Transcript Highlights:

• participating in female interscholastic and intramural sports by making participation dependent on sex assigned
• at birth, even if that assignment is inaccurate."
• participating in female interscholastic and intramural sports by making participation dependent on sex assigned
• at birth, even if that assignment is inaccurate.
• "I was not assigning intent in this at all. I'm just talking about the impact.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A child who was personally known to me was assigned a year-long research project that included check-ins
• The child who was personally known to me was assigned a year-long research project that included check-ins
• Children are impressionable; telling them that being male or female is arbitrarily assigned...
• Telling them that being male or female is arbitrarily assigned and that perhaps their doctor got it wrong
• They are children who don't conform to the stereotypes our culture assigns to each sex.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a public hearing on a large slate of bills, with the chairs emphasizing time limits, written testimony, and grouping similar measures together. Early testimony focused on opioid use disorder education in schools (S.382), with Senator Keenan arguing that students should be taught about the risks of substance use disorder and naloxone use as part of health curricula. Representative DeCost also briefly introduced H.551, a narrow bill concerning parent rights for children in third grade and younger. Several bills were then closed without testimony, including measures on type 1 diabetes informational materials and other diabetes-related proposals. A major portion of the hearing centered on school health and emergency response bills. Supporters of H.652/S.342 on diabetes management in schools described inconsistent district practices and urged clearer standards so students can receive care in classrooms rather than being sent out of instruction. Bills on epinephrine access and seizure disorders drew extensive testimony: advocates for stock epinephrine in schools argued that unassigned epinephrine can save lives and should be funded in a cost-neutral way, while a pediatrician opposed one version as an unfunded mandate. For seizure-safe schools (S.422/H.635), students, parents, educators, and advocates described missed or delayed responses to seizures, stigma, and the need for staff training, seizure action plans, and emergency medication protocols. A separate bill, H.645, allowing anti-seizure medication on school buses, was supported by a parent and student who said current law forces costly and restrictive transportation arrangements. The committee also heard testimony on youth skin health bills (S.334/H.600/H.619), which would let students carry and apply sunscreen at school and camp without a physician’s note. Supporters from melanoma prevention, dermatology, and industry groups said the bills would remove unnecessary barriers and promote sun-safe habits, while one witness cautioned about drafting details and unintended consequences. The hearing then moved to CPR/AED education for graduation (S.456), where Senator Tarr, a student advocate, and the Red Cross all supported requiring hands-on CPR certification for high school students. Finally, the committee took testimony on healthy school lunches (H.539/S.401): supporters from the Healthy School Lunch Coalition and school food directors backed stronger nutrition standards and a standing advisory council, while Consumer Brands Association witnesses opposed the bill as too vague and potentially disruptive. A nutrition scientist also warned about unintended restrictions on medically necessary or innovative foods. The chairs closed the hearing on the healthy lunch bills and then opened testimony on universal school meals for virtual schools (H.700), with Superintendent Patrick Latuka supporting access for students in Commonwealth virtual schools who currently receive no meal support.

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• Maybe assign one particular office to do those inspections, and they do all of them.
• Maybe assign one particular office to do those inspections, and they do all of them.
• Maybe<00:17:35.080><c> assign</c><00:17:35.680><c> one</c><00:17:35.880><c> particular</c><00:17:36.400
• ><c> office</c><00:17:36.920><c> to</c><00:17:37.080><c> do</c> Maybe assign one particular office to
• do Maybe assign one particular office to do those<00:17:37.640><c> inspections,</c><00:17:38.720><c>

Keywords: 958, all

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• It's actually the same state employee that still administers these, but they have to assign them part-time
• It's actually the same state employee that still administers these, but they have to assign them part-time
• It's actually the same state employee that still administers these, but they have to assign them part-time
• It's actually the same state employee that still administers these, but they have to assign them part-time
• It's actually the same state employee that still administers these, but they have to assign them part-time

Keywords: 923, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• During your planning process, I've got to believe you went through and assigned or estimated costs for
• That was our assignment. That's what we said to MOAB, Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board.
• That<01:06:57.839><c> was</c><01:06:58.000><c> our</c><01:06:58.240><c> assignment.
• </c><01:06:59.039><c> That's</c><01:06:59.280><c> what</c><01:06:59.359><c> we</c> That was our assignment
• That's what we That was our assignment.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:01 Department for Public Health Budget Request 00:01:46 Department for Community Based Services Budget Request 00:31:58 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) 00:57:13, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes, then heard a lengthy presentation from the Department for Public Health on Kentucky’s rural health transformation plan and related budget questions. Commissioner John Langfeld said the state received a $212.9 million federal award, one of the larger awards nationally, and outlined five focus areas: maternal and infant health, integrated EMS/trauma response, behavioral health and substance use disorder, oral health, and chronic disease prevention with an emphasis on obesity and diabetes. He stressed that the effort is intended to be integrated, data-driven, and sustainable, and that the federal funds cannot be used for new construction, clinician salaries, research and development, EHR replacement, or to pay for currently billable services. He also said the program carries accountability requirements and that funds can be clawed back if milestones are not met. Members pressed for clarification on duplication with other budget requests, sustainability after the five-year funding period, and how success would be measured. Langfeld said he was not aware of any duplicate funding with the department’s additional budget requests and said the rural health funds were separate from those requests. He also said the program will be tracked through specific metrics and timelines, using both execution measures and outcome measures such as readmissions, with more rapid-cycle feedback to allow course correction. Representative Fleming raised concerns about possible overlap with navigator funding and asked for more detail on the budget breakdown; Langfeld said a detailed line-item budget had been prepared but was still awaiting final CMS approval before release, and that he would explore sharing more information once restrictions were lifted. The committee then heard from the Kentucky State Public Health Laboratory about a request for a new central lab expansion. The presenter described the current 35-year-old facility as outdated and constrained by aging infrastructure, obsolete equipment, deferred maintenance, and inadequate space, and said the lab performs critical work with no in-state alternative for many services, including newborn screening, select-agent and biosafety level 3 testing, animal necropsy for rabies, genetic sequencing, environmental and food safety testing, and response to emerging infectious diseases. The project is already in design phase C, expected to finish in mid-April, with construction funding sought at roughly $276 million on top of about $35 million already approved for design. Members asked about long-term operating costs, backup arrangements, and whether the current facility would remain in use; the presenter said the current lab would continue to be used by the department while other divisions move into vacated space, and that the lab has mutual-aid agreements with the Southeast Consortium and universities for contingency support. Finally, the Department for Community Based Services began its budget presentation on SNAP and relative caregiver issues. Commissioner Lisa Dennis and budget director Misty Sammons identified the governor’s recommended budget items tied to new federal requirements under HR1, including changes affecting payment error rates. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended.

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• It gets assigned to the license plate oversight committee, and they go through the process with visual
• It gets assigned to the license plate oversight committee, and they go through the process with visual
• It gets assigned to the license plate oversight committee, and they go through the process with visual
• It gets assigned to the license plate oversight committee, and they go through the process with visual
• It gets assigned to the license plate oversight committee, and they go through the process with visual

Bills: SB57, SB155, HB39, HB77, HB104, SB57, SB155, HB39, HB77, HB104

Keywords: property, acknowledgment, conveyance, business entities, limited liability companies, state employees, payroll deduction, salary deduction, comptroller, membership association, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, deferred compensation, state payroll, employee benefits, association dues, withholding, Alabama Code 36-1-4.3

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• Uh, let's see, a high priority should be assigned to projects to address life safety and deferred maintenance
• Uh, let's see, a high priority should be assigned to projects to address life safety and deferred maintenance
• <01:17:00.560><c> be</c> let's see a high priority should be let's see a high priority should be assigned
• ><c> projects</c><01:17:01.600><c> to</c><01:17:01.840><c> address</c><01:17:02.239><c> life</c> assigned
• to projects to address life assigned to projects to address life safety<01:17:02.880><c> and</c><01:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:11 Approval of Minutes 00:02:00 Information Items 00:02:25 CPE Special Report 00:03:26 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:31:48 A. Attorney General 00:32:10 B. Court of Justice 00:36:41 C. Cabinet for Economic Development 00:50:44 D. Kentucky Public Pensions Authority 00:56:06 E. Board Discussion of Planning Issues 01:05:12, 958, all

Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board opened its fourth meeting, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior meeting’s minutes by unanimous voice vote, and then heard information items and agency presentations. The main substantive presentation came from the Council on Postsecondary Education, which outlined its capital planning recommendations for the 2026–28 biennium. CPE staff described the role of Kentucky’s research and education network (Kron), including connectivity to cloud services, Internet2, identity services, and new local AI/inferencing capacity, and argued that the network is now essential to higher education, health care, and extension services. They said the network’s recent upgrades were driven by privacy, security, redundancy, and the need to support modern research and AI workloads at lower cost than commercial providers. CPE also presented its broader higher-education capital request: $700 million for asset preservation and $1.73 billion for new construction, for a total recommendation of about $2.4 billion. Staff said they do not plan to recommend IT projects or equipment in this cycle, despite reviewing 48 IT submissions totaling nearly $1.4 billion and equipment requests totaling $322.6 million. For asset preservation, they said the recommended allocation method would remain based on each institution’s share of Category 1 and 2 square footage, and they noted that the state’s prior facility assessment is now 12 years old, with deferred maintenance still estimated in the $7–9 billion range. For new construction, they said the requests are heavily focused on STEM and health-related facilities that are difficult to retrofit into older buildings. Board members asked about how asset-preservation amounts were determined, including why Northern Kentucky University’s request was much larger than its prior allocation. CPE staff responded that campus size, building age, and institutional prioritization affect the requests, and that schools are asked to submit more projects than are likely to be funded. The board then moved on to an Attorney General capital plan overview, where senior counsel Will Schroeder began describing the office’s technology needs and the office’s prior reliance on a 2020 appropriation to replace legacy systems and improve security.

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• At that point, once the petition is filed, the court then has a responsibility to assign a guardian ad
• you'll have at least one physician, a psychiatrist, and then a psychologist as well typically will be assigned
• 31.440><c> be</c> a psychologist as well typically will be a psychologist as well typically will be assigned
• 23:32.480><c> is</c><00:23:32.640><c> at</c><00:23:32.720><c> least</c><00:23:33.039><c> one</c> assigned
• I know there is at least one assigned.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee approved the minutes of its June 10, 2025 meeting and then heard testimony on House Bill 198, “Angela’s Law,” sponsored by Representative Samara Hein. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Hein and the victim’s parents described the case that prompted the proposal, saying the current law did not allow the conduct to be treated as an aggravating factor because the sexual act occurred after death. They emphasized that the bill would not require a death sentence or life without parole, but would give judges and juries another sentencing factor to consider. Doug and Angela Kerr gave emotional testimony about their daughter’s murder and said the current sentencing options were inadequate given the facts of the case. Several members expressed sympathy and supported the bill’s purpose. Senator Wheeler said the measure would signal that the Commonwealth will not tolerate such conduct, and Representative Petrie said he supported the concept but urged careful drafting so the language would not be too narrow or unintentionally reach co-conspirators or others whose conduct differed from the principal offender. The committee then received an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that 202C was enacted in 2021 to address a gap in Kentucky’s civil commitment laws for defendants found incompetent to stand trial after serious offenses. The presentation outlined the process: a Commonwealth’s attorney must file a petition for qualifying offenses, an evidentiary hearing must be held quickly, and if the respondent is found by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed the offense, a commitment hearing follows with a higher burden of proof. They also described the 2024 amendment changing the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and noted the statute’s review-hearing schedule and the availability of later review if circumstances change or new evidence emerges.

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• Um, it's just under our current, it's a pretty narrow assignment we have here to just look at Minnesota
• Um, it's just under our current, it's a pretty narrow assignment we have here to just look at Minnesota
• it's a pretty narrow um,<00:29:20.640><c> uh,</c><00:29:21.520><c> narrow</c><00:29:21.919><c> assignment
• </c><00:29:22.399><c> we</c><00:29:22.640><c> have</c><00:29:22.720><c> here</c> um, uh, narrow assignment
• we have here um, uh, narrow assignment we have here to<00:29:23.200><c> just</c><00:29:23.360><c> look

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill assigns each division primary responsibility for audits and investigations.
• or students who elect to have their student attend a public school that is not the one they are assigned
• The legislature assigns a value. They start at number one and fund until it runs out of money.
• Bill 5101 represents the fixes to these issues and includes requiring the Department of Education to assign
• This compact would allow military families to designate a compact home state, and if they get assigned

Bills: HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, SB 14, HB 12, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912, HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, HCR 123, HCR 124, HR 57, HR 87, HR 111, HR 228, HR 230, HR 322, HR 624, HR 625, HR 626, HR 627, HR 628, HR 630, HR 631, HR 634, HR 635, HR 636, HR 637, HR 638, HR 639, HR 640, HR 645, HR 646, HR 648, HR 649, HR 651, HR 652, HR 653, HR 654, HR 664, HR 665, HR 668, HR 675, HR 676, HR 678, HR 679, HR 680, HR 683, HR 686, HR 688, HR 689, HR 694, HR 695, HR 697, HR 698, HR 699, HR 472, HR 622, HR 632, HR 633, HR 643, HR 655, HR 657, HR 660, HR 661, HR 662, HR 663, HR 667, HR 670, HR 674, HR 681, HR 682, HR 696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• We assign that to a project manager, and the project manager visits with the agency, visits the site,
• We assign that to a project manager, and the project manager visits with the agency, visits the site,
• Uh, is it going to be assigned parking, or is it first come, first serve?
• It's going to be some assigned and some just open parking.
• You're going to have another hundred or so on the LOB decks, but the LOB decks will still be assigned

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on proposed improvements to the State Police gun range and related Public Works estimates. Department of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn and Major Brendan Davy explained that the range is used for realistic, scenario-based training that includes vehicle work, movement, cover, elevation, and stress inoculation, and that it also supports requalification and special unit training for state, local, and federal partners. They said the current facility lacks running water, continuous power, and permanent restrooms, and that the PSTC range cannot accommodate rifles because its backstop is handgun-caliber only. Public Works Director Theodore Copper said the project estimate is $2.3 million, including $1.5 million for the building and site work plus soft costs, inflation, and design fees; he described the proposed building as basic, with office space, classrooms, restrooms, and HVAC. Committee members asked about the cost and scope, and Copper provided a breakdown of the estimate. The committee also heard from Commissioner Edelblute and Milford School District Superintendent Christy Misho regarding career and technical education capital funding. Edelblute urged the committee to include $10 million for the Milford CTE project, saying the district had reduced the scope after a prior bond vote and that the project would support high-demand workforce programs. Misho said Milford’s initial bond vote received 42 percent and the revised proposal received 56 percent, short of the 60 percent needed, but that the community still supports the project; she said the district plans to move forward with a CTE-only ballot and a smaller local bond. Committee members expressed concern about holding state funds for a project that has not yet won local approval, but said the request would be taken under advisement. In work session action, the committee corrected a prior vote on the Market Street Marine Terminal warehouse removal and office replacement project, increasing the appropriation by $353,300 to $1,973,300 and raising the agency subtotal to $4,155,300. The committee also accepted a motion to add $1.8 million for the community college system, including $1.3 million for critical maintenance and $500,000 for an energy management system. The committee then discussed a Fish and Game request for a $350,000 backhoe, with members debating whether it should be funded with general funds or other funds and whether the cost was excessive; no final objection was recorded in the portion provided. Later discussion also referenced the new parking garage project, with staff saying it is expected to be operational in March 2026 and fully completed by May or June 2026, with 409 spaces and a mix of assigned and open parking.

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• Owens, who is our. assistant clerk and members, you will be assigned to different subcommittees.
• As we go through this appropriations process, subcommittee assignments will be announced.
• because if you're going to be asked to do something you want to make sure that you understand the assignment
• We will assign teams to work on thematically related agencies, so this cycle we had one team that worked
• occupational licenses I was I got elected in a special election, so I inherited my predecessor's committee assignments

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No, I support both the funding resolution and the subcommittee assignments.

Transcript Highlights:

• thing we hope to accomplish is to assess the structural viability of a tiered priority system for assigning
• 02:03.439><c> priority</c><00:02:03.840><c> system</c><00:02:04.159><c> for</c><00:02:04.640><c> assigning
• </c> tiered priority system for assigning tiered priority system for assigning waiver<00:02:05.439><c
• So we have an assignment.
• So we have an assignment.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee opened by adopting its mission and priorities for reviewing Kentucky’s 1915(c) home- and community-based services waiver wait lists, including evaluating current capacity and bottlenecks, comparing other states’ practices, and considering a tiered priority system based on urgency of need. The chair also announced that, although public comment was not on the agenda, the committee would allow 30 minutes for comments and asked speakers to keep remarks brief. He noted that public comment would not continue in the smaller subcommittees after this meeting, but could still be made at the larger MOAB meetings or by email. Department for Medicaid Services officials Leslie Hoffman and Carmen Hancock then gave a detailed overview of Kentucky’s waiver programs: the acquired brain injury waiver, ABI long-term care waiver, home and community-based waiver, Model 2, Michelle P. waiver, Supports for Community Living waiver, and the newly approved child waiver. They explained each program’s eligibility and level-of-care requirements, described funded, filled, allocated, reserved, and available slots, and said the state had already added new slots from House Bill 500. They emphasized that available slots can coexist with a wait list because of reserved slots for money-follows-the-person transitions, emergency slots, annual slot churn, and waiver-year reconciliation. They also reported that the unduplicated wait list total was 18,948, and gave current wait-time figures by waiver, noting that the numbers change constantly. Members asked about how level-of-care determinations are made, whether all people on the wait list have been assessed, and whether undocumented individuals appear in the counts. The department said full level-of-care assessments are done only when a person is moving off the wait list into a reserved slot, and that only Medicaid-eligible individuals can reach the wait list. Senators and representatives also pressed on the meaning of “churn,” why slots cannot be reissued immediately when someone leaves, and whether people who receive even a small amount of service keep their slot for the rest of the waiver year under CMS rules. Officials said that once a participant receives service during the waiver year, the slot generally cannot be reassigned until the next waiver year, even if the person later disengages. The department also presented county distribution, annual member growth, average total cost per member, and total annual waiver expenditures, saying fiscal year 2025 closed at about $1.8 billion in waiver services. In response to questions, officials said they would provide additional churn data for other waivers, including Michelle P., and would look into the average wait-time calculations requested by members. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the meeting.

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• the procurement process<00:31:37.840><c> and</c><00:31:38.520><c> um</c> Oh, it allows me now to assign
• And I've assigned her specifically to lead a work group on affordability, and then to lead another work
• Kentucky in cases of flooding like we had in '22. >> Yeah, FEMA has what they call their mission assignments
• has what they call their &gt;&gt; Yeah, FEMA has what they call their mission<01:13:29.880><c> assignments
• </c> mission assignments. mission assignments.

Bills: SB8

Keywords: utilities, public service commission, energy regulation, appointment, emergency declaration, tax increases, consumer protection, Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:51 Approval of Minutes 00:02:07 Legislator Comments 00:02:18 LIHEAP Public Hearing 00:04:19 PSC Update on RS 26 SB 8 00:32:18 WaterStep Presentation 01:04:08, 958, all

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• However, this bill goes beyond recognition and moves us toward assigning special treatment and status
• However, this bill goes beyond recognition and moves us toward assigning special treatment and status
• However, this bill goes beyond recognition and moves us toward assigning special treatment and status
• staff's brother, who was deployed, has never received his vote-by-mail ballot during this current assignment
• brother who was deployed has never received his ballot, vote by mail ballot during this current assignment

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• But having been assigned... Julie Mello with Felony Murder Elimination Project in support.
• But having been assigned. Mr.
• Lackey: With our emotional attachment, but having been assigned to a shooting team for over 10 years,
• My name is Shannon White, and I'm a captain with the Los Angeles Police Department, where I'm assigned
• As this body is aware, the National Special Security Event, or NSSE, designation that has been assigned

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several public safety bills, with most of the discussion focused on AB 1650, AB 2014, AB 1886, AB 2126, AB 2624, and AB 2257. AB 1650 would require clearer identification on privately owned vehicles rented or leased to government agencies for enforcement operations; supporters framed it as a transparency and safety measure in response to ICE activity, while no opposition testified. AB 2014 would allow post-conviction habeas relief where gender bias or stereotypes were used at trial and may have affected the outcome; supporters described cases involving sexist and anti-LGBTQ stereotypes, while the California District Attorneys Association opposed the bill as overbroad and likely to restrict relevant evidence, though the author said recent amendments removed the evidence-code provisions and left only the habeas remedy. AB 1886 would extend a 12-month probation presumption to youth in out-of-home placements and those discharged from secure youth treatment facilities; youth advocates supported it as a fairness and rehabilitation measure, while judges, probation officials, and district attorneys opposed it as undoing a recent compromise and limiting individualized decisions. AB 2126 would speed hiring of peer partners in child welfare by creating a narrow exemption process for certain foster-youth-related offenses; it drew broad support and no opposition. AB 2624 would expand the Safe at Home address-confidentiality program to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers; supporters cited threats, doxing, and harassment, while one journalist opposed it over possible effects on reporting, and the author and committee members said the bill preserves press protections and is narrowly aimed at threats and harassment. AB 2257 would restore county authority to create a separate corrections department to run jails instead of the sheriff; supporters argued it would improve accountability and address jail deaths and fiscal problems, while sheriffs opposed it as unnecessary and said sheriffs are already subject to oversight. The committee also noted several bills pulled by their authors and adopted a consent calendar of unrelated measures. Votes were not always taken immediately because the committee was waiting for a quorum, but AB 2624 was moved on a do-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations and left on call, and the chair indicated support or favorable recommendations on several of the other measures.

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• But having been assigned... Wonderful. Thank you all very much.
• But having been assigned. ...with our emotional attachment.
• But having been assigned to a shooting team for over 10 years, I could tell you the complexity that's
• My name is Shannon White, and I'm a captain with the Los Angeles Police Department, where I'm assigned
• As this body is aware, the National Special Security Event, or NSSE, designation that has been assigned

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You didn't finish the assignment. Representative Hunschofsky, you're recognized in debate.
• You didn't finish the assignment. Representative Hunschofsky, you're recognized in debate.
• You didn't finish the assignment. Representative Hunschofsky, you're recognized in debate.
• You didn't finish the assignment. Representative Hunschofsky, you're recognized in debate.
• Assignment. Ms. Hunschofsky, you're recognized in debate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Summary: The House met with a quorum present, heard prayers and ceremonial remarks, and then took up a series of returning messages from the Senate. The first major item was CS/CS/HB 1503 on computer science education and certification. Members explained that the House concurred in a Senate amendment that restored teacher certificate language, kept computer science and AI-related content in the bill, and delayed implementation to give the Department of Education time to develop curriculum. The House adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 105-0. The House also considered CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity. Members adopted a House amendment allowing local governments to buy into the cyber grant program even if they do not receive a grant, adding a five-year sunset and reporting provisions. The House then concurred in the Senate amendment shifting grant administration from a university to the Florida Digital Service, and passed the bill 104-1. Several other returning messages were rejected or sent back to the Senate. The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to CS/HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations and HB 6011 on reporting gifts or honoraria, as well as CS/HB 851 on professional learning for instructional and school administrative personnel. The most contentious debate came on CS/CS/HB 1471, which concerns systems of law and terrorist organizations; the Senate amendment defined “promote,” refined notice and timeline requirements, and retained references to Sharia law. Opponents argued the bill was overbroad, lacked due process and evidentiary standards, and threatened First Amendment rights, while supporters said it targeted conduct, not speech, and protected against terrorist support. The House adopted the amendment and passed the bill 80-25. The House then took up a related public records bill, CS/CS/HB 1473, which made a technical conforming change to align with HB 1471; debate focused on transparency and due process concerns.

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• can</c><00:16:49.360><c> do</c><00:16:49.519><c> is</c><00:16:49.920><c> is</c><00:16:50.320><c> assign
• </c><00:16:50.720><c> somebody</c> thing you can do is is assign somebody thing you can do is is assign
• ><03:09:17.520><c> but</c><03:09:17.680><c> they'll</c><03:09:17.920><c> be</c><03:09:18.080><c> assigned
• </c> are yours okay but they'll be assigned are yours okay but they'll be assigned in<03:09:18.640><c

Keywords: 1191, senate, all