56 gigawatts in the MISO queue, and that utilities need distribution upgrades to handle new capacity. No votes or formal actions were taken.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (03/05/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • no additional impact to the communities no additional impact to the communities because<00:08:28.720
  • We were about half of the Medicare rate. communities um it um it it designed it communities um it um
  • <00:49:52.960> Health also work on Community Health also work on Community Health Improvement
  • <00:49:55.920> health<00:49:56.200> assessment community health assessment community health
  • from our Community Partners what hear from our Community Partners what their<00:51:57.720> concerns
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Transportation. (2-24-26)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • incorporated uh for communication incorporated uh for communication disorders<00:18:07.200> and
  • <00:18:46.960> And file for a communication disorder.
  • And file for a communication disorder.
  • And like I said, communication disorder.
  • database that you have communication database that you have communication disorder.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met with a quorum and heard several bills. House Bill 282, sponsored by Representative White, was presented as “Troy’s Law” to allow tow trucks to use green lights, including while moving, as a safety measure for operators working roadside. White said the bill was developed after fatal crashes involving tow operators and that the green-light language was a compromise after earlier blue-light proposals drew opposition. Members asked about Kentucky State Police support and whether green lights were used by other groups; White said KSP and the FOP supported the bill and that the military also uses green lights. The committee adopted a committee substitute and then reported HB 282 favorably with the substitute attached. The committee next took up House Bill 648, sponsored by Chairman Blanton, which addresses warranty reimbursement for dealers of heavy trucks. Blanton explained that some manufacturers were refusing to cover warranty work on components made by other manufacturers, leaving dealers to absorb the cost. The bill would require proper reimbursement for parts and specialized equipment used in warranty repairs on big trucks, not regular passenger vehicles. After a motion and second and no questions, HB 648 was reported favorably. Finally, House Bill 519, sponsored by Representative Klein, was heard after the agenda was adjusted to move it to the end. The bill would let applicants for driver’s licenses, permits, or ID cards voluntarily indicate a communication disorder so first responders can better understand and accommodate them during traffic stops or emergencies; it would prohibit fees for adding or removing the notation and take effect July 1, 2027. Members asked about privacy, deletion of records, and whether additional training would be needed. Klein said the notation method was still being worked out with KYTC, no burden of proof would be required, and existing law-enforcement training could likely absorb the change with little added cost. HB 519 was then reported favorably by roll call vote.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 26, 2025 - 08:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We try to be very community driven.
  • That would grow more than just the brewery community.
  • It keeps the communities being built.
  • Small business community is really hurting.
  • our communities great.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard seven measures, including four bills and three proposed committee substitutes. HB 6033, repealing the Labor Pool Act, was presented as a cleanup measure to remove duplicative regulation; supporters argued workers would still be covered by OSHA, wage laws, workers’ compensation, and liability insurance, while opponents raised concerns about losing specific protections for day laborers. The bill was reported favorably on a 4-? vote, with several members voting no over concerns about worker protections. HB 453, dealing with pool and spa contractors, was described as a technical update to Chapter 489 that would better align licensing scopes with current industry practice and allow contractors to perform related work without stopping for additional licensed trades. An amendment making only drafting changes was adopted, and the bill passed unanimously. CS/HB 277 on veteran benefits assistance was also reported favorably unanimously after testimony focused on protecting veterans from predatory claims-assistance practices while preserving choice and requiring disclosures, fee limits, and data-security safeguards. The committee then approved PCS for HB 291, which would require personal mobility device batteries sold in Florida to meet an IPX-7 certification standard, after the sponsor cited fire risks from lithium-ion batteries; the measure passed unanimously. PCS for HB 709, allowing valid pari-mutuel permit holders to lease facilities to nearby high-li permit holders, was amended to require a minimum of 59 live performances and then passed unanimously. CS/HB 4011, expanding who may serve as a building official on Palm Beach County’s Building Code Advisory Board, passed unanimously as a good-government fix to fill vacancies. Finally, PCS for HB 499, allowing small craft breweries under 31,000 gallons to self-distribute, drew extensive testimony from brewers and distributors about small-business growth versus the three-tier alcohol system; despite concerns about weakening distribution safeguards, the bill was reported favorably by a 13-2 vote. The meeting then adjourned with no further business.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/17/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is with that Latino community.
  • Among them, 45 community members.
  • <01:11:34.080> of<01:11:34.320> communities and cohesive community of communities and
  • Chair, that your community, you won't know. In your community, you won't know.
  • community, we would.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:15:02.800> first care in DCT and in the community first care in DCT and in the community
  • add up to 10 civy committed community add up to 10 civy committed community hospital<00:33:52.960
  • to the care they need in Community to the care they need in Community Hospitals<00:35:09.000>
  • <00:48:05.359> which returning back to the community which returning back to the community
  • > and Community integrated Community run and Community integrated Community run and DCT<00:53:
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm concerned about the impact of this on smaller communities.
  • Let's use Local and Community Capital Funds.
  • If a Local and Community Capital Fund is awarded to a tribe... ...community capital funds.
  • Speaker, gentlemen, it is fundamental to progress in our communities. Communities depend upon it.
  • , and we add them late, ...outside the ICIP process, and we add them late in our communities, in my community
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Part 2 Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:58 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I thought that we communicated a lot.
  • You broadened your constituent base in community development and community empowerment of individuals
  • communities.
  • Speaker and gentlemen, we do see that in our communities.
  • But if it's a community that's not growing as fast, rather than not allowing that community to take advantage
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS Public Hearing 02-19-2025

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • other state stakeholders and Community other state stakeholders and Community Based<00:28:51.000
  • worker and working as a community worker and working as a community stakeholder<00:29:03.200>
  • They provide services to a lot of different communities, a diverse amount of communities that are all
  • You provide a lot of services to a lot of different communities, a diverse amount of communities that
  • So we are communicating.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Health and Human Services committee heard several gubernatorial nominations and appointments, beginning with Sunshine Cho and Barbara Tom for the Language Access Advisory Council. Both nominees said they stood on their written testimony and expressed interest in continuing to serve, and multiple organizations testified in strong support. No opposition or questions were raised on either nomination, and the committee moved on after hearing the testimony. The bulk of the meeting focused on GM 642, the nomination of Ryan Yamane to be Director of the Department of Human Services. Yamane gave an extensive opening statement describing his social work background, long public service career, and philosophy of compassionate, balanced leadership. He emphasized DHS’s role in helping people from keiki to kūpuna with dignity and support, and shared personal stories from disaster response and family-service work to illustrate his approach. Support testimony came from a wide range of state officials, agency directors, community organizations, health systems, advocacy groups, and former colleagues, who praised his leadership, problem-solving, communication skills, and empathy. One witness, Moani Kiala Katherine Tu Alun, testified in opposition, raising concerns about retaliation and safety issues affecting foster youth and alleging harmful treatment within Child Welfare Services. Another witness, Angela Melody Young, supported the nomination and said Yamane could help overcome barriers for vulnerable communities and improve DHS programs such as financial assistance, SNAP, and disability services. The committee also heard from DHS staff and related officials about the uncertainty surrounding possible federal funding and staffing cuts; Yamane said the department is gathering information, coordinating with Budget and Finance and federal partners, and preparing to prioritize services and adjust if federal changes affect programs. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Feb 19th, 2025 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The school closures, and I know every community is different. I have an older community.
  • and the goal of the plan is to support the Texas community. communities and Texas economy.
  • up to 1,000, communities up to 10,000, and communities up to 150,000.
  • We were also able to identify some high-risk and high-need communities. members these are communities
  • And so those communities...
Summary: During this committee meeting, the focus was on discussing critical infrastructure funding, especially related to water supply and flood mitigation projects. Chairwoman Stepney and the Water Development Board presented extensive details regarding the Texas Water Fund, which included $1 billion appropriated to assist various financial programs and tackle pressing water and wastewater issues. Additionally, funding allocations aimed at compromising the state's flood risk and improving water conservation were hotly debated, emphasizing collaboration among committee members and the necessity of addressing community needs in such projects.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Community program that brings communities together, an initiative that will help our young people pursue
  • It's a community program that brings communities together, an initiative that will help our young people
  • Community engagement that we had was important, and we helped build the conditions across our community
  • Community engagement that we had was important, and we helped build the conditions across our community
  • Community engagement that we had was important, and we helped build the conditions across our community
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Mar 31st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Leek the rural communities of Florida are strong and proud.
  • It also indicators that lift everybody up in the communities.
  • My community was incredibly poor. We had nothing to what we're trying to do.
  • is less expensive and set it on the options that a small community is.
  • We put money directly interact communities.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • /c><03:57:30.840> not community um the community is not community um the community is not necessarily
  • <04:03:29.279> to noted above allowing the community to noted above allowing the community
  • of this bill is to limit Community of this bill is to limit Community involvement<04:03:41.000><
  • Thank you. for local community water fluoridation for local community water fluoridation initiatives<
  • water community invests in community water community invests in community water floration<05:18:
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7. The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent. Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • in that role, I work with communities across the state implementing coordinated community response teams
  • within the communities that they are playing police.
  • That's why I serve this small community. People call us in the community for small things.
  • That's why I serve this small community. People call us in the community for small things.
  • They need communications. The state needs communications.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several public safety, criminal justice, and regulatory bills. HB 4995 would create a training and certification program allowing licensed physicians and certain EMS personnel assigned to tactical units to carry firearms during high-risk deployments, with supporters saying it would let tactical medical staff protect themselves while providing immediate care; the bill was left pending. HB 2609 would repeal the failure-to-appear-or-pay/OmniBase license-hold program, with the author and advocates arguing it creates compounding debt and unnecessary barriers to driving, while judges and municipal court representatives said the program is a voluntary, cost-effective tool that improves court appearances and reduces warrants; the bill was also left pending. HB 4879 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement pay for lab testing of suspected hemp/Delta-9 THC substances, and HB 5436 would let licensed auto recyclers buy certain untitled vehicles for scrap or parts to curb illegal sales, VIN cloning, and chop shops; both measures were left pending after brief testimony in support. The committee also heard HB 1777, which would require a discrete designation on driver’s licenses and state IDs for people required to register as sex offenders. The author and supporters argued the marker would help law enforcement and businesses quickly identify potentially dangerous offenders and prevent harm, while opponents called it a stigmatizing “scarlet letter” that would increase harassment, family harm, and reintegration barriers. The bill was left pending. HB 4155 would create a two-year Family Violence Criminal Homicide Prevention Task Force in the Governor’s Office to study family violence homicides, gather stakeholders, and recommend policy changes; the author, HHSC, the Texas Council on Family Violence, and a survivor testified in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4514, which would authorize DPS to use facial image verification, with consent and privacy safeguards, to help businesses confirm identities and combat fraud; supporters from the lumber and identity-verification industries said it would reduce theft and fraud, and the bill was left pending. Finally, HB 5139 would clarify that peace officers and jailers are justified in using less lethal force weapons when acting within training and official duties; law enforcement groups supported the measure as a way to encourage use of less lethal tools without fear of prosecution, and testimony was underway when the transcript ended.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Energy, Utilities and Communications

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we work closely with those communities to improve their community resilience and wildfire preparedness
  • There is the capacity for small communities and rural communities to do microgrids, but they need help
  • I had a community that decided to do a microgrid right before the pandemic, a small community of 15,000
  • Mandy Isaacs Lee, on behalf of Ava Community Energy.
  • It listens to the communities.
Keywords: 987, senate, all