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Red Flag

Late-night amendment cluster

92%

Language inserted 17 hours before committee. Sponsor overlap detected across three regulated entities.

Influence vector

$1.8M

Lobbyist proximity

4 hops

Illuminated Insight

This amendment benefits a donor-backed coalition that has not filed public support.

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AB 2481 - Energy Reliability Modernization Act

3 red flags Illuminated

Hidden influence detected in Section 12 amendment.

New exemption language mirrors a private memo circulated by a utility coalition 48 hours before publication.

Committee pressure spike.

Four offices opened the same opposition packet within nine minutes after a lobbyist meeting ended.

Recommended action.

Ask for disclosure on coalition drafting input before the next suspense file deadline.

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