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• Chairman, Representative Yin, that is a hard one because...
• We work really hard to protect children.
• And it was hard for them when they couldn't go back for seconds.
• >> I think it's very hard to say.
• So, it's kind of hard to count how many people are staying.

Keywords: 916, all

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• When I had the twos, I was like, oh, my God, this is really hard, right?
• It's hard budget The slots to increase pay.
• Thank you for driving all the way up here in the fog. It was too bad, but we appreciate it.
• We'll continue to work hard for you. Thank you. You're welcome. Luis. Hi. Good afternoon.
• And it's really hard for us to find a person to watch my son.

Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs held its third hearing, focused on how transitional kindergarten (TK) fits into California’s mixed-delivery early learning system, with an emphasis on the Central Valley. Opening remarks stressed that TK and child care should complement each other, not compete, and that families need both part-day school-based options and full-day, year-round care. Committee members outlined hearing goals around aligning TK with existing programs, understanding family needs, and examining the economic impact of early learning on workforce participation and local economies. Panelists from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, Every Child California, Early Edge, Children Now, and others described TK’s rapid expansion to all four-year-olds, the growth in enrollment, and related changes to state preschool and after-school programs. Witnesses generally supported TK but warned that its expansion has shifted enrollment away from community-based providers, especially centers and family child care homes, creating financial strain, vacant classrooms, and staffing challenges. They urged stronger partnerships between school districts and community providers, more flexible licensing and facilities support, higher and more uniform reimbursement rates, permanent authority for state preschool to serve two-year-olds, and better compensation and training for educators across settings. Parents and providers testified about the importance of trusted, culturally and linguistically responsive care, the need for infant-toddler and home-based options, and the difficulty of affording child care when TK is not full-day or does not fit family schedules. Several speakers emphasized that many families still face long waits for subsidies and that reimbursement and payment delays threaten provider stability. Public comment echoed these concerns, with providers calling for true cost-of-care rates, more vouchers, support for transportation and nontraditional hours, and protection from insurance and facility costs that can force programs to close. State education officials said California’s UPK system works best when TK, state preschool, Head Start, and community-based providers are treated as a shared system, and noted that planning and implementation grants and local coordination efforts have helped build mixed-delivery partnerships. The hearing ended without formal votes or actions, but committee members indicated they would continue gathering input to inform future policy and budget decisions.

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• And the hard truth is that eventually, in California, more will close.
• The closure of the refinery will hit our local economy hard in the near future, putting an estimated
• I think that’s an improvement because, you know, it’s sort of hard to be a going concern.
• So the market is driving that, but it’s in a combination with the policies.
• We didn’t talk about that, but I know you and I spoke about that yet. is driving that, but it's in a

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard several bills, with SB 811 pulled by the author and deferred to a later hearing. The committee first took up SB 501 by Senator Allen, which would expand California’s battery extended producer responsibility program to include medium-format batteries such as those used in e-bikes, scooters, lawn equipment, and portable power systems. Supporters from local governments, stewardship organizations, and recycling groups said the bill would reduce fire risks, worker hazards, and disposal costs; opposition was limited, with some industry groups seeking clarification or expressing neutrality after amendments. The bill was moved out of committee on a do-pass vote, with one no vote recorded from Assemblymember Ellis and later additional ayes added after quorum was established. The committee then heard SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar, which would create a statewide low-income drinking water rate assistance program administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, contingent on funding. The author and supporters argued that many Californians face water debt and that public water systems lack a statewide affordability program because of Proposition 218 constraints. Water agencies, environmental justice groups, and local governments testified in strong support, and there was no opposition. The bill passed the committee on a do-pass vote, again with one no vote from Assemblymember Ellis and later additional ayes after quorum. SB 1259 by Senator Blakespear, as amended, would require petroleum refineries to provide advance closure, cleanup, and cost information to the state to improve planning for refinery transitions and site remediation. Supporters, including the City of Benicia and environmental groups, said communities need transparency and early planning to avoid leaving local governments and workers with cleanup and redevelopment uncertainty. Opponents, including the Western States Petroleum Association, the State Building and Construction Trades Council, and business groups, argued the bill was burdensome, duplicative of existing regulation, and could send the wrong signal to remaining refineries. After extensive discussion, the committee approved SB 1259 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. The consent calendar, including SB 1253 and SJR 13, also passed.

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• And certainly on many minds, it was on the news as I was driving up here this morning from Albuquerque
• It's a response to staffing shortages to rural areas that have a hard time staffing.
• We know that data, accurate data, drives decision making.
• That's a hard job.
• Most of us here do know that change is really hard in schools.

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• Chair Collins and this bill is about hands free driving moving from a ban on texting while driving to
• driving.
• driving law.
• we need to treat distracted driving like drunk driving because it is the same selfish behaviour with
• It was because it wasn't a bright line because driving is not driving is a privilege.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Senator Ingoglia: THIS AMENDMENT ENHANCES PENALTIES RELATED TO THE FLORIDA BAND AND TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
• DIFFERENCE IS THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE A NEW FOUR OUR CORSET A DEDICATED AND SPECIFIC TO DISTRACTED DRIVING
• THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL POINT AND IT'S ONE HOUR OF THE FOUR HOUR INCLUDES THE DANGER OF DISTRACTED DRIVING
• I MEAN I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO DRIVE.
• MUCH BROOKE CONLON, CHRISTIAN GRIFFIN, ELIZABETH WELLS, REGINA AND SARAH AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Falls, Montana for their continued hard Falls, Montana for their continued hard work<00:08:09.840
• <01:59:14.400> more<01:59:14.960> and<01:59:15.199> drive scientists, and drive
• more and drive scientists, and drive more and drive American<01:59:16.080> innovation<01:59:16.639
• <03:28:36.640> and work, but you add four-wheel drive and work, but you add four-wheel drive
• Uh so actually driving policy forward.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It's always hard to figure out where that's going to land. There are other aspects of this.
• Why would we want someone taking an Uber instead of their mom driving them?
• So taking action on the collected data is where we could drive the program forward.”
• So sometimes it's hard for us to get them to get the medical records.
• We're not trying to drive the other way.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• In this world, AI has leveraged primarily to drive down wages and displace workers in the service of
• initial displacement does not drive initial displacement does not drive rapid<00:26:48.240> amounts
• Imagine a computer where their only driving force, or their only driving motive, is increasing profit
• <00:28:44.960> force computer where their only driving force computer where their only driving
• meteorology I have thought long and hard meteorology I have thought long and hard for<01:36:57.440

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so I've worked really hard to make sure we can bulk that up.
• spent a lot of time working really hard spent a lot of time working really hard to<00:30:41.360>
• And so I've worked really hard suffers.
• <01:25:57.520> the control and that they can drive the control and that they can drive the
• They can drive the prices, not demand.

Bills: SF1750, HF4250, HF3938, HF3904, HF3642

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

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• This legislation is a direct result of the hard work of the commission.
• I make him read those hard-to-read names.
• I make him read those hard-to-read names on those scribbled appearance forms.
• And they work hard.
• You know I work hard. I gave up... ...bills. So what would we do? You know I work hard.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including recognition of the day’s doctor of the day, an intern, and a resolution honoring the late Bob Graham and firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber also adopted a resolution designating August 9, 2026, as Bob Graham Day. After routine announcements, the Senate moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, many of them with House companion bills substituted in place of Senate versions. The first major floor action was passage of a tax-related bill conforming Florida’s Internal Revenue Code to federal changes while excluding certain provisions from H.R. 1; it passed 34-0. The Senate then considered CS/SB 1758 on public assistance and Medicaid, which proposed stronger fraud enforcement, a Medicaid work requirement for able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral health services, pharmacy and drug rebate reforms, and SNAP fraud reduction measures. A Berman amendment to require Medicaid expansion before work requirements was rejected, as was an Osgood amendment to add photo-ID protections and exemptions for certain SNAP users. The bill remained on the calendar for third reading after extensive debate and questioning about implementation, exemptions, and potential impacts on beneficiaries. The chamber also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a Parkinson’s disease registry and related public records exemption, designation of the SS American Victory as Florida’s official flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on gold and silver legal tender, public records exemptions for financial institutions and custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government finance transparency, digital voyeurism, and insurance customer representative licensing. Most of these measures were adopted after brief explanation, minor amendments, or substitution of House companions, with votes generally in favor and several passing unanimously or by wide margins. Later, the Senate took up CS/SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would expand parental vaccine information requirements, add a conscience-based exemption, allow behind-the-counter ivermectin access, and repeal the sunset on the mRNA mandate prohibition. The bill’s first amendments clarified anti-kickback rules for vaccine manufacturers and required informational materials to address risks, benefits, safety, and efficacy; the transcript ends during consideration of this bill, before final passage is shown.

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• People drive to work.
• People drive to work.
• People drive to work.
• People drive to work.
• People drive to work.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's just hard enough moving from state to state when your children are young.
• worked so hard for, that I align myself with, and I believe in those rights.
• That it is hard for us to really know what's going on in our child's lives.
• So while in our suburb, Driving their kids to school very, very long distances.
• So it's hard to digest new information when facing a crisis pregnancy.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a full agenda of bills, first adopting a consent calendar of 11 measures without individual presentations. The committee then took up AB 1412, which would require California schools to implement or adopt a transferred special education student’s IEP within 30 days for out-of-state transfers and to coordinate more quickly on records. The author and military-family witnesses said the bill would reduce delays for highly mobile students, especially military children; a school administrators group opposed it. The bill received initial support from committee members and was moved on call. The committee also reconsidered AB 281, which would require notice to parents when outside consultants provide sex education instruction; the author accepted amendments removing a copy-right provision, but the bill remained on call after a split vote. The committee heard AB 1005, which would create a statewide drowning-prevention education and swim-lesson voucher framework for underserved communities. The author and supporters described drowning as a preventable public health and equity issue, while the bill was clarified as developing a plan rather than immediately launching a voucher program. It was voted out on a 3-0 roll with the measure placed on call. AB 908, as amended, would add compliance monitoring for existing requirements that schools use LGBTQ-inclusive instructional materials and curriculum under the FAIR Act. Supporters said the bill would improve implementation and student safety; opponents raised concerns about privacy, girls’ sports, and school burdens. The committee approved the bill 5-2 and sent it to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 1401, which would affirm parents’ access to school records, including unofficial records unless exempt by law. The author argued that parents need clearer access to information held by schools and vendors, while school officials and teachers’ union representatives warned the bill was too vague and could sweep in personal notes, journals, and other sensitive material. The bill failed on a 2-3 vote and was placed on call. Finally, AB 727 would require student ID cards to include the Trevor Project hotline for LGBTQ youth; supporters framed it as a suicide-prevention measure, while opponents argued it conflicted with parental rights and religious beliefs. Committee discussion focused on whether 988 already provides similar access and whether the Trevor Project is an appropriate resource to print on IDs; the hearing continued with the bill still under consideration.

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• And once the cat’s out of the bag, it’s kind of hard to get it back in, so I think we should be doing
• We’re going to drive them out. No, they don’t drive them out.
• They’re going to drive them out. No, they don’t drive them out.
• We’re going to drive them out. No, they don’t drive them out.
• seeing new ads for this stuff it drives seeing new ads for this stuff it drives more<00:09:01.560

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Here are some examples that also drive this need.
• Here are some examples that also drive this need.
• You worked this bill very hard.
• So I've tried to do aggressive careless driving over the last couple years.
• But I like to drive fast, not as fast as Oz good, but I like to drive fast too.

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for Pope Francis. After routine announcements, the chamber moved to the special order calendar and took up a long series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills before final passage. Among the measures approved were bills creating an expedited DNA testing grant program for local law enforcement, adding aggravating factors in capital cases involving gatherings for religious, school, or government activities, requiring state health coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients, authorizing indemnification for commuter rail providers, prohibiting abandonment of migrant vessels in Florida waters, and creating new specialty license plates. The Senate also passed bills on Alzheimer’s awareness, relocating the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter schools, sex offender registration, utility worker protections, juvenile justice, student mental health reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School, school readiness, sexual images involving children, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county property appraiser employees. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and Brownfields. Debate was especially extensive on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered but failed 13-23 after arguments over election-related communications and the scope of existing law. The certified recovery residences bill also drew notable debate, with supporters emphasizing housing as essential to recovery and opponents raising concerns about implementation and local control. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, though a few drew dissenting votes, including the capital aggravating factors bill, charter schools, and the Office of Faith and Community measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• What's driving this? Why do we need to get to this 50/50 model?
• What's driving this? Why do we need to get to this 50/50 model?
• What's driving this? Why do we need to get to this 50/50 model?
• What's driving this? Why do we need to get to this 50/50 model?
• <00:47:47.640> time certain communities had a hard time certain communities had a hard time

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Only three zip codes in New Mexico have over an hour's drive to an eye surgeon.
• There, but that's still a three to four hour drive.
• I'm having a hard time hearing a lot of this year, so it's throwing me off a little bit.
• Are we driving around in a vehicle all night? Like, we don't have the capacity.
• Maybe we did not Try so hard, right?

Keywords: 996, all

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• Really, it is the design that drives the form-based code.
• when you're looking through a set of design standards and you don't have a flat site, per se, it's hard
• I'm thinking hard about your first question because I believe that most codes that cities have today
• And it's often hard to actually get that response.
• And it's often hard to actually get that response.

Summary: The committee held a work session on form-based codes, child care facility siting, and street standards/frontage improvements. On form-based codes, Commerce’s Dave Anderson explained that these codes emphasize building form, orientation, and the public realm more than traditional use and density tables, and that they are typically applied in specific districts rather than citywide or statewide. Lacey’s Vanessa Dolby described the city’s Woodland District code, developed through community charrettes, fiscal and market analysis, and subdistrict-specific standards to create a walkable downtown. She said the approach has helped produce a more desirable built environment and more flexibility in permitted uses, but also noted it can be less user-friendly for applicants and still requires some use restrictions; both presenters said a hybrid approach is often best. The committee then heard from DCYF and multiple providers about barriers to opening child care facilities. DCYF officials said Washington has more than 6,500 licensed providers and that a new pre-licensing support team is helping applicants navigate licensing, but local zoning, building, fire, parking, utility, and occupancy requirements still create delays and confusion. Testifiers described long permitting timelines, inconsistent local interpretations, costly upgrades, and utility hookup delays; one Yakima provider said county requirements, a floodplain-related elevation certificate, and a private well issue stopped her in-home child care proposal, while others described traffic impact fees, parking mandates, and zoning barriers that made projects infeasible. Enterprise Community Partners highlighted examples of successful local reforms, including fee waivers, expedited permitting, and zoning changes in several cities, and DCYF said it is working toward a 2026 action plan and a resource guide for providers. In the final section, planners and developers discussed how street standards and frontage improvement requirements can undermine infill and middle housing. Poulsbo’s planning manager said current standards were designed for greenfield subdivisions and often force costly curb, gutter, sidewalk, stormwater, and utility upgrades on small infill sites, sometimes adding tens of thousands of dollars and causing projects to be abandoned. A Seattle-based developer made similar points about small middle-housing projects being burdened by frontage work, curb ramps, buried standards, and EV-ready parking requirements that can trigger expensive undergrounding. Committee members asked about possible state-level changes, including whether child care should be treated as an essential public facility and whether parking requirements had already been reduced; one senator noted that minimum parking requirements for child care facilities were eliminated in prior legislation, with implementation phased in over the next few years.

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• I work hard for a state that has shown time and time again it does not... not aim to protect me in the
• I don't understand why we're pushing this so hard.
• I've seen many good, hard... ...working people made homeless, even though they wanted to get jobs and
• And I'm writing off of MedMD here, like acne, weight gain, altered sexual drive, and mood changes.
• As one Uvalde father verbalized his own trauma, he said, it's hard because...

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17

Keywords: SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life, pro-choice, Texas abortion law, civil liability, qui tam, private enforcement, bounty hunter law, attorney general, parens patriae, abortion litigation, anti-SLAPP, Texas Citizens Participation Act, fee shifting

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• who work very hard uh who work<00:20:51.840> very<00:20:52.159> hard<00:20:52.640>
• Now, we that's what drives prices down.
• <00:47:47.839> The theory that drives the price down.
• The theory that drives the price down.
• Thanks for all your hard work. Thank you, the clerk, as well.

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House met in Annapolis with 107 members present and proceeded through the journal and a series of Appropriations Committee reports. Several bills were advanced on favorable reports without amendment, including measures on constitutional officers’ salaries, correctional officer retirement systems for Dorchester and Allegany counties, Carroll and Calvert County public facilities bonds, higher education financial assistance for incarcerated individuals, and a bill on community college promise scholarship eligibility for Delmar High School graduates. Other bills received amendments before being ordered for third reading, including measures on community college trustee membership, Frederick Community College board meeting and training requirements, Howard County school funding disclosures, courts administrative judges’ stipends, correctional officers retirement membership clarifications, the Children’s Cabinet Fund, and a law enforcement pension bill limiting military service credit eligibility to helicopter pilots in state aviation units. The chamber also considered HB 1581 on horse racing facility ownership, development, licensing, and operations. Amendments expanded the bill to include additional economic development provisions for the Prince George’s County Blue Line corridor, Pimlico-related funding and community input requirements, a larger lottery-fund distribution for the racing community development financing fund, and changes to the bus rapid transit grant program. The bill’s favorable report as amended was adopted, and it was ordered for third reading. During debate on a separate amendment to HB 894, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, members argued over project labor agreements: opponents said PLA requirements raise costs and limit competition, while supporters said the provision was optional, supported stability and predictability, and was part of a broader compromise. The amendment was rejected after discussion, and the bill remained amended. The House also took up HB 1430 on charter school facilities funding, adopting amendments that reduced the per-pupil amount and narrowed eligibility for certain districts, then advancing the bill as amended. In addition, HB 1248 was amended to convert a part-time state employment pilot program into a work group, and HB 680 was amended to adjust future appropriations for local management boards. Across the session, most actions were routine committee report adoptions and amendment votes, with no recorded roll-call counts in the excerpt except the initial quorum call.