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• I think we've got to improve the product before you hear today with these committee amendments.
• Committee amendments improve the bill and move us to a support position.
• California's transition to zero-emission trucks is essential to improving the state's air quality and
• The amendments substantially improved the bill.
• It is achieved when residents can see and feel real improvements all around them in the air.

Summary: The committee heard a series of Senate bills on environmental, climate, recycling, wildfire, outdoor access, and clean transportation policy. SB 958 would clarify CEQA treatment of impacts tied solely to increased building height, and SB 1230 would increase penalties and create CalRecycle support tools for repeat commercial illegal dumping. SB 1341 would revise how processing fees are calculated for bag-in-a-box wine under California’s recycling program. All three measures received due-pass recommendations to Appropriations, with roll calls showing majority support and the bills left open for absent members. Members then took up SB 1300, which would create a more permanent legislative role in California’s international climate cooperation and establish a climate secretariat at UC; SB 1370, which would codify and streamline wildfire fuel-reduction permitting with added safeguards, geographic and size limits, and pesticide-related amendments; and SB 1260/1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative and the Deputy Secretary for Access position at the Natural Resources Agency. Each drew support from environmental, utility, business, and local-government witnesses, while SB 1370 also drew opposition from environmental and advocacy groups concerned about reduced CEQA review and herbicide use. The committee discussed amendments at length, especially on SB 1370, and all three measures advanced with due-pass recommendations. The committee also heard SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transparency Act, requiring baseline pricing disclosure for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks tied to state incentives and directing agencies to explore alternative financing. Support came from clean-air, business, and environmental groups, and the trucking/manufacturing opposition moved to neutral after amendments; the bill advanced on a due-pass vote. Finally, SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, sought to strengthen AB 617 implementation and clarify community emission reduction planning, but it generated substantial opposition from air districts, business groups, and others over enforceability, funding, and the distinction between formal SERPs and community L-SERPs. The author described additional pending amendments to narrow L-SERP provisions, and the bill also received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.

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• Talk to me about how this could improve affordability. Would it trickle down to patients?
• talk to me about how this could improve talk to me about how this could improve affordability.<00
• Do you think there's still room to improve this program on a state level?
• improve this program on a state level? improve this program on a state level?
• Senator Bill Weber says, "The soft costs of development make it hard to improve affordability."

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our new call center platform for disability and paid family leave has improved information access and
• And we are improving services for employers as well, including stronger security, simplified payroll
• These improvements reflect just a small part of the work happening at EDD.
• The California Workforce Development Board supports the improvement of the California workforce system
• As you know, DIR's core mission is to protect and improve working conditions for California's nearly

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Control Act where we are putting in the Environmental Improvement Board adoption of plans and rules.
• They may include improvement based on greenhouse gas intensity standards.
• We are active members of this community because conditions have improved, but the work is not done.
• Visible improvements are not the same as complete protection.
• SB 18 is important because it builds improvements are not the same as complete protection.

Bills: SB12, SB36, SB92, SB120, SB133, SB151, SB18, SB96

Keywords: tax credit, physician, healthcare, income tax, rural health, quantum technology, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, journalism, local news

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• We are currently working on the Pete Domenici Highway Intersection Improvement Study, which is underway
• The transportation improvements are a combination of smaller expansion projects, big-ticket items, and
• drainage improvements that always accompany this type of work.
• In construction on the Texas side, State Highway 178, which is our craft, these are the improvements
• Generally speaking, in all of our lives, technology is relentlessly improving, sort of like aviation

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• They believe this would improve their ability to enforce the law against bad actors. Okay.
• It is to protect children and improve the air quality around schools so that children aren't breathing
• This is not a bill trying to fight climate change or, you know, improve the quality of our air.
• Modest bill trying to improve air quality for children while they are in the state's care at school.
• Evans, Chair, will this improve children's health... In these communities. Mr.

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• You know, as we as we're looking in in this budget cycle and ways to improve, MRO will defer to you from
• Today we have doctor Peggy Aune E vice chancellor of strategic improvement.
• We already know doctor Peggy Aune, vice chancellor of strategic improvement with the we should be here
• The Bureau of School Improvement as well as the Bureau of of Instructional supports and anyone else that
• Can we always improve? We should always be in the mindset of an improving.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• improving things. improving things. um<03:07:59.439> they<03:07:59.760> would<03:08
• board and then the capital improvements board and then the capital improvements plan<03:10:58.319
• <03:24:55.200> that building and facility improvements that building and facility improvements
• . improvements. improvements.
• <04:21:11.279> our would that wouldn't improve our would that wouldn't improve our situation

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:39:34.160> would How how much of an improvement would How how much of an improvement would
• further study for improvements but I do further study for improvements but I do want<01:24:24.800>
• improving the building permit process. improving the building permit process.
• This investment is intended to improve This investment is intended to improve permit<04:34:56.959
• for improvement and so uh yes I accept. for improvement and so uh yes I accept.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• So this is a part of the 12% quality improvement. This is going to fall under the 5% staffs.
• It will stabilize providers like me and improve care for families.
• It will stabilize providers like me and improve care for families.
• CWS, I highlighted will significantly improve our user experience and adoption of CWS CARES.
• Our mission is to provide and improve and ultimately prevent the need for foster care.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• A responsible framework to improve the collection and recycling of vehicle lubricant products and their
• Currently, rural highway improvement projects that propose to add highway capacity, in my experience,
• And that $5 million is what we use to advance improvements to the highway system in Nevada County in
• AB 2433 makes several targeted improvements, including enabling 100% affordable developers to provide
• We've improved. And this is the same thing that nuclear has done also.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting, codify existing CEQA exemptions for recharge diversions, and help California capture flood flows for storage in aquifers. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it or sought amendments, warning about CEQA, streambed, Delta, and tribal-resource concerns. The bill was held open pending a quorum. Members then heard AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy use and related information to the Energy Commission and local agencies. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and support grid planning. Data center industry and business groups opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while several environmental and local-government groups supported or supported if amended. The bill was left with a due-pass recommendation once a quorum was present. The committee also took up AB 2245 on producer responsibility for vehicle lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental protections in overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation/VMT analysis, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects, and AB 2433 on density bonus housing incentives. Each bill drew a mix of support from sponsors, local agencies, labor, housing, or environmental justice groups and opposition or concerns from business, local government, or conservation organizations. Several measures were amended in committee, and multiple bills were reported out on due-pass or due-pass-as-amended votes, with some roll calls left open for absent members.

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• It's just going to give us a designation and standardization to improve our care.
• <00:47:01.040> All standardization to improve our care.
• All standardization to improve our care.
• Uh, there are few people in this state who've poured more into the improvement of our healthcare and
• <01:03:47.119> the problem, but certainly improves the problem, but certainly improves the

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled several referred administrative regulations, including a package from the Board of Respiratory Care described as a substantive housekeeping update to its regulations and incorporated materials. There were no questions from members, and the committee also heard from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, which was present in case questions arose but did not require action. Members then took up an amendment to the state health plan for facilities and services, specifically 900 KAR 5:02. Wesley Duke explained that a previously proposed criteria related to mega-voltage requirements, originally suggested by the Kentucky Hospital Association, was now being removed because the association no longer considered it necessary. The committee moved to accept the agency amendment, with a motion and second, and approved it without opposition. The committee next considered Senate Joint Resolution 23, a “food is medicine” resolution sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer. Supporters from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Hospital Association described the initiative as a voluntary, statewide effort already adopted by 52 hospitals, aimed at improving patient health while supporting Kentucky farmers and local food systems. Members discussed access to healthy food, grocery-store availability, school nutrition, and the need to reduce barriers to local procurement; the resolution was adopted unanimously after a roll call vote, with one senator briefly explaining a late vote due to weather. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 12, which would allow mid-level practitioners to serve as the leader of a Level IV trauma center under physician direction. The sponsor and witnesses from Appalachian Regional Healthcare argued the change would help address rural trauma-care shortages, align with national standards, and improve access without changing scope of practice or other trauma-center requirements. Several members raised questions and comments about rural access, liability, costs, and the broader health impacts, but no vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• It's not a line but I think a vague nexus of where we could improve.
• Programs like HVIP can be improved to stretch dollars further and support more students.
• The technology has not improved so on that I will stop.
• Teachers report better focus in math and research shows improving nutrition for kids improves educational
• So I am very supportive in general of improving nutritional quality for our children.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Commission today to talk about our gun range improvement items. Thank you. Welcome to Public Works.
• for our troopers to operate improvements for our troopers to operate efficiently<00:08:30.080> and
• I've got no problem with supporting improvements here.
• I've got no problem with supporting improvements here.
• problem with supporting improvements problem with supporting improvements here.<00:14:52.560>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on proposed improvements to the New Hampshire State Police gun range and training facility. Commissioner Robert Quinn and Major Brendan Davy said the range is used for realistic, scenario-based training that cannot be replicated at a standard static range, including movement, use of cover, vehicle-based drills, elevation, and training under elevated heart rates and stress. They said the facility is important not only for state troopers but also for local and federal partners, and that it is used regularly for qualifications, requalification, and special unit training. Members asked about specific limitations and costs. Major Davy said the PSTC range is handgun-caliber only because the backstop is not rifle-rated, and local law enforcement can use the State Police range for qualification. Representative Kazinski questioned the size and cost of the project, and Public Works Director Theodore Copper then explained the estimate: $1.5 million for building and site work, plus soft costs, utilities, design, and inflation, bringing the total to $2.3 million. He said the proposed facility would include office space, two classrooms, restrooms, and heating and air conditioning, and that the estimate was reasonable. The committee also heard from Milford School District Superintendent Christy Misho in support of CTE funding. She said Milford has been working for years to secure support for an applied technology center renovation, that prior local bond efforts fell short of the required threshold, and that the district now plans a CTE-only local bond of about $4 million while seeking $10 million from the state. She argued the investment is needed to modernize outdated equipment and support workforce training, and said the district remains committed to the project. In work session action, the committee corrected a prior vote on the Pease Development Authority warehouse removal and replacement project, increasing the amount by $353,300 to $1,973,300 and raising the agency subtotal to $4,155,300. The committee also approved adding two Community College System items: $500,000 for an energy management system and $1.3 million for critical maintenance, for a total addition of $1.8 million. No objections were raised to these motions.

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• by board, like publicly, that you're going to be on the board, how did they make any promises to improve
• And it's probably, give or take, 50% in our CIP, which is our capital improvements.
• This new portal will improve accessibility and allow users to identify applicable regulations with the
• Every single day we have the opportunity to improve. the way the government works and that's what this
• It will improve the efforts of small businesses, and it will improve the public's ability to understand

Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB675, HB10, HB12

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• It only skills or improve behaviors. It only causes<00:30:53.040> harm.
• <01:18:51.840> our for changes that will improve our for changes that will improve our special
• <01:18:58.240> early education, and improving early education, and improving early interventions
• and make recommendations to improve and make recommendations to improve special<01:20:10.640>
• cost for modest improvements. cost for modest improvements.

Bills: HF3493, HF4114

Keywords: safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, special education, funding, education finance, appropriations, budget, cross subsidy

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• It also improves fire... ...fuel loading and limits the ember ignition potential.
• It also improves firefighter access and significantly increases the home's likelihood of surviving a
• By improving defensible space compliant rates over time, SB 9-11 helped strengthen community survivability
• Through voter-approved transportation funding, CCTA has delivered transformative projects and improved
• mobility, safety, and economic vitality. ...transformative projects that improve mobility, safety, and

Summary: The Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee held a final hearing on a series of Senate bills, with the chair explaining the committee’s suspense-file process and then taking up measures in regular order and later from suspense. SB 1329 on solar property tax assessment drew the most extensive testimony: the author and industry supporters said it would create statewide assessment standards, exclude intangibles, and provide certainty for solar development, while county assessors and county representatives opposed it as a statutory formula that would undercut fair market value and reduce local revenue. The bill was sent to suspense during the first portion of the hearing and later passed suspense 5-2 after amendments. SB 661, dealing with airport funding and aviation fuel tax revenues, also generated support from airport and local government representatives but opposition from airlines over the proposed distribution formula; it was referred to suspense and later passed 7-0 with amendments. SB 1172, which places guardrails on tax-sharing agreements, was supported by local governments and retailers; after the author accepted committee amendments, opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed 4-2 to the floor. SB 9-1-1, a wildfire safety measure using the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report to notify fire agencies about defensible-space compliance, was supported by fire chiefs and wildfire-safety advocates but opposed by assessors; it passed 5-2 to Appropriations. SB 1408, authorizing Contra Costa County to place a transportation sales tax on the ballot, passed 4-2 to the floor. SB 1072, the housing omnibus bill, passed 7-0, and SB 1424, expanding a sales tax exemption for zero-emission vehicle fueling equipment, was held in committee after support from hydrogen and electric transportation advocates and no opposition. In suspense-file action, the committee also passed SB 1435, SB 288, SB 296, SB 420, SB 881, SB 888, SB 1053, SB 1406, and SB 1407, while SB 353 and SB 1249 were held. The chair closed by thanking members, staff, stakeholders, and a retiring consultant, and adjourned the committee.

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• They improve public confidence in state government, and they support long-term economic growth.
• the long run and bring us a step closer to the fiscal responsibility that we strive to continually improve
• And could you explain the improvements, the two improvements that I see that are most significant that
• And could you explain the improvements, the two improvements that I see that are most significant that
• Significant improvement from that standpoint.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• modernizes titling and registration, expands electronic processing, reduces paperwork and delays, and improves
• Interstate 12 improvements? Yes.
• Tammany, where there were some improvements within the parish of St. Tammany.
• And so I know that there's a monetary element to the improvements along that stretch of highway, but
• In fact, the improvements that you were just referring to in St.

Summary: The committee met with four members present and approved the May 7, 2026 minutes. It then considered a series of transportation, motor vehicle, aviation, port, and memorial designation bills. Several measures were reported favorably, including HB 1086 on electronic titling and digital title transfers, HB 745 extending special tandem load permits, HB 1175 updating the definition of aerospace, HB 1108 creating a Homeschool Proud license plate, HB 722 changing reinstatement procedures so certain suspended licenses are restored once fees are paid, HB 1024 creating a Louisiana Democratic Party license plate, HB 1173 giving drivers on reinstatement payment plans a three-month grace period before late fees apply, and HB 98 imposing a $25 annual royalty fee on a retired legislators’ plate to help restore the Pentagon Barracks. HB 487, dealing with red-light overtaking and an added fine, and HB 1032, a technical cleanup bill aligning DWI/drug-impairment language, were also reported favorably. HB 1050, a CDL cleanup bill that adjusts age and testing provisions and removes outdated vision-waiver language, and HB 1192, creating a Louisiana Dental Hygienist Association plate, were approved as well. HB 989, which would have raised public license tag agent convenience fees, was supported by private tag agents but drew questions about fee parity and business impacts; it was reported favorably. A separate bill on driving school pricing and refunds was deferred and turned into a study resolution after the sponsor said more stakeholder discussion was needed. The committee also advanced several memorial and infrastructure measures. HB 401 designated the Lance Corporal Justin McLeese Memorial Bridge, with members speaking about his military service and sacrifice. HB 1081 moved the Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission under the Office of Multimodal Commerce for administrative support while leaving port boards independent. HCR 63 created a task force to study whether certain active-duty military personnel could operate federally owned vehicles on state highways without a civilian license. HCR 69 urged priority improvements to the Interstate 12 corridor, especially the bottleneck and interchange areas near I-55, citing safety and evacuation concerns. SCR 58 asked DOTD to review public-private partnership practices, using the Belle Chasse Toll Bridge as a case study and focusing on lessons learned for future projects. HB 1001 designated a portion of U.S. 190 as the Jesse Jackson Memorial Highway. HB 1218 named Highway 1090 the Lewis Pett Miramon Memorial Highway, with family members and supporters describing Miramon’s wartime service and role in building Slidell. HB 1172 designated a highway segment in memory of a 14-year-old hit-and-run victim, Kulin Carrier. One major policy bill, SB 514, was amended and reported favorably. It updates Louisiana’s aeronautics statutes, transfers responsibility for aeronautics activities and facilities from the DOTD secretary to the Office of Multimodal Commerce commissioner, and modernizes the law to align with federal aviation rules and new technologies, including advanced aviation and electric vertical takeoff and landing programs. Members asked about the lengthy amendments, fuel tax language, airport development reporting, and the Transportation Trust Fund, and the sponsor and DOTD explained that the changes were largely technical and intended to keep Louisiana eligible for federal aviation funding and compliant with current standards. The committee also heard extensive testimony on HB 1244, which would add a brain-injury designation to driver’s licenses and require law-enforcement training. The sponsor and advocates described how the designation could help de-escalate encounters and improve safety for people with brain injuries; the bill was reported favorably, with members noting it could also cover broader brain-injury conditions if medically certified. After that testimony, the committee adjourned without objection.

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• This inclusion will allow... improve transparency by ensuring utilities, groundwater districts, and the
• This bill is a big, big improvement with the committee substitute.
• To address these issues, HB 2078 proposes the following improvements: districts must include in their
• HB 2080 improves the TCEQ process for reviewing petitions that claim a GCD has failed to perform its
• Improving communication across agencies by providing a central board to coordinate efforts, share best

Bills: HB937, HB2078, HB2080, HB3322, HB3350, HB4212, HB4630, HB4896, HB4951, HB5348, HB5675, SB565, SB971, SB1662, SB2124

Keywords: special districts, notice requirements, Water Code, government transparency, public meetings, meeting notice, transparency, public engagement, notice, elections, groundwater management, water conservation, joint planning, environmental impact, desired future conditions, groundwater, conservation district, environmental quality, regulatory review, water utility