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• the first-ever national climate resilient strategy.
• This strategy clearly says that to better protect communities, we have to start long before the disaster
• Aligned with the CDI sustainable insurance strategy, the FAIR Plan is working to return customers to
• When I talk to affordable housing developers, they describe rising insurance costs as an existential
• impossible to pass on the costs of rising premiums to their tenants, like market-rate developers.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee met to consider several bills focused on California’s insurance market, wildfire resilience, and consumer protections. AB 888, the California Safe Homes Act, was heard first. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Mark Fowler testified in support, describing state grant programs that help homeowners harden roofs and create defensible space, with the goal of reducing losses and improving insurance affordability and availability. Supporters from the insurance industry, local government, and the Rebuild Paradise Foundation also backed the bill, and committee members emphasized the need for more incentives for mitigation. The bill passed the committee on a do pass motion and was sent to Appropriations. AB 290, by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, would require the FAIR Plan to offer automatic payments and address non-renewal grace-period issues. The author described her own experience being forced onto the FAIR Plan and facing a large premium increase, while Consumer Federation of California called the bill common-sense consumer protection. The FAIR Plan opposed unless amended, saying it was already handling major wildfire claims and other operational demands and requested more time and changes to the non-renewal grace-period language. Members across the committee supported the bill as a needed modernization measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 1339, by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would direct the Department of Insurance to study insurance availability and pricing for affordable housing providers and report policy recommendations. Supporters from affordable housing organizations said rising premiums were forcing providers to cut services, defer maintenance, and use reserves, threatening housing stability for low-income residents. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 646, by Assemblymember Wallace, also passed to Appropriations; it concerns disclosure related to motor vehicle protection products and catalytic converter theft deterrence, with support from auto dealers and industry groups. The committee also approved AB 1531 on consent. Members later added on to the record in support of the bills, and the hearing concluded without recorded opposition votes on the measures that advanced.

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• With me today to testify is strategies that this state can invest in.
• preparedness strategies that reflect local the experts on their systems, to develop preparedness strategies
• That has been very gracious in allowing us to develop these as we've been moving forward, because as
• And so these reforms that are in the bill were largely developed by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
• So developing the capacity, the training, and the supports from all of the partners that are involved

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Emergency Management heard several bills after a delay while the Senate was in budget deliberations. The committee first approved the consent item, SB 895, on a do-pass motion to the Committee on Communications and Conveyance. The main policy discussion centered on SB 1299, which would place in statute a certification and training framework for fire sprinkler fitters and apprentices after prior regulations were struck on procedural grounds. Supporters said the bill would protect public safety by ensuring qualified installation and maintenance of fire suppression systems; opponents raised concerns about added costs, housing affordability, and impacts on rural areas. The bill was approved on a do-pass-as-amended vote to the Committee on Labor and Employment, with Assembly Members Hadwick and DeMaio voting no. The committee then heard SB 1153 on wildfire preparedness and public water systems. The author and supporters from water agencies argued the bill would require urban retail water suppliers to include wildfire response procedures in emergency plans, clarify that water systems are not designed to suppress large wildfires, and reduce litigation costs passed on to ratepayers. Several water districts, fire-related organizations, and business groups testified in support. Members discussed transparency, backup power for pumps, and whether the bill should require more public disclosure about generator capacity; the author said he would continue working on the issue. The bill passed on a do-pass-as-amended vote to the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. Finally, the committee considered SB 828, prompted by the Esparto fireworks warehouse explosion. The bill would tighten fireworks licensing and storage rules by requiring disclosure of storage locations, proof of local permits, and confirmation that licensees are not federally disqualified. Support came from local government and environmental health representatives, while one pyrotechnic operator opposed unless amended, arguing the permit-verification requirements could not be met for hobby rocketry and some jurisdictions lack a permit process. Members and the author discussed possible clarifications for model rockets and other niche uses, and the author said he would continue working with the Fire Marshal and stakeholders. SB 828 passed on a do-pass-as-amended vote to the Committee on Local Government, and the meeting then adjourned.

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• the years that they have lost, the damage from which is heightened for young children in critical developing
• I'm now a Vice President at American Global Strategies.
• Congress about American universities working with the Chinese Communist Party and their military to develop
• This analysis traces how student movements developed into permanent religious, educational, and political
• The development of Brotherhood-linked organizations in the United States reflects a long-term strategy

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• The second is looking at some of the staffing gaps for implementing some of the strategies.
• The second is looking at some of the staffing gaps for implementing some of the strategies.
• The second is looking at some of the staffing gaps for implementing some of the strategies.
• The second is looking at some of the staffing gaps for implementing some of the strategies.
• <01:14:38.360> seven organization to one developing seven organization to one developing seven

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• respectful person-first language and trauma-informed care by training staff and sharing proven strategies
• The bill establishes the Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research to lead studies and develop
• The center will focus on co-occurring conditions, access issues in underserved areas, telehealth strategies
• The bill establishes the Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research to lead studies and develop
• Telehealth strategies and workforce training, with annual reports to state leaders on its progress and

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and considered a wide range of bills, including early learning and special needs funding (SB 1102), Israel bond investment authority (SB 1674), Parkinson’s disease research at USF (SB 1800), mental health and substance use disorder reforms (SB 1620), veterans nursing home beds (SB 788), securities regulation updates (SB 988), labor pool regulation (SB 1672), Alzheimer’s awareness (SB 398), educator preparation (SB 1590), student mental health reporting (SB 1310), specialty license plates (SB 824), financial institutions and IOTA-related issues (SB 1612), transportation facility designations (SB 1408), utility worker protections (SB 1386), DNA testing grants (SB 1072), the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys (SB 364), housing support for former foster youth and homeless students (SB 584), sex offender registration changes (SB 1654), migrant vessel disposal (SB 830), commuter rail indemnification (SB 916), juvenile justice revisions (SB 1344), aggravating factors in capital cases (SB 984), and a criminal offender substance abuse pilot program (SB 1140). Most bills were explained by sponsors, often with supportive testimony from affected agencies, advocacy groups, or industry representatives, and several were amended before final action. The committee adopted amendments on many measures, including clarifications and effective-date changes for SB 1102; technical changes to SB 1620 implementing mental health commission recommendations; a delete-all amendment for SB 1620; an amendment to SB 988; a consumer-disclosure amendment on SB 1612; and multiple amendments to SB 1408, SB 364, SB 584, SB 1654, and SB 1344. SB 1672 on the Labor Pool Act drew extensive public testimony in opposition from worker advocates, who argued repeal would weaken protections for temp workers and formerly incarcerated workers, and the bill was temporarily postponed to a later meeting without a vote. Several bills received notable testimony in support, including SB 584, where former foster youth described housing instability and the importance of campus housing and federal voucher coordination; SB 1386, which was backed by utility and industry groups seeking stronger penalties for assaults on utility workers; and SB 984, which drew opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops over expansion of death penalty aggravators. The committee also heard support and opposition on SB 1612 regarding IOTA interest rates and legal aid funding, with bankers and civil legal aid representatives disputing the proper rate structure and whether the bill conflicted with Florida Bar rules. At the end of the meeting, the committee reported all voted-on bills favorably, including SB 1102, SB 1674, SB 1800, SB 1620, SB 788, SB 988, SB 398, SB 1590, SB 1310, SB 824, SB 1612, SB 1408, SB 1386, SB 1072, SB 364, SB 584, SB 1654, SB 830, SB 916, SB 1344, SB 984, and SB 1140. Members also requested to be recorded on various bills, and the committee adjourned after noting one remaining meeting would be lengthy.

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• Healthy soils work because it's really foundational to all of that development work.
• <00:29:49.000> Corporation the Agri buus Development Corporation the Agri buus Development
• alignment and agricultural development alignment and agricultural development in<00:34:32.560>
• Council we have submitted Development Council we have submitted written<00:35:51.079> testimony
• TNR is a strategy that we can get an army of volunteers to help us do at their own expense, which is

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• the school district themselves and have that opportunity to learn how to take these tests and the strategies
• the school district themselves and have that opportunity to learn how to take these tests and the strategies
• the school district themselves and have that opportunity to learn how to take these tests and the strategies
• You talk about shall develop rules, and in the history that we’ve seen thus far, that’s great unless
• the bill sponsor actually defines when those rules should be developed and a deadline by.

Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met during Budget Week and first considered three member bills. House Bill 1111, by Rep. Valdes, would eliminate the option for students to leave high school with a certificate of completion instead of a standard diploma. Valdes said the bill was inspired by students who met credit requirements but could not pass a required assessment, and argued the certificate does not provide access to college, trade school, or military service. The bill passed unanimously, 15-0. CS for House Bill 127, by Rep. Kendall, would support students with disabilities by using existing Florida Department of Education curriculum to create micro-credentials and coordinating with the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities and OSHA on workplace safety. Goodwill, the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Florida PTA, and others supported the bill, which also passed unanimously, 15-0. House Bill 1367, by Rep. Booth, addressed chronic absenteeism by requiring statewide definitions and more uniform attendance reporting, along with rules for excused and unexcused absences and early identification of chronically absent students. Testimony emphasized inconsistent district policies and the need for clearer data and interventions. The bill passed 13-0, with some members noting concerns about implementation details and future rulemaking. The committee then took up PCB-P-PKB-2501, the proposed conforming bill for the fiscal year 2025-2026 Pre-K through 12 budget. The chair said the bill was designed to align statutes with budget and scholarship funding procedures, especially around the Florida Education Finance Program and scholarship payments. The PCB would require Florida student ID numbers for scholarship students, standardize cross-checking against FTE survey data, set quarterly payment dates, and use one data source for both reporting and withholding scholarship-related FFP amounts. It also would reduce certain add-on weights by 50%, remove the budget stabilization program, and repeal the educational enrollment stabilization program. Several members raised concerns that the add-on weight reductions could hurt career and technical education, AICE, IB, and CAPE programs, while the sponsor argued the data showed too much spending in an “other” category and that the reductions were aimed at aligning funding with actual program costs. Public testimony was mixed: some supported tighter accountability and clearer payment rules, while others warned against undermining expensive career-readiness programs. The PCB passed 11-2. After the conforming bill, the chair presented the proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 Pre-K through 12 budget, totaling just under $21 billion, about $400 million below the current year. She said the budget reflects a need to slow spending growth and includes $20 million for New Worlds Scholarship Accounts, $7 million for security grants at Jewish day schools and preschools, $14 million for public school transportation stipends, an overall FEFP increase of about $747.7 million, $100 million for teacher salary increases, and increases in the base student allocation and funds per student. The committee did not vote on the budget recommendation at this meeting; it was distributed for review and will move to the Budget Committee next week.

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• I'm Quy Lan Thieu, and I lead workforce development for Samsung Austin Semiconductor.
• In 2024, we invested $5.65 million into workforce development initiatives.
• , implementation, and monitoring of a regional strategy. ...strategy for high-quality career and education
• pathways into targeted industries across an entire workforce development area.
• A long time ago, I helped develop the first clean room robots in the United States.

Bills: SB1998, SB646, SB2786, SB2076, SB2615, SB1961, SB1418, SB2647, SB1322, SB2788

Keywords: pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction

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• What we were met with after we opened, we developed 30 local producer-to-store partnerships.
• <00:09:47.440> 30<00:09:48.240> uh after we opened um we we developed 30 uh after we
• It would require suppliers to disclose, as you've heard, confidential contracts and pricing strategies
• It would require suppliers to disclose, as you've heard, confidential contracts and pricing strategies
• It would require suppliers to disclose, as you've heard, confidential contracts and pricing strategies

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Funds specific workforce housing development, financial assistance, develop accessory dwelling, small
• We are the largest nonprofit housing service provider and developer in our region.
• We're the Regional Planning and Economic Development Agency for Cape Cod.
• He then developed severe manic behavior, the likes of which most trainers have never seen.
• He developed raw elbows from lying down and pulling. His gums fled.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing heard testimony on several housing bills, with much of the discussion focused on seasonal communities and funding for year-round housing in places like Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires. Speakers supported bills including H. 4410/S. 966 and related seasonal communities legislation, which would allow local option real estate transfer fees and expand tools for towns to preserve and create affordable housing. Testimony emphasized severe housing shortages, high home prices, workforce displacement, and impacts on public safety, schools, health care, and local businesses. Many witnesses said the transfer fee would provide a sustainable local revenue stream, citing prior land bank models on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as proof the approach can work. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3989 regarding seasonal community designation, with supporters arguing that towns should be included automatically or through a simpler opt-in process, and on H. 4568 to expand the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which would broaden access to a federal voucher-based savings and self-sufficiency model. Senator Edwards testified in support of a bill to create training for municipal board members, describing it as a toolkit to improve informed local decision-making. Senator O’Connor testified for a bed bug bill, saying it would create clearer landlord and tenant notification and treatment requirements and provide needed legal guidance after his family’s experience with an infestation. Senator Lovely also testified for the Homeworks program, which provides transportation so homeless children in motels and shelters can attend after-school activities. The committee further heard testimony on a bill to fund housing in seasonal communities through a transfer fee and on a companion measure to expand the seasonal communities toolkit, with repeated calls for favorable reports. Witnesses from public safety, health care, housing nonprofits, schools, and local government described staffing shortages and housing insecurity as urgent problems. Later, the committee took testimony on H. 1559/S. 102 to maintain stable housing for families with pets, with animal welfare groups supporting protections against eviction, breed discrimination, and excessive pet rent. They said housing-related pet surrenders are a major driver of shelter intake. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1498 to limit criminalization of homelessness, which would restrict citations, fines, and related consequences for outdoor camping tied solely to homelessness.

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• They've now ordered PED to develop a remedial action plan using an outside expert and also inviting LESC
• OK, we have a long list developing. Let's go ahead. Well, Mr.
• We have a commitment from LESC to be involved in every aspect of the development of this plan.
• They have a strategy.
• All of that we, we can develop if you, Mr. Chair of the committee, want us to develop those things.

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• The funding amounts in the agency's indirect administration strategy show that their base request included
• no FTEs and no funding for salaries in the indirect administration strategy.
• to the indirect administration strategy to more accurately reflect the agency's indirect administration
• We are a small agency with two main strategies: licensing and enforcement.
• These two strategies need to be supported adequately.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• This legislation is a smart investment that aligns workforce development with economic stability and
• PERA does have a strategy that was... ...about the strategy for PERA does have a strategy that was approved
• by the board, and that strategy basically is a result of being 67% funded right now.
• And that strategy goes into about 2050 to be at about almost 100% funded.
• So that's a good strategy, I think, moving forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• That takes different strategies that are related to giving parents resources, oftentimes substance use
• What it doesn't tell us is what's underneath those things and how we can design strategies that are more
• Strategies that are more tailored to the work of child welfare.
• So, you know, whether a harm reduction strategy makes sense or not with a family that’s struggling in
• Prior to the national partnership, all jurisdictions in child welfare developed their own approach to

Keywords: 970, all

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• I have Claude Bacon with us from our Greater Owensboro Economic Development.
• House Bill 640 would allow the cabinet to identify a strategy to control the spread of invasive species
• cabinet<00:03:55.879> to<00:03:56.079> identify<00:03:56.519> a<00:03:56.879> strategy
• <00:03:57.879> to cabinet to identify a strategy to cabinet to identify a strategy to control
• It's very expensive to develop, and we do not need to be putting, uh, things that are not necessary into

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:04 Introduction of Guests 00:54 HB 640 Discussion 01:15 HB 640 Roll Call Vote 05:16 HB 641 Discussion 06:11 HB 641 Roll Call Vote 11:49 HB 790 Discussion 12:47 HB 790 Roll Call Vote 14:23 Chair Comments regarding SB 89 16:04, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up House Bills 640, 641, and 790. HB 640 would authorize the Energy and Environment Cabinet to adopt regulations to control invasive non-native plant species, with testimony focusing on the threat posed by species such as callery pear/Bradford pear to native plants, forest health, and the economy. Members asked whether the bill itself would ban Bradford pears; the sponsor clarified that it would not directly ban them, but would give the cabinet regulatory authority. The bill received a favorable expression by roll call. HB 641 addressed coal combustion byproducts, explaining that the bill would help preserve landfill space by allowing these materials to be reused as special waste in places such as abandoned strip mines or underground mines, and would clarify that reclaimed land could qualify for agricultural use such as pasture, hay, or crop production. Members raised concerns about groundwater and runoff; the sponsor and another member argued that placing the material under cover would reduce exposure compared with open piles currently sitting at power plants. After discussion, the bill passed with favorable expression, with a few members passing on the vote. HB 790, as amended by committee substitute, was described as substantially narrowed from its original form. The substitute removed setback requirements and instead required construction certificate holders for solar merchant electric generating facilities to report federal and state incentives used for siting, construction, and operation, with the cabinet compiling and submitting an annual report to the General Assembly. The committee approved the substitute and the bill passed with favorable expression. At the end of the meeting, members were also reminded of a later TVA energy update meeting and the chair noted ongoing work on Senate Bill 89, with possible future action and a special meeting if revised language is ready.

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• The appropriation Committee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development will now come to order
• It restores the Florida Seaport, Transportation and Economic Development Council or F's TED support.
• Center network sbdc connecting local businesses with important resources and resiliency strategies.
• The department will also develop a promotional campaign in partnership with local chambers of commerce
• Partnership program must include a strategy for providing program funds to mobile home owners including

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• These developments encourage early detection and diagnosis.
• Treatment is the natural next step for an early intervention strategy.
• These developments encourage early detection and diagnoses.
• Treatment is the natural next step for an early intervention strategy.
• strategies to strengthen California's midwifery workforce.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• <00:41:22.960> Area uh the US da Rural Development Area uh the US da Rural Development Area
• So there's the development cost, which has a lot to do with the configuration, the developer, the flavors
• <01:32:57.960> cost level so there's the development cost level so there's the development
• <01:34:42.440> and Supportive Housing Development and Supportive Housing Development and you're
• <01:46:53.719> and that Greater Minnesota developers and that Greater Minnesota developers

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• And Americans are simply outraged that we spend more on R&D to develop these drugs than any other nation
• And then we get the highest price, the highest price among the developing countries instead of the best
• Vought, you were at the center. of the strategy of impounding funds.
• Will you send a rescission message to Congress, or will you use the illegal impoundment strategy?
• Which strategy will you use? That's a simple question.

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• Okay, moving on then to the Economic Development, or sorry, Tourism Department.
• I think about the Workforce Training Development and Apprenticeship Fund.
• Line 16: basically this is to put money for research, development, and deployment.
• For the development of these advanced technologies as a whole.
• So they work directly with local economic development organizations around the state.

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