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This resolution amends the Standing Rules of the California State Senate for the 2025–26 Regular Session, effective February 1, 2026, by updating Rule 12, which outlines the standing committees and the types of bills referred to each. The amendment clarifies the subject matter jurisdiction for each committee, such as Agriculture, Appropriations (which handles bills subject to Joint Rule 10.5 and state-mandated local programs), Budget and Fiscal Review (for the Budget Bill and related legislation), and others covering areas like Education, Environmental Quality, Health, Housing, Judiciary, and Public Safety, among others. It also establishes a new committee, Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection, to address bills concerning data privacy, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies. The resolution also notes that the standing committees of a regular session will generally serve for special or extraordinary sessions unless otherwise specified.