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CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 021 Feb 3rd, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You talk about Coloradans living in fear; so are mine.
  • We're the seventh fear, so are mine.
  • I hope that you understand mine. I hope that you understand mine.
  • I don't know if your minds work like mine. Probably not.
  • . mine. mine.
Keywords: 981, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/21/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And certainly that has, for lack of a better word, become a focus of mine because it just kept coming
  • A pediatric colleague of mine once said to me, I'll never forget this: We can invest in youth.
  • >> So that would be the 28th and the 29th. >> Correct. >> That's mine. >> Are you doing 10 o'clock?
  • >> So that would be the 28th and the 29th. >> Correct. >> That's mine. >> Are you doing 10 o'clock?
  • >> So that would be the 28th and the 29th. >> Correct. >> That's mine. >> Are you doing 10 o'clock?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 2, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the mid-2000s, the tribe fought tirelessly to protect these lands from destructive mining that would
  • <02:40:10.479> that<02:40:10.800> would<02:40:10.960> have destructive mining
  • that would have destructive mining that would have destroyed<02:40:11.520> the<02:40:11.760><
  • Chairman Westerman, and my colleagues on the Natural Resources Committee and the staff, theirs and mine
  • And when you represent a district as large and as rural as mine, you see up close the damage and the
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/16/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um mine is not a question other than why haven't we done this earlier?
  • <00:24:08.720> Um<00:24:09.120> I<00:24:09.440> mine<00:24:09.760> is
  • Um I mine is not >> Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • <01:31:44.639> During built for families like mine. During built for families like mine.
  • So, just a comment. >> I think I took mine on a closed track. >> Not yesterday. >> Mr.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 03/10/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mine was right along those lines.
  • Mine was right along those lines.
  • Mine was right along those lines.
  • Mine was right along those lines.
  • Mine was right along those lines.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 3, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They want to destroy our attention span and mine what little remains for advertising dollars.
  • They want to destroy our attention span and mine what little remains for advertising dollars.
  • They want to destroy our attention span and mine what little remains for advertising dollars.
  • They want to destroy our attention span and mine what little remains for advertising dollars.
  • They want to destroy our attention span and mine what little remains for advertising dollars.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As I consider this, I think about really large counties like mine and what this process would look like
  • large counties like mine and what this<01:31:45.360> process<01:31:45.840> would<01:31
  • The only reason that mine was caught is because it was uncontested and it was such an anomaly that it
  • And those were only checked because mine was brought to the forefront because it's such an anomaly.
  • And those were only checked because mine And those were only checked because mine was<01:37:46.560
Keywords: 916, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate May 1st, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't want mine. He ain't this. I don't want mine. He ain't this. I don't want mine.
  • Um, I know I talked at a friend of mine from from Lowe's and I friend of mine from from Lowe's and I
  • friend of mine from from Lowe's and I was asking him, "Do are you seeing a was asking him, "Do are you
  • uh who are friends of parole officers uh who are friends of parole officers uh who are friends of mine
  • and I hear their stories and the mine and I hear their stories and the mine and I hear their stories
Bills: HB 135, HCR 64, SCR 3, SCR 30, SB 500, SB 739, SB 816, SB 898, SB 1283, SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1531, SB 1540, SB 1666, SB 1721, SB 1886, SB 1931, SB 2001, SB 2075, SB 2154, SB 2173, SB 2217, SB 2284, SB 2375, SB 2383, SB 2386, SB 2398, SB 2448, SB 2476, SB 2540, SB 2580, SB 2589, SB 2693, SB 2707, SB 2776, SB 2786, SB 2801, SB 2864, SB 2927, SJR 84, SCR 30, SB 243, SB 324, SB 393, SB 457, SB 511, SB 529, SB 547, SB 636, SB 646, SB 659, SB 715, SB 731, SB 735, SB 800, SB 801, SB 904, SB 1065, SB 1141, SB 1181, SB 1224, SB 1241, SB 1242, SB 1250, SB 1266, SB 1285, SB 1359, SB 1434, SB 1442, SB 1467, SB 1502, SB 1524, SB 1528, SB 1551, SB 1585, SB 1640, SB 1754, SB 1757, SB 1777, SB 1844, SB 1863, SB 1972, SB 2007, SB 2035, SB 2046, SB 2055, SB 2069, SB 2082, SB 2119, SB 2139, SB 2154, SB 2200, SB 2201, SB 2269, SB 2310, SB 2330, SB 2357, SB 2366, SB 2401, SB 2422, SB 2514, SB 2530, SB 2533, SB 2543, SB 2544, SB 2550, SB 2568, SB 2589, SB 2660, SB 2693, SB 2695, SB 2707, SB 2717, SB 2721, SB 2742, SB 2753, SB 2807, SB 2846, SB 2891, SB 2925, SB 2938, SJR 3, SJR 18, SB 5, SB 326, SB 767, SB 769, SB 783, SB 914, SB 963, SB 1035, SB 1197, SB 1271, SB 1415, SB 1437, SB 1619, SB 1637, SB 1786, SB 1806, SB 494, SB 530, SB 2312, SB 1, SB 260, HB 135, HB 1109, HB 1392, HB 22, HCR 64, SJR 36, SJR 50, SJR 63, SJR 84, SJR 59, SCR 12, SCR 39, SCR 48, SCR 19, SCR 30, SCR 3, SB 2023, SB 62, SB 666, SB 847, SB 284, SB 854, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 1505, SB 583, SB 1502, SB 507, SB 1434, SB 1376, SB 1585, SB 1772, SB 2016, SB 1163, SB 1122, SB 731, SB 397, SB 508, SB 1436, SB 287, SB 261, SB 1882, SB 393, SB 1791, SB 209, SB 2429, SB 1999, SB 511, SB 2309, SB 510, SB 1085, SB 1975, SB 2717, SB 1262, SB 1524, SB 636, SB 2056, SB 884, SB 517, SB 1200, SB 1845, SB 1863, SB 2681, SB 2200, SB 2199, SB 1757, SB 2458, SB 2201, SB 801, SB 2533, SB 3014, SB 3013, SB 758, SB 1721, SB 1013, SB 2797, SB 2383, SB 2119, SB 2448, SB 1777, SB 1283, SB 2076, SB 2786, SB 2876, SB 2284, SB 1540, SB 2929, SB 2540, SB 2595, SB 2217, SB 715, SB 500, SB 1640, SB 2001, SB 2514, SB 2753, SB 2398, SB 1241, SB 2927, SB 2173, SB 2538, SB 898, SB 1449, SB 2529, SB 2846, SB 2476, SB 986, SB 1181, SB 2075, SB 2154, SB 2864, SB 1359, SB 2386, SB 2550, SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 410, SB 2776, SB 2580, SB 1886, SB 1234, SB 739, SB 456, SB 1666, SB 2801, SB 2055, SB 1012, SB 2926, SB 2138, SB 1242, SB 2615, SB 2310, SB 1224, SB 2972, SB 2841, SB 3016, SB 2139, SB 1856, SB 2035, SB 1528, SB 1141, SB 2401, SB 2530, SB 2375, SB 547, SB 1266, SB 1373, SB 1467, SB 2069, SB 2269, SB 2480, SB 672, SB 904, SB 2695, SB 2891, SB 2422, SB 2543, SB 1854, SB 317, SB 2539, SB 2532, SB 2925, SB 1250, SB 2082, SB 2203, SB 457, SB 2357, SB 2721, SB 243, SB 1285, SB 2568, SB 1959, SB 1442, SB 1454, SB 2520, SB 2541, SB 1708, SB 1237, SB 1844, SB 1586, SB 1551, SB 3039, SB 2819, SB 66, SB 629, SB 1015, SB 2342, SB 2903, SB 2933, SB 1965, SB 2477, SB 3029, SB 2605, SB 2419, SB 1957, SB 375, SB 250, SB 777, SB 628, SB 2523, SB 2367, SB 2703, SB 2608, SB 2778, SB 3044, SB 2965, SB 2521, SB 865, HB 2525, HB 3093, SB 1032, SB 2165, SB 2501, SB 2675, SB 2452, SB 2835, SJR 84, SB 457, SB 547, SB 904, SB 1467, SB 1757, SB 1777, SB 2055, SB 2069, SB 2139, SB 2401, SB 2530, SB 2543, SB 2695, SR 349, SR 367, SR 468, SB 3064, SB 3065, HJR 7, HB 119, HB 130, HB 163, HB 166, HB 201, HB 272, HB 331, HB 380, HB 654, HB 694, HB 718, HB 865, HB 1266, HB 1397, HB 1500, HB 1552, HB 1576, HB 1583, HB 1584, HB 1760, HB 1894, HB 1965, HB 2018, HB 2029, HB 2286, HB 2340, HB 2427, HB 2455, HB 2467, HB 2508, HB 2523, HB 2730, HB 2756, HB 2791, HB 2970, HB 3016, HB 3096, HB 3248, HB 3255, HB 3336, HB 3623, HB 3698, HB 3699, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 4129, HB 4187, HB 4236, HB 4238, HB 4643, HB 4738, HB 4739, HB 5333, SCR 3, SCR 30, SB 500, SB 739, SB 898, SB 1283, SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1540, SB 1666, SB 1721, SB 1886, SB 1931, SB 2001, SB 2075, SB 2154, SB 2173, SB 2217, SB 2375, SB 2383, SB 2386, SB 2398, SB 2448, SB 2476, SB 2540, SB 2580, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2776, SB 2786, SB 2801, SB 2864, SB 2927, HB 135, HCR 64, SB 2284, SB 3064, SB 3065, HJR 7, HB 119, HB 130, HB 163, HB 166, HB 201, HB 272, HB 331, HB 380, HB 654, HB 694, HB 718, HB 865, HB 1266, HB 1397, HB 1500, HB 1552, HB 1576, HB 1583, HB 1584, HB 1760, HB 1894, HB 1965, HB 2018, HB 2029, HB 2286, HB 2340, HB 2427, HB 2455, HB 2467, HB 2508, HB 2523, HB 2730, HB 2756, HB 2791, HB 2970, HB 3016, HB 3096, HB 3248, HB 3255, HB 3336, HB 3623, HB 3698, HB 3699, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 4129, HB 4187, HB 4236, HB 4238, HB 4643, HB 4738, HB 4739, HB 5333
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/05/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • message was an invitation to dive deeply into that day's content about how independent schools like mine
  • 58.480> like about how Independent Schools like like about how Independent Schools like like mine
  • challenged<00:24:01.600> and<00:24:01.799> obligated<00:24:02.320> to mine
  • Unfortunately, the term private education has created a perception that schools like mine don't benefit
  • schols like mine don't benefit our<00:53:59.119> broader<00:53:59.559> communities<00:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Education Finance Committee met on February 5, 2025, to hear testimony from representatives of Minnesota’s Catholic and other nonpublic schools, focused on state nonpublic pupil aid, transportation, counseling, nursing, and related support programs. Meg Forette of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis argued that Catholic schools serve more than 30,000 students across many districts, educate a diverse population, and achieve strong academic results while operating at far lower per-student costs than public schools. She urged lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to nonpublic funding, saying they would be inequitable and harmful to lower-income families, and also raised concerns about state teacher-licensing requirements conflicting with Catholic values. Trisha Menshu, principal of St. John Paul II Catholic School in Northeast Minneapolis, described a student body with high levels of poverty, learning needs, and academic gaps, and said state-funded nurse and guidance-counseling services are essential to keeping students safe, healthy, and on track for high school. She said the school absorbs many costs itself, including medical supplies and significant staff time, and credited the support programs with helping students make strong academic growth and graduate on time. In response to a senator’s question, she clarified that the school uses the nursing aid for limited nurse time and pays other medical-related costs from operating funds, with no billing back to public school districts. Committee members asked follow-up questions about the relationship between teacher licensing and Catholic values, and about how medical needs for nonpublic students are funded. Forette said the concern was not with welcoming all students but with how DEI-related trainings and language are presented in ways that conflict with Catholic teaching. The committee then moved on to the next testifier, Andrew Hiliker of Stella Maris Academy in Duluth, who began by describing his school’s growth and the state’s role in supporting all students, regardless of school choice.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I could save one child, it would have been me, to prevent the pain that I caused both families and mine
  • I'm here today in strong support of S. 1139 because this bill gives families like mine a voice.
  • Let families like mine be heard. Let families like mine be heard.
  • This is an important issue for a lot of families, not just for mine, but for a lot of people that have
  • This is an important issue for a lot of families, not just for mine, but for a lot of people that are
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on several Judiciary bills, with the largest portion focused on S. 1178/H. 2052 to reduce mass incarceration and end life without parole. People incarcerated at MCI Framingham, MCI Norfolk, and NCCI Gardner described personal growth, rehabilitation, restorative justice work, family separation, and the belief that parole eligibility after long sentences would better reflect public safety and human development. Speakers emphasized that life without parole removes hope and can undermine rehabilitation, while supporters argued that many lifers are older, less likely to reoffend, and could contribute positively if given a chance at parole review. Committee members did not take votes during the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1139 to restore the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims involving tobacco use, with Sen. Keenan explaining that a recent SJC decision had cut off claims where the injured person did not sue within three years before death. He said the bill would restore families’ ability to seek redress in cases involving long-latency tobacco harms like COPD. Another major topic was S. 1205, which would add abusive litigation to the definition of coercive control in domestic violence law; Sen. Michael Moore said the bill would stop abusers from using repeated court filings to harass and financially burden survivors. The committee also took up S. 1114 on automatic record sealing, with Sen. Friedman and others arguing that the current petition-based process is slow, burdensome, and disproportionately harms people with criminal records, especially Black and Latino residents. Testimony also supported H. 1965/S. 1132 on compensation for wrongful conviction, with advocates and sponsors describing a faster administrative claims process, transitional support, and higher compensation without the current cap. Sen. Payano testified for S. 1241 to expand educational programming for incarcerated emerging adults, saying education reduces recidivism and improves reentry outcomes. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on S. 2522, an update to Massachusetts’ shield law for reproductive and gender-affirming care. Sen. Friedman, the Attorney General’s office, and DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said the bill is needed to strengthen protections against out-of-state legal attacks, protect patient and provider data, clarify enforcement authority, and add a state-level EMTALA-style emergency care requirement. Committee members asked detailed questions about prescription labeling, the prescription monitoring program, attorney discipline, custody and full faith and credit issues, and whether the bill’s enforcement language could create unintended limits or conflicts. The Attorney General’s office said it would provide follow-up written testimony on several technical questions.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • You answered most of mine. Yes, please. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • has shown that they are paying themselves at a much higher rate than they are paying pharmacies like mine
  • This is not fair and harms Arizona pharmacies like mine. Thank you.
  • Questions for Mr.... ...and harms Arizona pharmacies like mine. Hi, thank you. Question is for Mr.
  • During the interim, I met a friend of mine who told me, as a domestic violence survivor, how difficult
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, [Music] in mine, actually, always—not always, but certainly a lot of the times—is over the money.
  • , I I I do have a question. um [Music] [Music] [Music] in<01:09:08.159> in<01:09:08.400> mine
  • <01:09:08.799> mine<01:09:09.120> actually<01:09:09.440> always<01:09:10.000
  • > not in in mine mine actually always not in in mine mine actually always not always<01:09:10.560
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Government Contracts Committee met with a quorum and approved the July 8 minutes. It then deferred several items from the July agenda, including a Kentucky Education Television contract because the vendor was not yet registered with the Secretary of State, and a University of Louisville contract at the university’s request. The committee also deferred a behavioral health memorandum of agreement and later a Department of Community Based Services contract after questions were raised about the scope of services and the need for additional information. The most extensive discussion involved the Seven Counties Services contract with the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities. Committee members questioned why the state continues to contract with Seven Counties despite its bankruptcy and pension-related liabilities, how the funding split was determined, whether the services are statutorily required, and whether the state or another provider could deliver the services more efficiently. Agency representatives said Seven Counties is the sole provider of core community mental health services in its region, serves about 24,500 people, and that service needs and acuity remain high even as the number served has declined. A cabinet attorney said the bankruptcy dispute is ongoing and involves roughly $20 million in contested retirement contributions, though members suggested the amount may be higher. Members also raised broader concerns about whether local governments, especially Metro Louisville, should contribute more toward services tied to social determinants of health, and whether the contract includes services beyond what statute requires. The committee requested additional information on the contract scope and possible offsets or recovery of unfunded liabilities, and then voted to defer the Seven Counties contract to the next meeting. The committee also heard a separate DCBS presentation on the Youth Villages Intercept program, where staff explained it was selected because it is an approved evidence-based Family First prevention service, provides intensive in-home and foster care stabilization services, and is headquartered in Tennessee but operates across Kentucky; members asked for clarification on Medicaid billing and additional funding needs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 03/27/25

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So when you take a piece of iron oxide, which is what we mine today, rust, and we want to convert that
  • today, rust, and we want to what we mine today, rust, and we want to convert<00:07:36.560> that
  • This fall, a colleague of mine found that 30 of her 60 students in online courses were ghosts.
  • <00:15:52.320> found<00:15:52.639> that<00:15:53.040> 30 fall, a colleague of mine
  • found that 30 fall, a colleague of mine found that 30 of<00:15:53.519> her<00:15:53.839> 60
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/11/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • That was the original change that was made, still a disservice to districts like mine, but it at least
  • Wealthier districts won't have an unfair advantage over districts like mine.
  • 01:38:56.360> like unfair Advantage Over Districts like unfair Advantage Over Districts like mine
  • 58.920> been<01:38:59.199> asking<01:38:59.480> for<01:38:59.679> this mine
  • um and we've been asking for this mine um and we've been asking for this for<01:39:00.080> a<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • These are good jobs that otherwise would not be there for a small, fully developed city like mine.
  • These are good jobs that otherwise would not be there for a small, fully developed city like mine.
  • These are good jobs that otherwise would not be there for a small, fully developed city like mine.
  • These are good jobs that otherwise would not be there for a small, fully developed city like mine.
  • any new development is de like mine any new development is de facto<01:24:22.719> Redevelopment
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • point deceived patients or have outright lied, and I can tell you as someone who had a constituent of mine
  • point deceived patients or have outright lied, and I can tell you as someone who had a constituent of mine
  • had a has a tell you as someone who had a has a constituent<00:58:57.119> of<00:58:57.240> mine
  • I<00:58:57.760> spoke<00:58:58.000> to<00:58:58.359> just constituent of mine
  • who I spoke to just constituent of mine who I spoke to just yesterday<00:58:59.240> about<00:
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • would certainly know everybody and we would certainly need<00:41:16.440> more<00:41:16.640> mines
  • so that was part of how need more mines so that was part of how we<00:41:18.280> got<00:41:18.400
  • Representative Dotseth, just to follow up, but mine are saying also after the 10 days they also have
  • <01:15:26.040> follow<01:15:26.280> up<01:15:26.440> but<01:15:26.560> mine
  • <01:15:26.760> are doth just to follow up but mine are doth just to follow up but mine are
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (01/29/2025)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • can go from there, and some of this is self-serving because three of the five bills we heard were mine
  • can go from there, and some of this is self-serving because three of the five bills we heard were mine
  • can go from there, and some of this is self-serving because three of the five bills we heard were mine
  • can go from there, and some of this is self-serving because three of the five bills we heard were mine
  • so<01:22:56.360> um<01:22:56.960> the<01:22:57.080> funding we heard were mine
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 4/15/26

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I worry about my ability to pass it onto mine.
  • 10.520> onto I worry about my ability to pass it onto I worry about my ability to pass it onto mine
  • . mine. mine.
  • This land is his future as much as mine.
  • protects working farmland, follows established requirements, and does not place family operations like mine
Bills: HF3879
Summary: The committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then took up House File 3879, the Legacy Finance Outdoor Heritage bill. The committee adopted the DE1 author’s amendment, which incorporated the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council’s revised recommendations and made technical corrections, and staff explained that the bill appropriates about $191.081 million in Outdoor Heritage funding, plus carryforwards and an extension for a carp deterrent project at Lock and Dam. Staff also noted the bill makes no changes to the Clean Water Fund or Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and the bill was moved to the Committee on Ways and Means. A large portion of the meeting focused on the Roseau Lake rehabilitation/Roseau River restoration project and related concerns about landowner impacts, eminent domain, drainage, and whether Outdoor Heritage dollars are being used on private property. Landowners and their attorney testified that the project threatens private farmland, that they do not consent to easements or takings, and that funding should be paused until litigation and legal questions are resolved. They described flooding, drainage problems, financial burdens, and long-term harm to family farms, and asked the committee to suspend funding for the project. Supporters of the project, including Roseau Mayor Dan Fabian and farmer/watershed district manager Jason Bratton, said the project is part of a broader flood-mitigation effort following the 2002 Roseau flood and would help control water, reduce flood damage, and improve conditions for downstream farmers. After testimony, the committee considered the A5 amendment, offered by Representative Heintzeman, which would delete the Roseau Lake Rehabilitation Project Phase 3 from the bill. Members debated the amendment, with some emphasizing landowner concerns and pending litigation and others defending the project and the council’s vetting process. The transcript cuts off during continued discussion, and no final vote on the A5 is shown in the provided text.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-29 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amendment incorporates the contents of the phosphate mining lands legislation that we passed a couple
  • provides a new process for landowners to record public notice that their land is a former phosphate mine
  • Specifically mine. Thank you. I'm unaware of any negative effect.
  • Specifically mine. Thank you. I'm unaware of any negative effect.
  • Just yours and just mine. And that's fair. Bless you. That's fair. That's fair.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a statewide recycling strategy by 2026 with stakeholder input and a three-year implementation roadmap; the House bill was substituted and passed 38-0. Senators then approved CS/CS/SB 492 on mitigation banking and land development after adopting two McLean amendments, including one on out-of-service credits and another incorporating phosphate mining lands provisions; the bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional issues. CS/SB 494 on aggravated animal cruelty was also amended and substituted with the House companion to add a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers and a sentencing multiplier, with an agriculture-related exemption; it passed 37-0. The Senate next passed CS/CS/SB 500/HB 711 creating the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, including training and coordinated alert procedures, with a House amendment to align implementation timing and funding; it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 524/HB 1089 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening tests and passed 36-0. CS/CS/SB 592/HB 393 revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by lowering approval thresholds, clarifying eligibility and ownership issues, and adding sliding-door wind-driven rain mitigation devices; it passed 37-0 after discussion about funding and insurance premium credits. CS/SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education allowed charter schools direct access to grant funding and expanded money-back guarantees for certain programs, and it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 822/HB 443 on charter schools generated extensive debate and multiple amendments, including a Jones amendment requiring parent acknowledgment of school rules; the bill would expand charter autonomy, reporting flexibility, enrollment capacity, and governance provisions, and it was placed on the calendar for third reading after the amendment process. Later, the Senate passed HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, which would examine job displacement, wages, vulnerable regions, and training needs, by a 35-0 vote. It also passed CS/CS/SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, CS/SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment and digitally forged intimate images, all unanimously. CS/CS/SB 1156 on a Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program was amended to clarify training requirements and passed 37-0 after supportive debate about helping parents care for medically fragile children. Finally, CS/CS/CS/SB 1240/HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care was amended to allow designated facilities to retain certain stabilized patients during the 72-hour involuntary examination period and passed 37-0. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, and the chamber also recognized guests and interns throughout the session.