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Senate Appropriations Committee advances five measures, records final votes and adjourns

Senate Committee on Appropriations · August 27, 2026

Summary

At its hearing, the Senate Appropriations Committee considered five items — AB 28,727; AB 282; AB 817; AB 27 60; and AB 25 97 — and moved each to the Senate floor after discussion, roll calls and votes recorded in the hearing transcript.

The Senate Committee on Appropriations heard five measures during a scheduled hearing and moved each to the Senate floor after presentations, testimony and roll calls.

The items included an authors' presentation on AB 28,727 (parole/portal review process), AB 282 (pre‑certification protections for ballots and voting technology), AB 817 (cold‑storage contingency funds following the Lineage fire), AB 27 60 (ban on wearable electroshock gloves) and AB 25 97 (claims appropriation). The transcript records final committee votes reported in the hearing: AB 27 27 (recorded final vote 6–0), AB 282 (reported 4–2), AB 817 (4–2), AB 27 60 (4–2), and AB 25 97 (6–0).

Committee members thanked participants, took a short recess to lift the call on some items and then adjourned. Staff and Department of Finance representatives appeared throughout the hearing to answer technical and fiscal questions; multiple witnesses from community organizations and industry groups testified on AB 817 and AB 27 60.

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