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• vision includes an augmentation of 800,000 teacher credentials fund to support increased contract. fees
• for legal costs due to increased caseload from litigation and educator misconduct and increased OAH fees
• After accounting for all changes core funding, including anticipated growth in tuition and fee revenue
• the tuition stability plan and that reduces those new available revenues from tuition and student fees
• and through the growth as new students pay fees, it's still outweighed by these costs and that's not

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• In addition, a civil penalties, the owner of a dangerous dog fee charged with a following criminal violations
• with this bill is that it could unintentionally opened the window for bad actors to submit fraudulent fees
• Does it exist and law now that you have to give back some of the application fee or I know that it's
• in state, in fact, leave that cra's from an association standpoint are not opposed to the eventual sunset

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• what our beautiful land has to offer, from our Sleeping Ute Mountain that has the most breathtaking sunsets
• mountain that has the most sleeping you mountain that has the most breathtaking<02:23:24.319> sunsets
• breathtaking sunsets breathtaking sunsets and<02:23:26.720> come<02:23:26.880> and
• gasoline pipeline owned by a company called Enterprise Products of Houston, Texas, failed on private fee

Keywords: 981, all

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• we have but no on the bill all right and we have a<00:13:27.680> different<00:13:27.959> fee
• The other amendment is very quick: it's a sunset.
• The other amendment is very quick: it's a sunset.
• <00:18:41.919> a briefly is very quick it's uh it's a briefly is very quick it's uh it's a sunset
• if we're going to be adding $300 sunset if we're going to be adding $300 million million million of<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm concerned that the registration fee required to fund implementation of this bill would wind up costing
• And although existing law allows for discounted IID fees based on income, these programs are often poorly
• And although existing law allows for discounted IED's fees based on income, these programs are often
• poorly advertised, counted IED's fees based on income.
• And finally, as your sunset and your legislative career, to see this really all of this come to pass.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• point that I wanted to emphasize about this bill and why I support it is because it will remove the sunset
• the Senate to clarify that there are no criminal penalties for any violations of this chapter, but fees
• <01:25:17.120> this<01:25:17.480> chapter,<01:25:18.480> but<01:25:18.719> fees
• any violations of this chapter, but fees any violations of this chapter, but fees and<01:25:19.280

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Speaker, gentlemen, was, was it considered that perhaps that the company should pay a fee in order to
• Speaker, gentle lady, yes, ma'am, and is there a sunset on that provision, Mr. Speaker, gentlemen?
• This bill updates the workers' comp fees, which haven't been adjusted in 35 years since 1990 and increases
• It also adjusts the fee percentages for the telecom surcharge and the PRC inspection fees to pay for

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• It should be noted that we are sunsetting this award program, a process that began when the University's
• It should be noted that we are sunsetting this award program, a process that began when the University's
• It should be noted that we are sunsetting this award program, a process that began when the University's
• It should be noted that we are sunsetting this award program, a process that began when the University's
• It should be noted that we are sunsetting this award program, a process that began when the University's

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard testimony from Amber Cameron of the University of Minnesota’s Office for Public Engagement about the University’s Outstanding Community Service Awards and, specifically, the community partner award given to Communities United Against Police Brutality in 2021 and 2024. Cameron explained that the awards program recognizes faculty, staff, students, and community partners, that nominations are reviewed by University selection committees using criteria such as positive societal impact, innovation, extraordinary results, and overall impression, and that the committee evaluates only the application materials. She said the nomination for Communities United Against Police Brutality described a long-standing partnership with the University through student learning, including work through the Center for Community-Engaged Learning and a student white paper connected to the passage of Travis’s Law. Committee members raised concerns about the organization’s history, its public messaging, and whether it was appropriate for the University to honor it. One member argued that the group’s IRS records showed it was formally organized in 2020, questioned claims that it had existed for 25 years, and objected to the organization’s letterhead and activism. Cameron responded that the award does not require formal tax status and that the selection process relies on the nomination packet rather than outside information. She also said the award nomination documented work with 130 course offerings across 17 academic departments and about 1,000 students over 24 years. Cameron further said the award program was being phased out and retooled into a new internal Engaged Scholar Awards program focused on community-engaged scholarship rather than volunteer service. No vote or formal action was taken during the exchange, and the discussion ended with questions about the nomination materials and how the University defines the organization’s work with students and faculty.

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• Vessels anchored for a period of one hour or more before, between one-half hour after sunset and one-half
• Vessels anchored for a period of one hour or more before, between one half hour after sunset and one
• Senator Rouson: Is there a sunset?
• Senator Rouson: Is there a sunset provision or an opportunity to review these regulations should this
• Senator Martin: Though the bill does mention the word sunset, there is no legislative or statutory sunset

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.

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• Mayor Mullen, how long is this city tax in place, or is there no sunset date?
• or<00:35:54.240> is<00:35:54.440> there<00:35:54.600> no<00:35:55.000> sunset
• in place or is there no sunset date? in place or is there no sunset date?
• The bill as drafted does not include a sunset date, so we don't have specific language on when it would

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, this bill sunsets in two years. So this is basically a one- or two-year intercept of that 1%.
• this body last year supported a pretty sizable investment in enhanced oil recovery, but we put a sunset
• in enhanced oil recovery, but we<00:53:08.480> put<00:53:08.559> a<00:53:08.800> sunset
• > that<00:53:09.599> bill<00:53:09.760> if<00:53:10.000> the we put a sunset
• on that bill if the we put a sunset on that bill if the federal<00:53:10.400> government<00:53

Bills: HB0130, HB0095, HB0096, HB0097, SF0101, SF0106, SF0067, SF0123

Keywords: Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC

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• Putting a sunset date, an exemption from that, limiting it to the county of Maui, and asking for a report
• Putting a sunset date, an exemption from that, limiting it to the county of Maui, and asking for a report
• keeping patients safe uh at the end of keeping patients safe uh at the end of the<00:42:43.480> Sunset
• > is<00:42:44.559> what<00:42:44.680> we're<00:42:44.839> looking the Sunset
• date is what we're looking the Sunset date is what we're looking for<00:42:45.319> so<00:42:45.480

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection met on February 20, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures. HB 850, relating to condominiums, drew support from the Community Associations Institute and the Hawaii State Association of Parliamentarians, who said it would improve owner participation, clarify voting rules, and preserve the use of proxies as a personal choice. A Zoom testifier supported the bill’s intent but warned that special meetings can be abused and suggested further amendments to address board president authority. Members asked about proxies versus electronic voting and whether the bill would reduce proxy use; no vote was taken. The committee also heard HB 48 on coffee labeling, with the Department of Agriculture in support, and HB 1370 on taxation, where a local brewery representative supported equal tax treatment for beer served from 5-gallon kegs and larger kegs when dispensed from a faucet, arguing the bill would clarify draft beer treatment and encourage sustainability. HB 1422 on motor carriers received comments from the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of State Parks, while representatives from a community-based shuttle initiative supported the bill and said nonprofit, community-led transportation solutions should not be regulated like traditional carriers. HB 874, relating to child performers, received support from SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, and individual performers, who emphasized protecting minors’ earnings, safety, and schooling. Testimony also discussed whether to include social media influencers and whether to add annual income limits or trust-account protections; the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said the issue was outside its wheelhouse. Later, HB 799 on healthcare drew support from health plans and HMSA, with the Department of Health requesting amendments such as a sunset date, a Maui-only pilot, and a report back before changing its position. HB 1379 on health received support from Hawaii Pacific Health, but the Hawaii Medical Board raised concerns about vague language and public-safety implications for internationally trained physicians, asking for more time to study national licensing recommendations. Finally, HB 439 on education was heard, with the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board opposing the bill as drafted and warning about licensing standards and predatory third-party loans affecting J-1 teachers; the transcript ends before any action or vote on these measures.

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• We provided homeless aid, which we're getting rid of the sunset in this bill, which helps ensure that
• homeless aid, which we're getting rid of homeless aid, which we're getting rid of the<00:52:28.520> sunset
• this<00:52:29.440> bill,<00:52:29.960> which<00:52:30.320> helps the sunset
• in this bill, which helps the sunset in this bill, which helps ensure<00:52:31.080> that<00:52

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So that amendment is putting in the old dates, saying that that is the sunset period, and then the new
• the old dates saying that that<00:26:29.039> is<00:26:29.520> the<00:26:29.760> sunset
• period<00:26:30.400> and<00:26:30.640> then<00:26:30.720> the that is the sunset
• period and then the that is the sunset period and then the new<00:26:31.120> language<00:26:31.600

Bills: SB62, HB361, HB244, HB377, HB411, HB422, HB423, HB425, SB16, HB452, HB354

Keywords: SB62, Alabama, conservation and natural resources, hunting license, fishing license, wildlife heritage license, license identification, government-issued ID, residency determination, in-state residency, student residency, tuition classification, public higher education, domicile, resident status, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, Section 9-11-32, Section 9-11-33, Section 16-64-3

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• that there would be preferential points given up to 5%, and this program would be on a four-year sunset
• 35.440> four-year this program would be on a four-year this program would be on a four-year sunset
• 37.040> cities<00:03:37.360> that<00:03:37.599> are<00:03:37.760> adopting sunset
• uh for cities that are adopting sunset uh for cities that are adopting um<00:03:38.799> affirmative

Keywords: 1183, house

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• AB 1658 would remove the sunset date and limits on the existing authority for the counties of Santa Clara
• And finally, with work with the committee, we've initiated a five-year sunset on the bill, so the Legislature
• And finally, and with work with the committee, we've initiated a five-year sunset on the bill.

Summary: The committee heard eight bills, mostly on local government, housing, and public agency contracting. AB 1658 would make permanent higher change-order authority for Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties on large construction projects; supporters said it would reduce delays and save money on major projects, and the bill passed 6-0. AB 2263 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to develop employee-preference affordable housing; supporters said it would help with workforce retention and long commutes, and it also passed 6-0. AB 2134 would require city councils to allow parental leave without forcing members to seek public approval or risk losing their seats; supporters described the bill as necessary to protect new parents in local office, and it passed 6-0. AB 2188 would raise Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s contracting authority to $250,000, with supporters citing administrative savings and faster project delivery; after committee amendments, it passed 6-0. AB 2033 would let general law cities use job order contracting for repair and maintenance work, with safeguards against employee displacement; supporters called it an efficiency tool, while AFSCME opposed it over workforce impacts, and it passed 8-0 after amendments. AB 1768 would authorize Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County to ask voters to approve a temporary transactions and use tax to help offset major federal health care cuts and preserve clinics and public health services. Supporters from community clinics, Planned Parenthood, labor groups, counties, and health organizations said the measure would let voters decide how to respond to funding losses; opponents, including CalTax and some cities, raised affordability and tax-burden concerns. Members also discussed equity concerns within Los Angeles County and the importance of local control. The bill was moved out on a 5-2 vote and left on call. AB 2415 would allow the city of Folsom to shift housing obligations away from its historic district and toward other transit-oriented sites; supporters said it would preserve the historic district while still meeting housing goals, and it passed 10-0. AB 2741, heard at the end of the meeting, would give cities a grace period to fix housing elements that were certified by HCD but later found noncompliant by a court, especially where cities relied on overlay zones. Supporters from the League of California Cities, Redondo Beach, and real estate groups said cities acted in good faith and should not be immediately subjected to builder’s remedy; opponents from California YIMBY and legal aid groups argued the bill would weaken housing accountability and reward noncompliance. The transcript ends during testimony on AB 2741, before a final vote is recorded.

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• AB 1658 would remove the sunset date and limits on the existing authority for the counties of Santa Clara
• And finally, with work with the committee, we've initiated a five-year sunset on the bill, so the Legislature
• And finally, and with work with the committee, we've initiated a five-year sunset on the bill.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• If we do change the process and take the legislative authority, is it a sunset in three years or...?
• Madam Chair, Representative, I believe it's 2029 when it sunsets.
• would be open to trying this, but we need to reduce that duration. the duration, or close up that sunset

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• Sapp, House Bill 703, a bill to be entitled an act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset
• Sapp, House Bill 703, a bill to be entitled an act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset
• Sapp, House Bill 703, a bill to be entitled an act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum confirmed, and several recognitions, including a moment of silence for retired fire captain Bill Guston and a welcome for guests in the galleries. The Speaker then outlined the House’s budget approach, saying the proposed General Appropriations Act would be lower than both the governor’s proposal and last year’s budget, and announced plans to seek a permanent 0.75% reduction in the state sales tax. The chamber also received the governor’s veto message on portions of HB 5001 and began considering motions to restore several vetoed appropriations. Members unanimously reinstated funding for the Florida Senior Veterans and Crisis Fund, the Rockledge Advanced Water Treatment Phase 1 project, the automated staffing/time management system for the Department of Corrections, and the Baldwin sanitary sewer and water main replacement project. The House also adopted special order and GAA amendment-procedure reports. On the special order calendar, the chamber passed HB 289 on boating safety (“Lucy’s Law”), HB 735 on water access facilities, HB 11 on municipal water and sewer utility rates, CS/HB 85 on hazardous walking conditions, and CS/HB 157 on service of process, all by wide margins. The most debated measure was HB 6017, which would repeal Florida’s “free kill” law limiting wrongful-death damages in medical negligence cases. Supporters described the bill as a long-sought justice measure for families who lost adult children and were barred from suing, while opponents argued it was needed to provide accountability and fairness. The bill passed 104-6. The House then took up HB 759, which would lower the minimum age to purchase or transfer a firearm from 21 to 18. An amendment to keep the age at 21 was defeated, and debate featured strong arguments on both sides about constitutional rights, public safety, Parkland, military service, and data on youth violence; the transcript ends during continued debate on the bill, before final passage is shown.

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• I just want to find out where I know the sunset is coming up. That's why I'm asking.
• in the express lanes by, in the big transportation bill, we had to, I guess, comply with a federal sunset

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to hear presentations from the Department of Commerce and the Florida Department of Transportation. Jason Mahon of Florida Commerce outlined the state’s economic development strategy, emphasizing Florida’s GDP growth, business formation, and strengths in manufacturing, high-tech, life sciences, defense, and financial services. He described the department’s tools for small business lending, rural investment tax credits, venture capital support, infrastructure and workforce grants, performance-based incentives, and disaster recovery loans, and highlighted examples such as ServiceNow, Williams International, Asteris, and Point Blank Enterprises. Senators asked about grant availability for small businesses, foreign companies relocating to Florida, workforce shortages in manufacturing, and whether additional tools may be needed; Mahon said most small-business support is loan-based and noted ongoing workforce and infrastructure challenges. Jennifer Marshall of FDOT then reviewed major transportation projects and the Moving Florida Forward initiative, describing the state’s large portfolio of active contracts and major congestion-relief projects across Florida. She highlighted early completions and accelerated timelines on projects including the NASA Causeway Bridge, I-95 at US 1 in Volusia County, I-4 congestion relief lanes, the First Coast Expressway, the Howard Frankland Bridge, I-4 interchanges in Central Florida, A1A coastal protection work, I-75 improvements in Southwest Florida, and the I-395 reconstruction in Miami. Senators asked about how express lane projects are selected, whether toll revenues are used for local maintenance and improvements, the status of the Miami I-395 project, and the impact of losing electric-vehicle express lane exemptions. Marshall said FDOT works with local long-range plans and congestion data, and that she would follow up on several specific funding and project questions. Committee members generally praised both agencies for project delivery, cost savings, and coordination with local partners. Senator Mayfield noted the importance of using savings and working with local governments, while Senator Wright commended Commerce’s role in economic development and FDOT’s work on major road projects. The meeting concluded with no further business, and the committee adjourned.