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• two is also unnecessary because utilities already provide robust reliability analysis in their integrated
• two is also unnecessary because utilities already provide robust reliability analysis in their integrated
• :58:34.400> analysis<00:58:35.400> in<00:58:35.559> their<00:58:35.720> integrated
• reliability analysis in their integrated reliability analysis in their integrated resource<00:58
• Monopoly utilities can cover integrated Monopoly utilities can cover the<01:03:26.160> full<01

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The bill is essential to protect the integrity of our trade and the safety of our workers.
• We urge you to pass the bill to protect the safety of our workers, maintain the integrity of our trade
• of our trade and the the Integrity of our trade and the safety<00:09:08.360> of<00:09:08.519>
• :28.920> maintain<00:10:29.320> maintain<00:10:29.560> the<00:10:29.680> Integrity
• workers maintain maintain the Integrity workers maintain maintain the Integrity of<00:10:30.279>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• neighbor love, his actual preference for righteousness over reelection, and his bodily defining of integrity
• 07:26.720> of reelection and his bodily defining of reelection and his bodily defining of Integrity
• <00:07:27.840> in<00:07:28.120> public<00:07:28.479> office Integrity in public
• office Integrity in public office in<00:07:30.720> Jimmy<00:07:31.120> Carter<00:07:31.879
• Peace Integrity compassion resilience and<02:21:25.399> a<02:21:25.600> life<02:21:25.880

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• 00:08:28.800> and<00:08:28.960> preserve<00:08:29.560> the<00:08:29.720> integrity
• Minnesotans and preserve the integrity Minnesotans and preserve the integrity of<00:08:30.400>
• We support program integrity and fraud prevention.
• We support program<01:56:54.520> integrity<01:56:55.440> and<01:56:55.560> fraud
• <01:56:56.120> and<01:56:56.360> fraud program integrity and fraud and fraud program integrity

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• existing state and federal funding and provides some new general fund resources to support program integrity
• So for enhancing program integrity, these two recommendations invest $5.4 million in 26-27 and $2.8 million
• in fiscal years 28-29 to enhance program integrity at DCYF.
• in fiscal years 28-29 to enhance program integrity at DCYF.
• two recommendations Integrity these two recommendations invest<00:03:15.200> 5.4<00:03:15.959

Bills: HF2436, HF470, HF2643, HF2456, HF102, HF1367

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, early education, scholarships, funding, children, families, Minnesota education, child care licensing, family child care, child care center, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, correction order, conditional license, fix-it ticket, documented technical assistance, license suspension

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• :52.520> with Farm Bureau and 4 always leading with Farm Bureau and 4 always leading with integrity
• :18:54.520> and<00:18:54.679> I<00:18:54.799> saw<00:18:55.080> this integrity
• and kindness and I saw this integrity and kindness and I saw this firsthand<00:18:55.799> at<
• c><00:27:21.880> David<00:27:22.360> told<00:27:23.039> me<00:27:24.039> Integrity
• <00:27:24.760> is cbhs Brother David told me Integrity is cbhs Brother David told me Integrity

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 24, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Annually, we conduct independent financial audits to ensure fiscal integrity.
• Annually, we conduct independent financial audits to ensure fiscal integrity.
• impact the opportunity for people with disabilities to find and obtain and maintain competitive integrated
• employment um so competitive integrated employment um so that's<00:48:43.480> why<00:48:43.640
• We want to make sure we integrate whole-person care, so somatic pharmacologic psychotherapeutics into

Keywords: 1183, house

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• SB 1250 integrates connectivity into routine transportation planning, allowing solutions to be built
• We believe integrating wildlife connectivity into that prioritization will ensure that Caltrans is not
• It could create a statewide network and framework to integrate wildlife connectivity into transportation
• It could create a statewide network and framework to integrate wildlife connectivity into transportation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• How do you maintain the integrity of the documentation? I think that's what I'm saying.
• This bill creates a clear pathway for internal promotion and ensures departmental integration for adjunct
• So this bill creates a clear pathway for internal promotion and ensures departmental integration for
• So integrating the information so that even finding out exactly how many adjuncts there are and how and

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its fourth public hearing, opening with remarks about the importance of protecting and expanding access to higher education amid federal disinvestment. The chairs also announced future informational hearings on the impact of federal cuts and on ASAP models. The hearing then focused on several bills, beginning with S. 951/H. 1462, An Act to Support College Students in Recovery, which would require recovery-focused housing on public campuses and expand naloxone access and overdose training. Senator Rausch, medical professionals, students, and advocates testified in support, emphasizing the prevalence of overdose risk among college students, the value of recovery housing, and the need for campus naloxone; committee members asked about implementation details and the existing state pilot program. Deb Schmill and Rep. Tarski gave especially personal testimony in favor of the bill, and the committee discussed broadening the naloxone language to opioid reversal agents. The committee also heard testimony on H. 1461, which would expand MassReconnect scholarships to practical nursing students at vocational and technical schools to help address the long-term care workforce shortage. Rep. Stanley argued that vocational schools graduate more practical nursing students than community colleges and serve many low-income students in areas without nearby community college programs. The committee then took up H. 1433, which would require public higher education institutions to accept IEPs and 504 plans as sufficient documentation for disability accommodations. Advocates from the National Center for Learning Disabilities described the high cost and burden of repeat testing, the lifelong nature of disabilities, and the need for more uniform access across campuses; committee members raised questions about documentation freshness, campus autonomy, and how to preserve the integrity of accommodations. Later, the committee heard S. 919/H. 1454 on modernizing the Community College Endowment Match Program so community colleges could receive state matching funds for current-use donations as well as endowments and capital gifts. Community college foundation leaders said the change would help fund immediate student needs such as food pantries, child care, emergency aid, and equipment. The hearing then moved to faculty-related bills: S. 933 on UMass faculty rights and tenure transparency, S. 930/H. 3948 on contingent faculty rights and career advancement, and S. 940/H. 1429 on an Adjunct Bill of Rights. Testimony from faculty and union representatives focused on low pay, lack of benefits, job insecurity, and the need for clearer pathways to full-time positions and fairer treatment for adjuncts who teach large shares of courses. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and asked clarifying questions.

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• of lab testing data, including outlier investigations, which enhances consumer trust and market integrity
• market for the consumer by mandating reporting of testing data, simultaneously enhancing market integrity
• change that impacts batch size should be paired with stronger sampling protocols to uphold scientific integrity
• has a rare opportunity to lead by prioritizing public health, data transparency, and scientific integrity

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held a hearing on a broad set of cannabis and hemp bills, with the chairs opening by emphasizing unfinished work on equity, public health, safety, and market stability. The committee heard testimony on House Bill 146, which would create more efficient cannabis testing standards by increasing batch sizes, reducing or eliminating some environmental testing, standardizing lab reporting, and requiring annual scientific review and public data reporting. Industry witnesses, including a representative of the Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition, cultivators, and a testing lab owner, said current testing rules are overly burdensome, costly, and inconsistent, and argued the bill would lower compliance costs while preserving consumer safety. A testing lab witness also said some operators switch labs to obtain higher THC results or pass contaminated batches, and urged greater transparency and better sampling protocols. A major portion of the hearing focused on intoxicating hemp and related bills that would bring hemp-derived intoxicating products under a stronger regulatory framework. Legislators and industry witnesses described products sold in gas stations, smoke shops, and convenience stores as often untested, not age-gated, and sometimes mislabeled or far above the federal hemp THC threshold. Testimony from attorneys and cannabis business leaders said states can regulate these products more strictly under the Farm Bill’s non-preemption language, and pointed to New Jersey and other states as possible models. Some witnesses and committee members stressed that any new rules should avoid harming non-intoxicating CBD businesses or lawful hemp farmers, while others argued that the products are effectively cannabis and should be regulated like cannabis for licensing, testing, age limits, and taxation. The committee also heard extensive public-health testimony in support of bills S. 95, S. 96, S. 97 and their House counterparts H. 191, H. 192, and H. 193. Parents, advocates, and public health professionals urged stronger warning labels, THC potency caps, and improved data collection on cannabis-related harms, citing cannabis-induced psychosis, addiction, anxiety, and youth exposure to high-potency products. Several witnesses said Massachusetts has not done enough to track health outcomes or warn consumers, and referenced other jurisdictions such as Connecticut, Vermont, Colorado, Canada, and Quebec as examples of stronger limits or warnings. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions.

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• House Bill 1176 by Representative Freeman is an act to amend Title 22 relative to integrative care services
• to require Medicare Advantage coverage for integrative care services.
• This bill ensures that seniors on Medicare Advantage have access to the same evidence-based integrative
• This bill ensures that seniors on Medicare advantage have access to the same evidence-based integrative

Bills: SR125, SCR70, SCR12, HB4, HB251, HB623, HB819, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, HB1257, HB221, HCR58, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB54, HB137, HB180, HB192, HB310, HB321, HB396, HB512, HB552, HB578, HB638, HB663, HB708, HB717, HB718, HB1009, HB1082, HB1104, HB1107, HB1198, HB1246, HB1250, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782

Keywords: SR125, Senate Resolution 125, MUSV, Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel, MASC, Modular Attack Surface Craft, Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, Louisiana shipbuilding, U.S. Navy, Department of the Navy, unmanned naval vessels, autonomous ships, defense procurement, military contracting, shipyard jobs, maritime workforce, advanced manufacturing, robotics, software engineering

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received an opening prayer from Pastor Elizabeth Ali Frank, and adopted the journal. The chamber then handled a large number of messages, committee reports, resolutions, and House bills, including several ceremonial resolutions and many House measures returned with amendments. Notable resolutions included recognition of World Preeclampsia Awareness Day, commendations for Louisiana sports honorees, and a resolution urging higher reimbursement rates for behavioral health crisis centers, which was adopted. The Senate also concurred in SCR 22 on opioid settlement fund reporting, with Senator Myers explaining the House changes were technical and improved the reporting deadline and detail. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to concurrence or rejection of House amendments on Senate bills. The Senate concurred in several bills involving telehealth, prenatal bereavement care, official journals, ambulance Medicaid coverage, insurance and licensing disclosures, peptide regulation, psychosocial rehabilitation services, university records confidentiality, the Inspector General, religious exercise protections, child care assistance, eye care coverage, teacher retirement, and electronic service of pleadings. The chamber rejected House amendments to SB 42 on AI-created child sexual abuse materials and SB 43 on psychedelic-assisted therapy, and also rejected amendments on SB 29 and SB 32 before later concurring in many other technical or clarifying House changes. Several members explained that the House amendments were mostly technical, clarified effective dates, or adjusted definitions and contact information. The Senate then took up numerous House bills on final passage. Bills passed included measures on inmate workforce development cleanup, jury bond filing by mail, free transcripts for victims testifying before pardon/parole hearings, public awareness on illegal firearm discharge, special masters in complex litigation, paternity acknowledgments in hospitals, juvenile court filing fees in East Baton Rouge Parish, drug-free school zone penalties, criminal history record confidentiality, body brokering/fraudulent patient referrals, bail notice and residence requirements, sex offender registration updates, parish court jurisdictional amounts, court technology fees, deferred retirement options, shared custody standards, women’s policy and research commission membership, sickle cell and uterine fibroids commission membership, child exploitation reporting on online platforms, recreation of the state civil service department, children’s cabinet membership, DCFS employee background checks, AI disclosure in health care visits, the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact, mental health advisory board updates, foster children’s rights, automatic renewal contract disclosures, Orleans sheriff term alignment, access to death records for financial institutions, insurance referral disclosures, radiologist assistant regulation, plumbing licensure reforms, legislative auditor thresholds, developmental disabilities office renaming, insurer investment rules, Medicare Advantage coverage for integrative care services, and more. Some bills were returned to the calendar for further work, including HB 571, HB 475, HB 750, and HB 1162, and HB 490 was set aside after extensive debate on private-use electrical networks and data-center power arrangements. The most prominent floor action was final passage of HB 636, the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act, which Senator Boudreaux described as a comprehensive response to hazing tragedies on Louisiana campuses. He said the bill was developed by a task force that included the Wilson family and would strengthen education, reporting, accountability, and penalties, including permanent banishment for organizations involved in hazing deaths. After the bill passed 37-0, the Senate recognized the Wilson family and presented flags in Caleb Wilson’s honor. Throughout the day, many bills passed overwhelmingly, though a few drew dissent, including HB 296, HB 538, HB 568, HB 635, and HB 784. The meeting ended with continued consideration of additional House bills and unfinished items returned to the calendar for later action.

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• I doubt the fiscal integrity of the federal government is going to be any better in 2030 than it is now
• I doubt the fiscal integrity<00:32:31.040> of<00:32:31.160> the<00:32:31.240> federal
• <00:32:31.600> government<00:32:32.000> is integrity of the federal government is integrity

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Statewide data and intelligence integration, our IOP program.
• Plus, we were able to integrate the extensive camera upgrade that they had just recently done at the
• They just had added like 200 and something cameras that we were able to integrate into that.
• year, and it's related to, as it says, Aquifer Monitor building, aquifer characterization, and integration

Keywords: 996, all

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• not had a completed suicide in over a year, an outcome that reflects focused prevention, better integration
• changes and improvement in the medical care provided, we've improved medical-behavioral health integration
• Commission on Correctional Healthcare standards and reflect a shift from reactive care to a proactive, integrated
• We continue to develop comprehensive and integrated crisis response systems.

Keywords: 985, all

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• And, of course, that needs to be done in a culturally appropriate way, integrated into all the existing
• The purpose is really to convene various state agencies and experts to increase awareness, integrate
• research, seek funding and resources, and to update and integrate efforts on Alzheimer's and dementia
• couple of new staff to lead some of the work, but the mission is To educate, provide resources, integrate

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• would become yet another database and a separate development effort, or whether there would be an integrated
• controls unrelated to financial reporting like controls over security, availability, processing integrity
• controls unrelated to financial reporting like controls over security, availability, processing integrity
• And I do think that another suggestion that Senator Gray raised, that we integrate into the joint fiscal

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the June 20, 2025 minutes, with several members abstaining, and then adopted the consent calendar after removing items 223 and 224 under tab five, item 222 under tab six, and item 231 under tab seven. The committee also noted that an old business item related to YDC claims administration would be removed at a future meeting because the fiscal year had closed and no further committee action was needed. The main substantive discussion centered on Department of Health and Human Services requests. Item FIS-223 would fund a shared database between the Department of Education and HHS to identify children eligible for the summer EBT program; members asked whether it could also help with Medicaid or school reimbursement tracking, but the witness said the item was specifically for summer EBT and that broader integration questions would need follow-up with Education and Medicaid staff. The committee then adopted the item, with Representative Mooney voting no. Item FIS-224 concerned the phrase "high quality services" in child care-related funding; HHS said the standards come from the federal Office of Child Care, and the committee adopted the item. Item FIS-222 related to Money Follows the Person; HHS explained it is a 100% federally funded program that supports transitions from institutions to community living with services such as housing navigation, furnishings, and case management. Members questioned the scale and cost of the program, and HHS said the initial federal award was $5 million, with additional federal IT funding later approved; the committee adopted the item, again with Representative Mooney voting no. Under tab seven, the committee discussed item 231 involving ARPA funds and the YDC project. The Department of Administrative Services explained that recent Treasury guidance allows leftover ARPA dollars from approved projects to be repurposed only for additional work on already approved projects, not new projects. Members asked about whether the project was over budget and whether some items had been in the original plan; officials said the work reflected add alternates from the original bid and that the project was on track to meet the deadline. The committee adopted the item. The meeting then moved to the audit presentation on the New Hampshire Liquor Commission’s fiscal year 2024 management letter, which identified 13 internal control comments, including two material weaknesses, largely tied to the new NextG system. Recommendations included strengthening controls, formal risk assessment, reconciliations to New Hampshire First, cash receipt controls, subsidiary ledgers, SOC reports for vendors, internal audit functions, lease accounting, gift card breakage reporting, and IT security and access controls. The Liquor Commission said it concurred with most findings, described the system transition as successful overall, and said remediation would continue; committee members asked for estimated completion dates for audit findings and discussed the need for more regular follow-up on audit issues and budget monitoring.

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• our state aid is not mistakenly handed out to scam organizations or organizations of questionable integrity
• We are able to process inquests in a timely manner, efficiently, with integrity in that investigation
• Please consider adding JPs to the Advisory Committee in Section 1001.302, which deals with the integration
• We're trying to come up with a way for these systems to integrate together.

Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20

Keywords: emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan

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• Section three includes physical abuse among the subjects that a school may voluntarily integrate into
• subjects that a school may uh um on the subjects that a school may uh voluntarily<00:09:11.519> integrate
• <00:09:11.920> into<00:09:12.160> a<00:09:12.320> violence voluntarily integrate
• into a violence voluntarily integrate into a violence prevention<00:09:13.360> curriculum.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Budgets, policies, votes, integrity of our values, and being a voice for constituents.
• Budgets, policies, votes,<00:07:53.840> integrity<00:07:54.479> of<00:07:54.639> our
• <00:07:54.879> values,<00:07:55.520> and votes, integrity of our values, and votes,
• integrity of our values, and being<00:07:56.000> a<00:07:56.240> voice<00:07:56.479>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• requires substitute teachers to receive school safety protocols, creates a centralized platform for integrating
• it was, we amended that and directed DOE to create and adopt a platform, a centralized platform integrating
• staff dug in $450,000 in recurring funds to the Department of Education is sufficient to help them integrate
• staff dug in $450,000 in recurring funds to the Department of Education is sufficient to help them integrate

Summary: The committee first heard CS for CS for SB 344, which would modernize the Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991 based on Public Service Commission recommendations. The bill drew no opposition and was reported favorably. Members then took up several Senator Burton measures: CS for SB 714 on non-opioid advanced directives, which was amended to create a Department of Health website access point for a voluntary form allowing patients to notify providers they do not want opioid medications; CS for SB 738 on child care and early learning providers, which streamlines and updates child care regulation and was supported by industry and business groups; CS for SB 756 on health insurance coverage for individuals with developmental disabilities, which removes the age-8 diagnosis limit and age cap for mandated autism-related coverage; and CS for CS for SB 1356, creating a Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at FSU and a newborn genetic testing pilot, later amended to add FIU and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital to the board and remove specific appropriations. All of these bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 1624 on higher education, a broad bill affecting tuition policies, workforce programs, institutional governance, and naming changes. The bill generated extended discussion over replacing references to “minority” with “underrepresented,” with the sponsor explaining the intent was to focus on low-income access and student support, while members raised concerns about impacts on majority-minority institutions and preeminence pathways. An amendment added guardrails for private religious postsecondary institutions by requiring public review of affidavits of compliance and giving the Commission for Independent Education enforcement authority. After debate, the bill was reported favorably. The committee then passed CS for SB 1626 on child welfare, which addresses military-family investigations, emergency shelter certification, children’s services council appointments, criminal-background exemptions, group-home rates, licensing extensions, small residential group homes, missing-children procedures, and psychotropic medication refills; it was amended to adjust council board composition and then reported favorably. Additional bills approved included SB 178, directing Florida A&M University to conduct an agronomic study on emerging crops for land taken out of production; SB 1162, expanding boating improvement funding for trailer parking and offering lease incentives for clean marine manufacturers; CS for CS for SB 958, creating a type 1 diabetes early detection information program for parents and schools; CS for CS for CS for SB 1070, requiring ECGs for student athletes with phased implementation and exemptions, after extensive testimony from parents and advocates about sudden cardiac arrest; CS for SB 774, requiring electronic transmission of certain court orders to sheriffs within six hours; SB 1516, creating an International Aerospace Innovation Fund administered by Space Florida; SB 994, revising driver education requirements and prompting a commitment to add distracted-driving instruction; and CS for CS for SB 1402, expanding eligibility for dropout retrieval programs. The committee also took up SB 810 on stormwater management systems, amending it to focus annual inspections on vulnerable MS4 infrastructure. That bill drew significant opposition from the Florida League of Cities, counties, and stormwater groups, who argued the mandate would duplicate existing permit requirements and impose major costs, but supporters said it was a basic flood-prevention measure. The transcript ends during debate on SB 810, before a final vote is shown.