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• our state will incur if we add to our overflowing shelters or disrupt our natural ecosystems with abandoned

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard three bills ahead of the house-of-origin deadline. AB 762 by Assemblymember Irwin would ban the sale and distribution of disposable vapes in California, with committee amendments to align implementation dates and allow a sell-through period. The author and supporters, including waste agencies, firefighters, local governments, and public health groups, argued the devices create lithium-ion battery fire risks in waste facilities and burden ratepayers and first responders. Opponents, including cannabis industry and retail groups, argued the bill would not meaningfully reduce battery waste because most problematic products are already illicit, and warned it could worsen the illegal market and reduce consumer access to legal products. After extensive debate, the committee passed AB 762 as amended to Appropriations on a vote with some members not voting or on call. AB 1382 by Assemblymember Castillo would prohibit the sale of genetically modified animals created for cosmetic purposes. Supporters said the bill would prevent novelty pet breeding, reduce pressure on already overcrowded shelters, and avoid ethical concerns about modifying animals for appearance alone, while preserving medical and scientific research. Opponents, including the pet industry, argued the measure was unnecessary because regulated products such as glowfish already undergo scientific review and that the bill could create ambiguity and harm lawful commerce. The committee clarified that glowfish and scientific research were exempt, and AB 1382 passed to the Judiciary Committee. AB 739 by Assemblymember Jackson would require managing agents in common interest developments to provide homeowners and HOA boards a summary of fees charged for management services. Realtors supported the bill as a transparency measure, while community managers and the Community Associations Institute said they could accept it once promised amendments were adopted to narrow the disclosure and avoid blanket mailings that could raise costs. The author said amendments would be taken in the Housing and Community Development Committee and committed to further consultation. AB 739 passed to Housing and Community Development.

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• state will incur if we add to our overflowing shelters or by disrupting our natural ecosystems with abandoned

Committee: House Business and Professions

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• Fairness is abandoned, and the people's faith in democracy itself is shaken.

Bills: SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB4 , HB1 , HB3 , HB20 , HB22 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB4 , SB2 , SB5

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• this new assessment option to be assessed at a just value as of January 1 of the year following abandonment

Committee: Senate Finance and Tax

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met and first heard SB 674, which would allow county property appraisers, like tax collectors already can, to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses if approved in their Department of Revenue budget. Support came from property appraiser representatives, who said the bill would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SJR 318, a proposed constitutional amendment on tangible personal property used on agricultural land, along with an amendment clarifying the exemption’s scope and allowing the Legislature to set conditions by general law. Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the joint resolution favorably. Members also took up CS for SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval of local discretionary taxes when they expire; an amendment changed the bill to require expiration dates and tied reapproval to tax expiration rather than a fixed eight-year cycle. Local government and tourism groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, transportation surtaxes, beaches funding, and long-term financing, while supporters argued voters should periodically affirm local taxes. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill SB 1512, both dealing with a homestead-style property tax benefit for certain long-term leased residential properties. After multiple amendments narrowed the proposal substantially, limiting it to one qualifying property and then to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominium units, counties and cities still opposed the measures as a tax shift to other taxpayers. The sponsor said the changes reduced the scope and fiscal impact, and both measures were reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions, multiple tax holidays, motor vehicle fee reductions, a property tax study, rural investment tax credits, a freeze on local communications services tax rates, and other tax changes, with an estimated $2.1 billion revenue reduction. Testimony was mixed: property appraisers supported the property tax study, while many public commenters opposed the firearm and ammunition tax holiday and urged inclusion of gun safes and locks instead. County, city, tourism, and lodging representatives raised concerns about tourist development tax limits and other local revenue impacts, while supporters emphasized tax relief and the study’s value. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to submit SPB 7034 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.

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• or recklessly kills or causes serious bodily injury to the animal by action. ...such as torture, abandonment

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• Somehow, we are going to have to backfill some of this as a state because we cannot abandon our citizens

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• exemptions for affordable housing, revised development impact assessments, expedited foreclosure on abandoned

Summary: The committee heard five housing- and resilience-related bills. HB 793 would create an International Aerospace Innovation Fund administered by Space Florida to support aerospace research, workforce development, and commercialization; it was amended with a clarifying change and passed unanimously. C.S. for HB 411 would extend an affordable housing property tax exemption to certain nonprofit projects on leased land through a housing finance authority, such as Habitat for Humanity projects; it also passed unanimously. HB 701 would require local housing assistance plans to allow mobile home owners on leased land to seek help with lot rent, and it passed unanimously after an amendment and testimony from mobile home advocates and AARP in support. The committee also considered C.S. for HB 393, which expands the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to help eligible condominiums fund hurricane mitigation projects, including roof-related work, with added eligibility and inspection requirements. The bill drew support from condo and housing groups and passed unanimously with committee substitute. The final and most extensive measure, HB 943, would significantly revise state land-use and development rules to promote affordable housing by limiting local restrictions, changing zoning and approval standards, adjusting parking and impact fee rules, and expanding accessory dwelling unit and mixed-use provisions. It generated extensive testimony, with many local officials, city and county groups, and preservation advocates opposing it as overly broad and preemptive, while housing and business groups supported it. HB 943 was amended several times during the meeting, including changes related to church-owned property, parking, historic landmarks, manufactured homes as accessory dwelling units, and fair housing language. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill was a work in progress and that additional changes would be made. After debate from members emphasizing both the need for more housing and the need to preserve local control, the committee approved HB 943 on a 14-1 vote, with Rep. Casello voting no.

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• And abandonment was in my daughter's best interest.

Bills: HB809 , HB 1193 , HB1916 , HB2558 , HB1973 , HB2350 , HB2399 , HB2340 , HB 116 , HB330 , HB2496 , HB116

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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• So the continuum of care and support and even just thinking about that, abandon families have to identify

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• local road exams for both CDL and Class D licenses over the last few years, and there's no reason to abandon

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• can tell you that there are many considerations every single employer is making in a decision for siting
• can tell you that there are many considerations every single employer is making in a decision for siting
• Was last year's Area Development magazine survey of business leaders and site selection consultants,
• and has testified on energy policies before the Public Utility Commission in the state and in the site
• and has testified on energy policies before the Public Utility Commission in the state and in the site

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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• What is not the answer is to abandon regulation entirely in favor of criminalization.
• </c><06:19:24.080><c> answer</c><06:19:24.240><c> is</c><06:19:24.480><c> to</c><06:19:24.718><c> abandon
• </c> is not the answer is to abandon is not the answer is to abandon regulation<06:19:25.920><c> entirely
• Under current law, subdivision and site plan review can include a conceptual review, a design review,
• A major subdivision or site plan review is a collaborative process.

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• So the reason for this might be because of failure in the harvest, abandonment, compliance complexities
• ><c> [snorts]</c> the failure in the harvest uh [snorts] the failure in the harvest uh [snorts] abandonment
• 03.840><c> um</c><01:15:04.239><c> the</c><01:15:04.640><c> compliance</c><01:15:05.600><c> uh</c> abandonment
• also um the compliance uh abandonment also um the compliance uh complexities complexities complexities

Bills: HB1974 , HB1853 , HB1973 , HB1574 , HB2619 , HB1966 , HB1643 , HB1671 , HB2558 , HB1854 , HB2173 , HB1575 , HB2229 , HB1535 , HB1978 , HB2508 , HB1549 , HB2187 , HB1550 , HB1977 , HB2314 , HB1871 , HB2319 , HB1591 , HB1858 , HB1898 , HB2372 , HB1765 , HB2012 , HB1706 , HB1962 , HB1963 , HB1975 , HB2009 , HB2083 , HB2224 , HB1877 , HB1959 , HB1626 , HB1665 , HB2488 , HB2456 , HB2548 , HB2207 , HB1832 , HB2079 , HB1985 , HB1618 , HB2486 , HB2242 , HB2045 , HB1703 , HB2236 , HB2480 , HB1976 , HB2287 , HB2288 , HB1777 , HB276 , HB1660 , HB1676 , HB1605 , HB1751 , HB1967 , HB2383 , HB2340 , HB1946 , HB2268 , HB1950 , HB2156 , HB2118 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1996 , HB2114 , HB2423 , HB2429 , HB2475 , HB2534 , HB2545 , HB1813 , HB1941 , HB2474 , HB2583 , HB1576 , HB1886 , HB1939 , HB2540 , HB2590 , HB2000 , HB2163 , HB2386 , HB1691 , HB1680 , HB2516 , HB1993 , HB2442 , HB1510 , HB1958 , HB1692

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• Oh God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth so precious in your eyes
• Oh God of the poor, help us to rescue<00:11:36.959><c> the</c><00:11:37.279><c> abandoned</c><00:11:37.839
• ><c> and</c><00:11:38.079><c> forgotten</c><00:11:38.640><c> of</c> rescue the abandoned and forgotten
• of rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this<00:11:39.040><c> earth</c><00:11:39.920><c> so</c><00:

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• That should really help deter non-serious requesters, and the abandonment of uninspected data by unknown
• Out of that 12, I would indicate to you that nine of them became abandoned and cost our district in excess
• Out of that $40,000, approximately $30,000 of those were abandoned, and no one ever came to look at the
• Approximately $30,000 of that $40,000 was for abandoned requests, and no one ever came to look at the

Bills: HF1662 , HF1224 , HF1836 , HF1367 , HF1168 , HF1999 , HF1792 , HF102 , HF2127 , HF104

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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• that restoring hydrology to the wetlands would be accomplished by going through the legal process to abandon
• /c><00:24:29.840><c> to</c> going through the legal process to going through the legal process to abandon
• 31.200><c> lateral</c><00:24:31.679><c> ditches</c><00:24:32.679><c> and</c><00:24:33.080><c> and</c> abandon
• the lateral ditches and and abandon the lateral ditches and and refilling<00:24:33.799><c> those</c>

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

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• </c><05:31:53.878><c> specific</c> Pro provide site specific Pro provide site specific criteria<05:31
• corner of the site.
• </c> was the former owner in 1976 the site was the former owner in 1976 the site was<05:47:45.798><c>
• Almost any landfill site that a new site, a greenfields landfill siting, is likely to overlie something
• /c> almost any landfill site that a new site almost any landfill site that a new site a<06:20:55.080>

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee met in work session on several bills, beginning with HB 153, which would require two or more law enforcement officers in each county to receive animal cruelty training. Members said the bill had been sent to the Animal Protection and Licensing Subcommittee, where Representative Kuttab is expected to schedule a meeting soon to consider possible amendments based on testimony and other ideas. The committee later returned to HB 153 and confirmed a work session was planned for February 14, with discussion also including whether to explore a task force concept raised in testimony. The committee also discussed HB 215 and HB 566, both related to landfill permitting and leachate or harm/benefit reporting. Representative Gerana said he had met with the DES director and was working on amendments that would add a preliminary screening phase for determining net public benefit and expand the list of benefits beyond capacity need to include items such as economic and infrastructure benefits. HB 566 was said to be in the same posture as HB 215, and both were slated for subcommittee review the following Tuesday morning. HB 171 was also added for subcommittee discussion, with members saying the changes would be technical rather than substantive. HB 240, which removes forfeiture penalties for non-payment of dog licenses, drew support for a simple amendment changing a statutory “shall” to “may” so municipal officials would have discretion about issuing a warrant. Representative Bixby said OLS advised that this was the cleanest way to provide flexibility, and he reported that the sponsor was agreeable to the change. The committee also discussed HB 179, concerning hazardous waste accident fees, where the sponsor proposed a revised amendment imposing a $1,000-per-day penalty after 90 days of non-payment. Members raised concerns about homeowners, hobby farmers, and whether the bill could unfairly burden people who were not negligent or whose insurance claims were delayed. The sponsor and others said the intent was to recover costs from responsible parties, especially businesses, and to protect local taxpayers and fire departments from bearing the cost of damaged hazardous materials equipment. No votes were taken; the bills were left for further subcommittee work and amendment drafting.

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• times that infrastructure, especially energy infrastructure, after it is used, it is then left and abandoned
• You know, if we want to protect, we're talking about abandoned pipelines and the cleanup.
• Well, we have pipelines in southwest Minnesota that are being abandoned because the government is forcing

Bills: HF4236 , HF4122 , HF4377

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

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• Um, the city of Two Harbors basically abandoned their zoning, planning, and zoning to allow on a city
• Um, the city of Two Harbors basically abandoned their zoning, planning, and zoning to allow on a city
• Um, the city of Two Harbors basically abandoned their zoning, planning, and zoning to allow on a city

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• The principle that alliances matter and the principle that free nations do not abandon one another when
• President. abandon one another when tested. abandon one another when tested.