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• It definitely would.
• It definitely would.
• examples or we get down to specific examples or projects<00:08:00.080> it<00:08:00.400> definitely
• <00:08:00.720> would<00:08:01.440> um<00:08:01.680> you projects it definitely
• would um you projects it definitely would um you would<00:08:02.080> start<00:08:02.240> to

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two concurrent resolutions. HCR 33 proposed asking the U.S. Postmaster General to relocate the Pearl City Post Office from Kamehameha Highway and Acacia Road to Navy property on the Pearl City Peninsula. Testifiers, including Pearl City Neighborhood Board chair Larry Verrett and resident Lena Ala Baiton, supported the move, citing severe congestion, narrow access, safety concerns, and the potential to improve traffic flow and support transit-oriented development. Members noted a similar Senate measure had already passed, and HCR 33 was recommended to pass unamended. The committee then considered HCR 157, which would establish a task force to simplify permitting for enhanced economic development and coordinate state and intergovernmental permitting processes. Testimony in support was submitted by representatives connected to DBED/HHFDC and others. In discussion, members questioned whether such a task force was necessary, what projects it would address, how often it would meet, whether it could include housing and local-level projects, and what the cost might be; the response was that the resolution would provide more structure, no similar project had been executed before, and costs were not yet known but could be addressed later. The committee ultimately recommended HCR 157 pass unamended, and the recommendation was adopted without objection.

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• Yes, so that bill deals with insurance fraud and expanding the definition.
• and that bill deals with insurance fraud and expanding<00:06:55.039> the<00:06:55.240> definition
• this<00:06:56.240> bill<00:06:56.440> is<00:06:56.520> in expanding the definition
• this bill is in expanding the definition this bill is in the<00:06:56.759> consumer<00:06:57.160
• and<00:06:58.360> and Yes, so that bill deals with insurance fraud and expanding the definition

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:12 HB390 Discussion: 01:05 HB390 Vote: 02:35 HB233 Discussion: 04:18 HB233 Vote: 07:12 HB423 Discussion: 08:17 HB423 Vote: 10:51, 958, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 390, which would complete the Department of Transportation’s transition from the old AVIS system to CAVIS for insurance verification. Rep. Michael Meredith explained that the current insurance verification process still runs on the old system, creating a 30- to 45-day reporting delay that allows people to register vehicles by showing only an insurance card. Members voted to give the bill a favorable expression, with Chair Carpenter noting it would support real-time verification and could help reduce uninsured motorists. The committee then heard House Bill 233, a consumer protection measure aimed at post-disaster repair scams. Rep. Wade Williams said the bill expands existing protections to all contractors and tree removal companies, creates a five-day cancellation period after an insurer says some services are not covered, bars mechanic’s liens in certain consumer financial disputes while preserving them for work outside the insurance claim, and adds a $5,000 civil penalty enforced by the Attorney General. After questions about how it differed from Senate Bill 24, the bill also received favorable expression. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 423, with a committee substitute adopted at the outset to allow commercial insurers and the Department for Medicaid Services to provide more specific reasons for prior-authorization denials. Rep. Kim Moore and Cory Meadows of the Kentucky Medical Association described the bill as a long-negotiated prior-authorization reform that would create a gold-carding or exemption program for qualifying providers, reduce red tape, and speed patient care. The committee approved the substitute and then gave the bill favorable expression. At the end, Senator Yates corrected the record to be marked as voting yes on House Bill 390 and House Bill 233.

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• . >> IS THE DEFINITION OF MONEY IN MONEY OUT POTENTIALLY INCLUDING MORE MACHINES THAT FIT THE DEFINITION
• AND, AGAIN, IN THE DEFINITION OF AN AMUSEMENT GAME, A LAWFUL ONE, THERE IS A UNIQUE PROVISION THAT SAYS
• IF YOU SEE MECHANICAL REELS OR VIDEO POKER THOSE ARE BY LAW EXCLUDED FROM THE DEFINITION OF AMUSEMENT
• THE DEFINITION IS CLEAR AND NO ONE HAS ASKED YOU TO CHANGE IT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for the state death benefit by adding a pilot who's employed by a law enforcement agency to the definition
• Madam Whip, members, as amended by the Committee on Appropriations, Senate Bill 1519 modifies the definition
• Social Security Administration determination letter to the definition of competent medical authority
• House House Bill 2120 as the so the US Social Security Administration determination letter to the definition

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a Republican caucus review of several Senate and House bills, with staff summarizing committee amendments and members indicating whether sponsors concurred with Senate changes. Topics included electronic monitoring in residential rooms (SB 1041), dental school complaint forwarding and licensure exemptions (SB 1168), revitalization district contracts (SB 1189), timeshare salesperson licensing (SB 1274), veterinary telehealth prescribing (SB 1286), insurance zero-estimated-exposure policies (SB 1428), advanced air mobility funds for border security (SB 1457), death benefits for law enforcement pilots (SB 1503), ATV definitions (SB 1519), pet and fowl restrictions in planned communities (SB 1582), and pharmacist independent testing/treatment authority (SB 1713). The caucus also reviewed education-related measures on school district self-insurance procurement (SB 1497) and a strike-everything amendment to SB 1118 that instead allowed duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and townhomes in historic areas if compatible with surrounding character. The group then considered several blue-sheet House bills. HB 2120 made technical changes to align property-tax disability language with updated statute; the sponsor concurred. HB 2174 changed terminology from advisory organization to modeling and data organization and required model filing; the sponsor concurred. HB 2203 directed ADE to review statutory reporting requirements and report recommendations to the legislature; the sponsor concurred. HB 2383’s Senate amendment simply designated a 2014 trampoline court law as “TIE’s law,” with the sponsor concurring. HB 2877 was amended into an alternative education pathway for certified veterinary technicians, and HB 2875 adjusted municipal and county drone restrictions near airports, expanding the relevant airport buffer and preserving some local authority. Additional bills discussed included HB 2428 on voluntary county emissions-reduction credit permits, HB 2176 on DHS health care institution complaint investigations, and HB 2050 on radiologic technology standards and radiologist assistant supervision. Members discussed that HB 2050’s Senate changes narrowed some supervision provisions to rural counties and critical access hospitals, prompting questions about the scope. Finally, HB 2010 on digital goods refunds was amended to shorten the refund window from 10 years to five years, but a sponsor said the amendment contained a drafting error and refused concurrence, meaning a conference committee would be needed. The caucus then concluded.

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• Senator Gates, I'm definitely in support of this bill. I appreciate it.
• But definitely appreciate you and appreciate the amendment. Senators, any further debate?
• Senator Gates, I'm definitely in support of this bill. I appreciate it.
• But definitely appreciate you and appreciate the amendment. Senators, any further debate?

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum present and took up three bills. The first two, both by Senator Truenow, addressed Florida manufacturing. SB 600 would codify the Office of Manufacturing in the Department of Commerce, support workforce development grants, create a Florida Manufacturing Promotional Campaign, and require biannual reporting. A strike-all amendment clarified that the chief manufacturing officer already exists, the campaign is voluntary, the program falls under Chapter 288, and grant awards are at the department’s discretion. Florida Makes, Associated Industries of Florida, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce appeared in support, and the committee reported CS/SB 600 favorably. SB 602 established fees for the promotional campaign, with an amendment setting the fee at no more than $100 to administer the voluntary program; Florida Makes supported the bill, and the committee reported CS/SB 602 favorably. The committee then considered CS/CS/SB 184 by Senator Gates, an affordable housing and property rights bill requiring local governments to allow accessory dwelling units in single-family residential areas, while exempting planned unit developments and master-planned communities. The bill also limited local restrictions on parking and homestead treatment, allowed a density bonus for housing affordable to military families, and referenced an OPPAGA study on mezzanine financing. An amendment clarified that ADUs could not be used as short-term vacation rentals and must be rented for at least 30 days, allowed manufactured homes if they meet local standards, and removed a requirement that the unit be rented at an affordable rate or to a moderate- or low-income person. Senators asked about homestead exemption treatment, property tax impacts, and local control, and Gates explained that ADUs could be built later and would be separately taxed without affecting the original homestead exemption. Several groups appeared in support of SB 184, including AARP, Americans for Prosperity, Florida Realtors, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Senators Smith and Arrington spoke in favor, with Arrington noting concerns about parking flexibility for local governments. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/CS/SB 184 favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senator Collins asked to be recorded as voting yes on tabs two and three, and the committee adjourned.

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• work already definitions duplicates work already being<00:32:41.840> done<00:32:42.240> in
• <00:53:46.040> are support state legal definitions are support state legal definitions are
• press the red button. definition we did and in cases where definition we did and in cases where state
• That is the very definition of discrimination.”
• This bill will definitely result in less uptake of childhood immunizations.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Well, there'd be a definition, a ratio definition.
• ratio<01:31:02.320> definition.
• You would add a know a ratio definition.
• <01:31:06.560> uh ratio definition perhaps that uh ratio definition perhaps that uh captured
• <01:43:33.199> of concentrates, given the definition of concentrates, given the definition

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Just keep the RSA definition. Yeah.
• just had here is that the definition just had here is that the definition ought<01:33:46.880>
• We need definition on this.
• We need definition kind coming out here. We need definition on<02:44:25.680> this.
• <02:44:41.680> of disabling condition or a definition of disabling condition or a definition

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission meeting focused on reviewing and correcting draft minutes and then working through a draft report on the cost of special education. Members made mostly clerical corrections, including clarifying references to Spalding, fixing acronyms such as LETRS, and cleaning up membership titles and appointee roles to match SB 57. The minutes were approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair also noted the commission’s deadline to complete findings and recommendations by July 1 and said the final report must be delivered to legislative leaders, the governor, the state librarian, and others. The main substantive discussion centered on the report’s findings about special education funding. Members agreed the report should emphasize that the commission was created to study the cost of special education and reduce reliance on local property taxes. One draft section described FY24 special education funding as coming from three primary state and federal sources totaling about $152 million, or roughly 15% of annual costs, with the remaining 85% paid by local school districts through property tax revenue, estimated at about $825 million. Members discussed adding historical or longitudinal data to show trends over time, and some suggested attaching charts or tables showing funding over the last 20 to 30 years. A second major topic was demographic data. The draft noted that statewide K-12 enrollment has declined since 2003 while the number and share of students with IEPs has increased. Members questioned whether the data compared like with like, especially given the growth of Education Freedom Accounts and charter school enrollment, and whether the figures included or excluded those students. Several members asked for clearer sourcing from the Department of Education and suggested keeping a list of unresolved questions, including the impact of the shift from ADMA to ADMR and the effect of the EFA program. The discussion ended with agreement to continue refining the report and to gather additional attachments and clarifications before finalizing recommendations.

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• 2150 is is sort of our book definition 2150 is is sort of our book definition of<01:37:54.639>
• <01:43:52.560> Um definition in the correct location.
• Um definition in the correct location.
• an unintentional, you know, definitely um consequence, you know.
• HB 1287 is the federal definition of ...

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It is definitely something that is not beneficial to anyone in the system.
• The first page of the binder is the CMS definition of activities of daily living.
• So I think that it's an operational definition that we need to sort out in that change in the bill.
• think I think our again our definitions think I think our again our definitions of<01:48:43.199>
• that a clean claim be paid by definition that a clean claim be paid by definition a<03:15:22.040

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• , while leaving all definitions, while leaving all definitions, exemptions,<00:57:19.359> reporting
• <02:41:14.640> of societies that meet the definition of societies that meet the definition
• So, I definitely, don't address that.
• I mean, I definitely could see the concerns.
• a lot of benefits, he said, but it's definitely an inequity, as he said.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Definitely supportive. I'm definitely supportive.
• Definitely supportive. I'm definitely supportive.
• Definitely for the further information.
• Definitely supportive.<00:20:57.679> I'm<00:20:57.919> definitely<00:20:58.240> supportive
• I'm definitely supportive. I supportive. I'm definitely supportive.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill provides more definitions for abuse and fraud and adds a definition of theft.
• Um I it's already in the definition.
• It is a fairly simple bill that adds tribal definition into the definition of government agency for the
• > into<02:35:52.640> the<02:35:52.800> definition<02:35:53.200> of definition
• into the definition of definition into the definition of government<02:35:53.920> agency<02:35

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We’re changing the definition of a school day.
• the definition of a school<01:02:55.839> day.
• So you the definition we're day.
• Definitely<02:21:05.040> that.
• And I appreciate your Definitely that.

Keywords: Education - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee took up several education-related bills. Senate Bill 2071 would allow school boards to vote on providing health insurance to board members and their dependents using local, not state, funds; it was advanced after Senator Brian objected that it could create an incentive for people to seek school board seats for the insurance benefit. Senate Bill 2072 would move the deadline for teacher supply cards earlier, from August to July, using EF funds, and it was reported. Senate Bill 2103 would require school boards to adopt policies banning or restricting student cell phone use during school and class time, and it was also reported. Senate Bill 21103 would remove a requirement that school counselors follow the National Association of School Counselors’ code of ethics and instead align them with the Mississippi teacher code of ethics; it passed without opposition. Senate Bill 2236 would authorize the use of LifeVac choking devices in schools, with the sponsor saying the devices are inexpensive and could be provided free to districts; it passed as well. The committee then spent most of its time on Senate Bill 2242, the Mississippi Math Act, which would create a statewide math improvement initiative within the Department of Education. The bill would deploy math instructional coaches, require K-5 universal math screeners three times a year, create individual math plans for students below benchmark, support algebra readiness, protect data under FERPA, and establish a fund for grants and other deposits. Senator Boyd said the bill is modeled on efforts in other states, especially Alabama, and is intended to build on Mississippi’s literacy reforms by focusing on support, intervention, and professional development rather than retention or punishment. Members raised concerns about cost, the proposed anti-lapsing language for the fund, and whether the bill should require high-quality instructional materials statewide rather than leaving curriculum choices to local districts. Senator Hopson estimated the program could cost about $3.5 million and suggested the anti-lapsing language might be removed or handled through appropriations. Senators Blunt, Hill, and Wiggins argued that the success of literacy reforms came from requiring standardized, high-quality instructional materials and accountability, not home rule alone. Senator Wiggins offered an amendment to require high-quality instructional materials for math statewide, and Senator Boyd said he was supportive of that as a friendly amendment. The discussion ended with the amendment still being worked through and the bill not yet finally disposed of in the excerpt.

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• Alancaster highlighted, the number is definitely constrained by facilities and other constraints, but
• So this is something we definitely want to explore and have further discussions, but even given those
• Oh yes, definitely. Definitely.
• So again, this is definitely something that we were looking at.
• So again, this is definitely something that we were looking at.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• It was about expanding the definition so that they were covered.
• so that they um expanding the definition so that they were<01:07:33.520> covered.
• <01:43:47.920> the in the Senate because the definition the in the Senate because the definition
• <03:41:28.800> I've definitely a problem in Manchester.
• I've definitely a problem in Manchester.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• have meaning I paid definitions have meaning I paid repetitively<00:36:44.400> an<00:36:44.520
• And I realize that a lot of it is simply definitions, but those definitions are important.
• So section one, subdivision one, is the definitions.
• It's issued to establish with certainty the federal, in that case, in their definition.
• It's issued to establish with certainty the federal, in that case, in their definition.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• One issue with the bill is that it speaks about ATVs, which there are definitions of.
• of so ohvs encompasses definitions of so ohvs encompasses snowmobiles<00:25:53.159> uh<00:25:
• They're more like a dune buggy-type vehicle, so the definition is very different.
• is very you know very so the definition is very you know very different<00:26:33.440> between
• Well, for one, I already stated was the ATV definition that was one that I had brought to them.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Public Works and Highways Committee heard testimony on House Bill 375, which would allow municipalities to designate certain road segments for ATV travel, create maps and signage for those routes, set seasonal limits, and require certain equipment on ATVs such as lights, a horn, flashers, and directional signals. The sponsor, Rep. Dan Maguire, said the bill is intended to support tourism and give towns a structured, optional way to permit ATV use on roads, not to override existing uses. Members asked about possible overlap with agricultural vehicle rules, golf carts, speed limits, and whether the bill could allow ATV use on busier roads or expressways; the sponsor said he did not intend to interfere with existing lawful uses and believed golf carts would only be included if they met the relevant statutory requirements. NHDOT State Maintenance Engineer Alan Hennessy said the department had concerns with language exempting municipalities and the Bureau of Trails from the permitting process, arguing that the existing permit system provides needed review, public notice, and signage requirements. He also raised questions about road funding and maintenance if ATVs were allowed on state highways. Fish and Game Captain Michael Eastman testified that his commission opposed the bill as written, citing concerns about the ATV definition, the distinction between ATVs, UTVs, and other OHRVs, and the potential impact on state highways and road maintenance. He said towns can already open roads to OHRV use under existing law, and he noted that accident data for road use would generally be handled by local police or State Police rather than Fish and Game. Craig Reny, chief of the Bureau of Trails, said the current Bureau of Trails/DOT permit process for highway crossings and connectors works well and is used to ensure safety through engineering review. He said his bureau was not taking a position on the bill but wanted to clarify that existing procedures already address many of the issues the bill appears to cover. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• definitions were developed with definitions were developed with extensive<00:25:57.679> stakeholder
• We are definitely looking to partner with our educators.
• We are definitely looking to partner with our educators.
• Will this definition apply to all teachers, K through 12?
• Um, and so definitely would support just not adding... being here.

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• It would definitely be a burden on the districts, though.
• Um it and would definitely be services.
• 46.319> because<00:52:46.559> I would definitely need just because I would definitely need
• person,<01:21:18.800> but<01:21:18.960> I Definitely not a math person, but I Definitely
• This is fraud. are definitely commit. This is fraud.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met for its third discussion on special education aid under retained bill 742, with the chair noting that no action would be taken at the meeting. The chair reviewed prior hearings on Medicaid and local special education funding shortfalls, saying the committee was trying to understand why districts are facing proration of special education aid and how to reduce unfunded costs. He raised a series of questions for the Department of Education about the Nessus system, eligibility and ineligibility, invoices and vouchers, audit procedures, reimbursement rates, out-of-state placements, and who enters data at the district level. Rebecca Fdet, director of special education services at the Department of Education, explained that Nessus is the statewide special education information system and that every child in special education must be entered into it. She said most districts use it to develop IEPs and track services, while six districts use it only as a data reporting tool. She described which fields are required, how the system connects IEP development to the financial section, and how districts submit invoices when seeking special education aid, court-ordered placement payments, or episode-of-treatment placements. She said the department reviews invoices against the IEP, pays only for allowable services, and uses a cap that notifies districts when they reach the annual limit. Members asked about who submits the information, how districts decide when to seek aid, and how costs are calculated for individual or group services. Fdet said the district, usually an administrative assistant in the SAU office, submits the documentation electronically, and districts decide when to track students for aid based on their own circumstances. She said reimbursement is based on actual costs tied to the IEP, with group services split among students, and that the department does not generally set rates for local services. The only rate-setting she described was for approved private special education providers, which submit annual cost spreadsheets for tuition rates. She also said out-of-state providers must be approved by their own state, and the department checks licensure and certification through monitoring and investigations if concerns arise. The department also described its monitoring process, called Program Approval and General Supervision Monitoring, or PAGS. Fdet said districts are reviewed on a six-year cycle, with more intensive review for districts needing assistance or intervention and fewer file requests for districts meeting requirements. She said the department can review up to 65 data points on an IEP and that districts must submit special education aid paperwork by July 31, with superintendent verification due by August 15. The meeting ended with continued questions about procurement, audit procedures, and how the department handles out-of-district and out-of-state placements.