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• So what is gained from spending ratepayer funds on energy efficiency?
• And so that's also funded through the work that is happening.
• We are one of the implementers of some of these energy efficiency funds.
• If the decision is made to move these funds to the General Fund and the fluctuating state budget is what
• Moving energy efficiency funding to the General Fund at a time when GGRF auction proceeds are unstable

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on how California Public Utilities Commission energy efficiency programs are budgeted, evaluated, and measured for cost-effectiveness. The chair framed the issue as not whether energy efficiency works, but how to ensure ratepayer-funded programs continue to deliver value as the portfolio has shifted from simple measures like lighting to more complex retrofits, electrification, workforce, and equity programs. CPUC staff outlined the statutory framework, the four-year budget cycle, recent spending of about $795 million in 2025, and the use of total system benefit (TSB) and the total resource cost (TRC) test, noting that some programs are exempt from cost-effectiveness requirements at the individual program level but not at the resource acquisition portfolio level. Utility, regional network, implementer, and advocacy witnesses offered differing views on the current metrics. PG&E described its portfolio as cost-effective overall and argued that cost-effectiveness should remain at the portfolio level to allow innovation and multi-year program flexibility. SoCalREN and the Energy Coalition emphasized the value of local government delivery, equity-focused programs, and the need to credit programs for broader benefits such as workforce development, market transformation, and electrification. The Public Advocates Office argued that ratepayer-funded programs should produce benefits greater than costs and raised concerns about the growing share of budgets going to programs that have not met cost-effectiveness thresholds. Several witnesses said the current math is too complicated and that different program types may need different metrics. Committee members repeatedly pressed witnesses on the complexity of the TRC and TSB calculations, the treatment of participant costs, and whether the state should use a simpler or more transparent framework. CPUC staff said the relevant issues are already being addressed in two open proceedings, with one budget application proceeding expected to conclude in roughly the second or third quarter of next year and a broader policy rulemaking ongoing. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported; the hearing functioned as an informational discussion and policy review.

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• This is funded outside of the available school fund.
• The schools will be funded based on the way we fund our schools.
• And I mentioned our Catholic Education Growth Fund to grow more innovative Catholic school options.
• Where the fund, the specific fund I was talking about was the innovation fund to grow new Catholic schools
• these funds.

Bills: HB3 , HB3

Committee: House Public Education

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• I have long admired Washington's innovative and standard-bearing work in health care, and after meeting
• decision, ...or it's a funding rescission that's then overturned in 24 to 48 hours.
• It also requires HCA to provide grant funds to ensure the availability of services to infants with a.
• Requires HCA to provide grant funds to ensure the availability of services to infants with a history
• These funds are used for direct patient care, and I'm asking for a yes. Thank you, Senator Bateman.

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held confirmation hearings for Ryan Moran to lead the Health Care Authority and Dennis Worsham to serve as Secretary of Health. Moran emphasized his personal background, experience in Maryland Medicaid, and priorities of protecting coverage amid federal changes, addressing health disparities, strengthening tribal partnerships, and improving agency operations. Worsham described his long public health career in Washington, his statewide listening tour, and his focus on collaboration, science-based decision-making, accountability, workforce support, and rebuilding public trust. Senators raised questions about behavioral health, social determinants of health, communication, misinformation, and the impact of federal policy changes; both nominees said Washington should continue leading on coverage, prevention, and public health resilience. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It passed SB 5899, allowing qualified chiropractors to perform chiropractic diagnosis and adjustments on animals; SB 6292, creating a joint legislative-executive committee on health care financing with a substitute; SB 6182, establishing an abortion savings program, after rejecting several Christian-sponsored amendments and adopting a Bateman amendment limiting eligible organizations to DOH-contracted abortion providers or funds; SB 5947, creating the Washington Health Care Board; SJR 8206, proposing a constitutional right to affordable health care; and SB 5933, on overdose mapping information sharing, with a substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of both gubernatorial appointments. In a second group of bills, the committee passed SB 5823 on patient advocates with a substitute requiring at least one person physically present daily in acute care settings and expanding exemptions for certain hospitals; SB 6210 on the health plan certification process with a substitute; SB 5921 on psilocybin; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy with a substitute; and SB 5924 expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority with a substitute. Members discussed access, affordability, rural workforce shortages, and patient safety, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• But innovation does work.
• But innovation does work.
• from the general fund to other funds if revenues of the general fund exceed appropriations and the sum
• from the general fund to other funds if revenues of the general fund exceed appropriations and the sum
• of ...fund to other funds if revenues of the general fund exceed appropriations and the sum of the excess

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• California can and should lead the nation in wildfire resilience and insurance innovation.
• SB 495 streamlines cumbersome procedures that ensure policyholders receive the funds they are owed to
• All you would need to do was make a simple request for that 60% and receive those funds.
• Paid family leave claims make up roughly 30% of all claims paid for by our disability insurance trust fund
• represent less than a tenth of a percent increase in claims paid for by the disability insurance trust fund

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee met to hear several bills related to insurance coverage, wildfire risk, workers’ compensation, and paid family leave. SB 8 by Senator Ashby would extend workers’ compensation and disability protections to Sacramento County park rangers, with testimony emphasizing that they perform law-enforcement-like duties and should receive the same protections as comparable officers. SB 429 by Senator Cortese would create a public wildfire catastrophe model and related wildfire safety program, with support from the Department of Insurance and consumer advocates who said public access to modeling data would improve transparency and help evaluate private insurance risk models. The committee also heard SB 525 by Senator Jones, which would require the FAIR Plan to offer coverage options for manufactured and mobile home owners, including replacement cost coverage. Supporters said the bill would help lower-income residents obtain meaningful insurance protection, while no opposition testified. SB 495 by Senator Allen, as amended, would require insurers to provide a larger contents-coverage advance after a total loss during a declared emergency without requiring an immediate itemized inventory, extend proof-of-loss deadlines, and require insurers to provide catastrophe modeling and reinsurance data to the Department of Insurance. Several insurers withdrew opposition after amendments, and the Department of Insurance and United Policyholders supported the measure. SB 590 by Senator Durazo would expand paid family leave to cover care for designated persons or chosen family members, with strong support from AARP, labor, civil rights, caregiving, and health organizations, and testimony from a parent describing the need to care for a non-legal family member during surgery recovery. The committee also took up consent items SB 230 and SB 854. After roll calls, SB 8, SB 429, SB 495, SB 525, and SB 590 all received do-pass votes, with SB 429 sent to the Committee on Emergency Management, SB 495 to Judiciary, and SB 525 and SB 590 to Appropriations. The consent calendar bills were also approved, and the committee adjourned.

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• Additionally, innovative technologies such as the closed-loop... system already exist.
• And it's an opportunity for us to innovate, to update, to catch up with the times, catch up with the
• Suspended funds.
• I suppose it depends on what the interest rate the county puts on those funds paid into the registry.
• Withheld funds that were rightfully due should have been distributed.

Bills: HB3619 , HB3652 , HB4572 , HB4891 , HB4941 , HB5103 , HB5105 , HB5106 , HB5224 , HB5600

Committee: House Energy Resources

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• is taking the blockchain technology and, like I said, so the grown-ups can use it for transferring funds
• is taking the blockchain technology and, like I said, so the grown-ups can use it for transferring funds
• </c><00:20:09.919><c> Uh</c><00:20:11.120><c> the</c> for for transferring uh funds.
• Uh the for for transferring uh funds.
• </c><00:25:15.600><c> I</c> to participate in that innovation. I to participate in that innovation.

Bills: HB259 , HB206 , HB207 , HB259 , HB206 , HB207

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax

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• in this case to the A fund or to the special revenue fund.
• c> them</c><00:12:49.760><c> occurs</c><00:12:50.040><c> in</c> fund um one of them occurs in fund um
• This includes things like the A fund, the special revenue fund, the remediation fund, gift fund, etc.
• </c> the committee's net um general fund the committee's net um general fund impact<00:14:27.720><c>
• </c><00:14:47.759><c> um</c> fund the special Revenue fund um fund the special Revenue fund um remediation

Bills: HF1704

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• </c><01:14:56.639><c> recommends</c><01:14:57.159><c> that</c> Auto innovators recommends that Auto innovators
• This is proof that when we inspire innovation, we get results.
• </c><01:21:23.920><c> we</c> proof that when we Inspire Innovation we proof that when we Inspire Innovation
• She believed that the great innovators that invented these chemicals could innovate once again for a
• She believed that the great innovators that invented these chemicals could innovate once again for a

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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• We have 162 students currently receiving this funding.
• Thanks to the administration, the funding was restored.
• And a lot of time, without one-time funding, we actually invest.
• That is a duly funded program.
• But for now, we're asking for one-time funding.

Committee: House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Summary: The House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from its October 3, 2024 meeting, and Chairwoman Butler noted that HCR 82 would be voluntarily deferred in favor of continuing work on HCR 77 related to a pilot program for landscaping and crawfishing. The committee then considered HCR 205, which urges the USDA to use its Commodity Procurement Program to purchase domestic Louisiana shrimp. Representative Kerner and Commissioner Mike Strain described the shrimp industry’s low prices, full cold storage, and the need for urgent federal action to support shrimpers and move product into schools, nursing homes, and food banks. Members discussed domestic sourcing rules, enforcement against imported seafood, and marketing challenges; HCR 205 was reported favorably without objection. The committee also took up HCR 188, which memorializes Congress to oppose any federal farm bill provision that could negatively affect the use of hunting dogs. Chairwoman Butler and Commissioner Strain explained that the concern centered on vague language in a farm bill section that could be interpreted to restrict hunting dogs used for tracking or field trials. Members agreed the language should be removed if it remained in the bill, and HCR 188 was reported favorably without objection. The committee then heard a presentation from Orlando McMeans of the Southern University Ag Center and College of Agriculture, along with Dr. Calvin Walker. They outlined the center’s research, extension, and academic programs, including enrollment growth, dual-enrollment efforts, 1890 scholars, JAG Stars scholarships, beef cattle and aquaculture research, viticulture, precision nutrition, and food access initiatives. They also described major facility projects, including a high-tech meat processing facility, research labs, a vineyard, and a proposed disaster-safe shelter. Members asked about butcher training, cattle genetics, and the shelter’s potential uses, and the committee adjourned after the presentation.

Bills: HR119 , HR120 , HR121 , HR122 , HR123 , HR124 , HR125 , HR126 , HR127 , HR128 , HR129 , HR130 , HR131 , HR132 , HCR53 , HCR54 , HCR55 , HCR56 , HR115 , HR116 , HR117 , HR118 , SCR19 , SCR26 , SB102 , SB222 , SB255 , SB270 , SB273 , SB314 , SB418 , SB420 , HB21 , HB24 , HB29 , HB31 , HB39 , HB45 , HB49 , HB77 , HB136 , HB150 , HB211 , HB263 , HB273 , HB299 , HB315 , HB324 , HB376 , HB377 , HB422 , HB431 , HB444 , HB450 , HB519 , HB533 , HB538 , HB549 , HB559 , HB562 , HB663 , HB664 , HB715 , HB717 , HB805 , HB822 , HB823 , HB834 , HB864 , HB867 , HB1011 , HB1017 , HB1018 , HB1068 , HB1134 , HB1137 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB1236 , HB310 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HR74 , HCR26 , HCR35 , HCR7 , HB51 , HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB180 , HB192 , HB393 , HB430 , HB445 , HB506 , HB515 , HB521 , HB565 , HB590 , HB614 , HB638 , HB670 , HB672 , HB685 , HB692 , HB752 , HB773 , HB781 , HB799 , HB860 , HB874 , HB887 , HB917 , HB937 , HB956 , HB965 , HB972 , HB977 , HB982 , HB1006 , HB1010 , HB1044 , HB1072 , HB1088 , HB1179 , HB1200 , HB76 , HB132 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB265 , HB275 , HB291 , HB322 , HB342 , HB475 , HB486 , HB616 , HB635 , HB639 , HB690 , HB740 , HB757 , HB761 , HB774 , HB808 , HB855 , HB872 , HB883 , HB886 , HB903 , HB949 , HB962 , HB996 , HB1003 , HB1036 , HB1054 , HB1071 , HB1076 , HB1078 , HB1113 , HB1132 , HB1146 , HB1232 , HB1233 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB52 , HB154 , HB400 , HB463 , HB570 , HB631 , HB637 , HB870 , HB952 , HB961 , HB399 , HB868 , HB905 , HB401 , HB901 , HR20 , HB9 , HB58 , HB151 , HB193 , HB284 , HB459 , HB476 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB615 , HB682 , HB733 , HB915

Keywords: condolences, public service, environmental justice, sustainability, local government, military service, World War II, veteran, community, Italian Festival, cultural celebration, Tickfaw, Italian-American, community pride, heritage, Miss Louisiana Teen USA, Heaven Riley Breaux, recognition, youth empowerment, community service

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• Does Louisiana receive federal funding for our schools? We do. We do.
• There are lots of, like, Title I funding. There's funding for special education.
• There's funding to close gaps and learning loss.
• funding items, for the most part, and the Department of Education is more or less a funding pass-through
• We'll go underneath a board that's already funded. So yes.

Bills: HR115 , HR116 , HR117 , HR118 , HR112 , HR113 , HR114 , HCR51 , HCR52 , SCR18 , SCR20 , SB14 , SB76 , SB118 , SB142 , SB156 , SB170 , SB197 , SB234 , SB258 , SB287 , SB288 , SB313 , SB315 , SB393 , SB396 , SB426 , SB427 , HCR7 , HB76 , HB84 , HB132 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB265 , HB275 , HB291 , HB322 , HB342 , HB457 , HB475 , HB477 , HB486 , HB616 , HB635 , HB639 , HB690 , HB740 , HB757 , HB761 , HB766 , HB774 , HB808 , HB855 , HB866 , HB872 , HB883 , HB886 , HB903 , HB949 , HB962 , HB996 , HB1003 , HB1036 , HB1054 , HB1071 , HB1076 , HB1078 , HB1113 , HB1132 , HB1146 , HB1232 , HB1233 , HR15 , HR20 , HCR14 , HCR6 , HCR19 , HCR10 , HR74 , HCR26 , HCR35 , HB98 , HB108 , HB131 , HB151 , HB161 , HB288 , HB294 , HB305 , HB310 , HB320 , HB336 , HB380 , HB392 , HB403 , HB420 , HB459 , HB476 , HB540 , HB615 , HB631 , HB637 , HB648 , HB665 , HB682 , HB789 , HB813 , HB815 , HB835 , HB870 , HB905 , HB915 , HB933 , HB938 , HB987 , HB1040 , HB51 , HB82 , HB143 , HB145 , HB160 , HB180 , HB192 , HB393 , HB430 , HB445 , HB506 , HB515 , HB521 , HB565 , HB590 , HB614 , HB638 , HB670 , HB672 , HB685 , HB692 , HB752 , HB773 , HB781 , HB799 , HB860 , HB874 , HB887 , HB917 , HB937 , HB956 , HB965 , HB972 , HB977 , HB982 , HB1006 , HB1010 , HB1044 , HB1072 , HB1088 , HB1179 , HB1200 , HB81 , HB400 , HB154 , HB410 , HB463 , HB827 , HB868 , HB952 , HB953 , HB140 , HB750 , HB911 , HB52 , HB961 , HB399 , HB401 , HB901 , HB9 , HB58 , HB193 , HB284 , HB570 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB733

Keywords: Kappa Alpha Psi, fraternity, Louisiana, commemoration, community engagement, recognition, state championship, basketball, sports achievement, school commendation, commendation, athletics, team sports, youth, community recognition, water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee

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• We have certain things that we're gonna use local funds as well as state funds.
• And that money, similar to our legacy capital fund, would be loaned out to fund these building projects
• fund.
• So, again, they're funded totally separately.
• be funded.

Bills: HB3674 , HB4326 , HB4331 , HB3029 , HB2963 , HB3551 , HB2973 , HB3019 , HB3461 , HB2961 , HB3261 , HB3759 , HB3429 , HB3069 , HB3372 , HB3705

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

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• The total revenue loss from the available school fund would be $1,046,000.
• And the state highway fund would be $3,139,000. And that same.
• We received in the lateral road fund last year $38,000. So, it's almost a wash for us.
• But look at the innovation in all of the companies that have come along with it.
• . of our districts that are funded by sales and use tax.

Bills: HB134 , HB135 , HB 1109 , HB 1243 , HB1392 , HB1399 , HJR99 , HB134 , HB135

Committee: House Ways & Means

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• Literacy funding moved into this direction can support very innovative ways within the schools, whether
• Literacy funding moved into this direction can support very innovative ways within the schools, whether
• Literacy funding moved into this direction can support very innovative ways within the schools, whether
• Literacy funding moved into this direction can support very innovative ways within the schools, whether
• Literacy funding moved into this direction can support very innovative ways within the schools, whether

Committee: Senate Education Finance

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• That was the original funding for the organizing committee.
• It's a signal that we're not just funding programs.
• Also, it's changing our support through funding.
• We also just put in funding to make sure this year that that commission gets funded so that we could
• We also just put in funding to make sure this year that that commission gets funded so that we could

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• GENERAL REVENUE AND STATE TRUST FUND.
• END OF THE NEXT CHART BREAKS DOWN HISTORICAL FUNDING BY AGENCY.
• , REVENUE SOURCES, FUNDING ACTIVITIES, AND BASE APPROPRIATION TOTALS BY TRUST FUND.
• >> THE FUNDING MECHANISM, THE FUNDING WE SHOW HERE IS RELATED TO THE PACE PROGRAM WHICH IS SEPARATE.
• IT INCLUDE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH SEVERAL FUNDING SOURCES.

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• And we to the health care access fund.
• </c> keeping it in fi- funneling those funds keeping it in fi- funneling those funds to<00:42:34.960>
• now and putting them into the general fund.
• </c> House File 1724 ensures innovative House File 1724 ensures innovative affordable<01:19:18.800><c
• Go ahead, please. bill to continue the council's funding bill to continue the council's funding for<01

Bills: HF4493 , HF3133 , HF4595 , HF4143 , HF4142 , HF3756 , HF4289 , HF1724 , HF2291 , HF4568 , HF4547

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Funding cuts to Mr.
• 01:03:49.039><c> by</c><01:03:49.200><c> the</c> research funding was delayed by the research funding
• </c> funding for the next 20 years. funding for the next 20 years.
• Helene recovery funding.
• We need to out-innovate China.

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• </c> private and public funds. private and public funds.
• So, projects that have been um funded.
• </c> from the state competitiveness fund from the state competitiveness fund number<01:02:35.680><c>
• </c> fund and tax and taxpayers. fund and tax and taxpayers. &gt;&gt; Correct. &gt;&gt; Correct.
• If you just had those funds coming fund.

Bills: HF4059 , HF76

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy