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• Occasionally, however, complaints are filed against a practitioner with a board that is different from
• However, someone could file a complaint against one of these providers with a board that is different
• I'm assuming they could file a cease and desist against the doctor, I assume. I assume.
• Have you ever seen a machine readable file? Yes, I have.
• I am, uh, first a, uh, FDA regulatory consultant, so I have filed hundreds of PMTAs.

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• We really do appreciate the direction in which this bill is moving and the amendment that was just filed
• It is late filed because we've been working up until literally the last minute with my House counterpart
• organizations applying for the Strong Families Tax Credit Program only have to submit a Form 990 if filed
• organizations applying for the Strong Families Tax Credit Program only have to submit a Form 990 if filed
• organizations applying for the Strong Families Tax Credit Program only have to submit a Form 990 if filed

Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met and first heard SB 674, which would allow county property appraisers, like tax collectors already can, to budget for and pay hiring or retention bonuses if approved in their Department of Revenue budget. Support came from property appraiser representatives, who said the bill would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SJR 318, a proposed constitutional amendment on tangible personal property used on agricultural land, along with an amendment clarifying the exemption’s scope and allowing the Legislature to set conditions by general law. Farm Bureau and the Florida Chamber supported the measure, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the joint resolution favorably. Members also took up CS for SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval of local discretionary taxes when they expire; an amendment changed the bill to require expiration dates and tied reapproval to tax expiration rather than a fixed eight-year cycle. Local government and tourism groups raised concerns about impacts on tourist development taxes, transportation surtaxes, beaches funding, and long-term financing, while supporters argued voters should periodically affirm local taxes. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill SB 1512, both dealing with a homestead-style property tax benefit for certain long-term leased residential properties. After multiple amendments narrowed the proposal substantially, limiting it to one qualifying property and then to single-family homes, mobile homes, and condominium units, counties and cities still opposed the measures as a tax shift to other taxpayers. The sponsor said the changes reduced the scope and fiscal impact, and both measures were reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SPB 7034, the Senate tax package, which includes permanent sales tax exemptions, multiple tax holidays, motor vehicle fee reductions, a property tax study, rural investment tax credits, a freeze on local communications services tax rates, and other tax changes, with an estimated $2.1 billion revenue reduction. Testimony was mixed: property appraisers supported the property tax study, while many public commenters opposed the firearm and ammunition tax holiday and urged inclusion of gun safes and locks instead. County, city, tourism, and lodging representatives raised concerns about tourist development tax limits and other local revenue impacts, while supporters emphasized tax relief and the study’s value. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to submit SPB 7034 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.

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• Uh, we started to work on Senate File 59.
• Uh, we started to work on Senate File 59.
• Do you have any potential amendments on Senate File 59? Education February 16th.
• 59, the K12 language and Senate File 59, the K12 language and literacy<00:01:55.759><c> program.
• This is a roll call vote for Senate File 53. Senator Brennan. I. Senator Olsen. I.

Bills: SF0059, SF0053

Keywords: language proficiency, literacy education, reading interventions, dyslexia support, Montessori methods, individualized reading plans, amateur status, high school athletics, student eligibility, sports regulation, monetary compensation, 916, all

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• Senate File 1986 and House File 1779.
• The board does oppose Senate File 1986, House File 1779.
• The board does oppose Senate File 1986, House File 1779.
• PAR's board opposes Senate File 1556, House File 708.
• We have Senate File 2379 and House File 2022.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• for liberty, where they get to choose how much money they pay in taxes, where they no longer have to file
• I'm glad to see we're doing something here that the Senate refused to do, so that's nice.
• We understand when lawmakers refuse to answer the basic question, where will the money come from?
• We understand when lawmakers refuse to answer the basic question, where will the money come from?

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We had several bills we need to do concur/refuse on, so Republican caucus will go down to Caucus Room
• Not all voters have both their driver's license or Social Security number on file, so they might not
• simple misunderstanding of whether it was their driver's license or their Social Security number on file
• Constituent letter continued: "...a copy of their license or passport and file it with the government
• But my Republican colleagues still refuse to fund it.

Summary: The Senate met, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then handled a series of messages and floor actions. The chamber transmitted a large group of Senate bills to the governor and Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004 to the Secretary of State. It also received House requests to return Senate Bills 1175 and 1198 for reconsideration, which were granted without objection. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House concurrent resolutions. On H.C.R. 2001, a constitutional referral on election requirements, senators debated a Judiciary Committee amendment and a Hoffman floor amendment that would require voter ID, allow election-day tabulation of early ballots at polling places, and require legislative funding for implementation. Supporters said the measure would improve election security, voter confidence, and speed up results; opponents argued it was vague, could undermine mail voting, and lacked clear implementation details. The amendment was adopted, and after further debate the Committee of the Whole gave H.C.R. 2001 a do-pass recommendation by a 15-12 vote. Later, on third reading, the full Senate passed H.C.R. 2001 by a 16-12 vote and transmitted it to the House. The chamber also considered H.C.R. 2003, a referral on student athletics and biological sex. Senator Ortiz offered a floor amendment to replace the blanket ban approach with rules based on athletic ability and inclusion; supporters said it would preserve fairness while avoiding discrimination, while opponents said it would gut the measure and weaken protections for girls’ sports. The Ortiz amendment failed 11-16, and H.C.R. 2003 then received a do-pass recommendation in Committee of the Whole and later passed third reading. H.C.R. 2044, a referral on prohibiting preferential treatment and discrimination, also received a do-pass recommendation without recorded controversy. The Senate then adjourned after completing the remaining procedural motions and votes.

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• I assisted a family that was summoned to court when their school district refused to acknowledge their
• 13:02.639><c> their</c><00:13:02.959><c> school</c><00:13:03.200><c> district</c><00:13:03.600><c> refused
• </c> court when their school district refused court when their school district refused to<00:13:04.079
• have our committee researcher do some research on it for me, and she had to go back to like paper files
• have our committee researcher do some research on it for me, and she had to go back to like paper files

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• As a reminder to everyone, today's hearing consists only of items that are on the suspense file.
• As noted in the daily file, the suspense file hearing is a vote-only hearing with no testimony.
• Before I get started, I promise to keep my opening comments shorter than the suspense file, and I do
• Across our state, difficult decisions had to be made regarding bills on the suspense file to mitigate
• SB 1218, refusal of registration, illegal dumping, violation penalties.

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met for a suspense-file hearing and voted only on measures already heard previously, with no public testimony. The chair explained that bills were taken up quickly in author order, with amended bills to be followed by addendum analyses. The committee considered a very large slate of Senate bills and two Assembly measures covering wildfire resilience, housing, insurance, energy, transportation, public safety, elections, health care, labor, environmental regulation, and various administrative and tax issues. Most measures were approved, many on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while a substantial number passed on 5-2 or 5-1 party-line votes with Republicans generally voting no. Several bills were amended before passage, including changes to funding contingencies, timelines, reporting requirements, definitions, and removal of certain enforcement or private-right-of-action provisions. A few members noted concerns on specific bills, including Senator Richardson on SB 1203 (private security training), though he said he would vote for it at this stage. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on wildfire smoke, wildfire recovery, mobile home parks, insurance nonrenewals, AI transparency, data center energy issues, Medi-Cal and health coverage, criminal justice, election administration, housing, and labor/workforce standards. The committee also approved AB 46 and AB 736. No bills were held for testimony because the hearing was vote-only, and the meeting adjourned after all items on the agenda were disposed of.

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• As a reminder to everyone, today's hearing consists only of items that are on the suspense file.
• As noted in the daily file, the suspense file hearing is a vote-only hearing with no testimony.
• Before I get started, I promise to keep my opening comments shorter than the suspense file, and I do
• Across our state, difficult decisions had to be made regarding bills on the suspense file to mitigate
• SB 1218, refusal of registration, illegal dumping, violation penalties.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• substitute is simply alleged, alleged counsel draft, and nothing is, is different conceptually than the filed
• social media platform to retain and display available provenance data, metadata embedded in media files
• When clicked, the user can see how the file was created, modified, including whether it was AI was used
• Both have refused to respond to the, to inform the community that House Bill 74 was going to be filed
• Last year, the Federal Fifth Circuit on a case filed against Judge Ramsey English Cantu from Mary County

Bills: HB74, HB175

Keywords: environmental project, public money, political subdivision, greenhouse gas emissions, federal law compliance, renewable energy, water conservation, retroactive child support, child conception, paternity, family law, health care expenses

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• And the legislature has refused to look at this issue.
• And the legislature has refused to look at this issue.
• And the legislature has refused to look at this issue.
• And the legislature has refused to look at this issue.
• </c><01:05:03.440><c> in</c> that had been uh filed in that had been uh filed in 2022<01:05:06.119><c

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at a young age, Anna understood struggle, but she refused to let it define
• students and to the band director, Hong Lhok, for their hard work and successful performance. she refused
• to let it Define her instead she refused to let it Define her instead she<00:10:14.279><c> worked</c
• to enact existing laws to as they refuse to enact existing laws to build<01:01:49.440><c> out</c><01
• For working the files they were assigned, which they are required to do.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, February 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The bill is ordered to general file.
• The bill is ordered to general file.
• The bill is ordered to general file.
• The bill is ordered to general file.
• The bill is ordered to general file.

Keywords: 909, all

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• Speaker, the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5998
• Speaker, the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 605
• Speaker, the Senate refuses to concurring the House amendments to engross substitute Senate Bill 5998
• Speaker, the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to engross substitute Senate Bill 6,05,

Bills: HB2720, HB2073, SB5816, SB5919, SB5831, SB6244, SB6044, SB5109, SB5877, SB6258

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate. Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales. The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.

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• One, if the definition of the rebates in SB 316 remains as is, manufacturers will be able to refuse to
• One, if the definition of the rebates in SB 316 remains as is, manufacturers will be able to refuse to
• One, if the definition of the rebates in SB316 remain as is, Manufacturers will be able to refuse to
• SB 316 remains as is, manufacturers will be able to refuse to continue paying the rebate administration

Bills: AB93, AB204, AB414, AB504, AB598

Keywords: public employees, police officers, benefits, appropriation, law enforcement, medical debt, collection agency, healthcare, consumer protection, financial assistance, occupational safety, air quality, greenhouse gases, employee monitoring, safety program, hemp, hemp products, cannabidiol, CBD, cannabis

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• And I refuse to let that happen.
• And I refuse<00:17:06.799><c> to</c><00:17:07.039><c> let</c><00:17:07.199><c> that</c><00:17:07.439>
• </c> refuse to let that happen. refuse to let that happen.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:11:31.920><c> with</c> following House files here with following House files here with transmitted
• House file number 1606, transmitted.
• </c> the Senate file numbers. the Senate file numbers.
• We're on Senate file number members. We're on Senate file number 3432. 3432. 3432.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Any other discussion on Senate file &gt;&gt; Any other discussion on Senate file number

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the tax return or file an amended tax return, or continue filing there, I believe that numbers could
• That is because the tax filing season—” “Representative Gress.
• That is because the tax filing season begins in January, and folks have to file their tax returns by
• to know that what they filed was actually going to be honored by this state.
• With taxpayers preparing to file in February, we passed a second tax conformity bill.

Summary: The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute. The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing. The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.

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• So if someone files a motion for disqualification or refusal, they now have certain timelines that have

Bills: HB4319, HB4317, HB1225, HB3076, HB3081, HB4226, SCR17, HB4432, HB3304, HB3411, HB3435, HB4339, HB4331, HB4341, HB4342, HB1770, HB1016, HB4113, HB2950, HB4141, HB3277, HB2988, HB3029, HB3338, HB1889, HB3834, HB3831, HB2939, HB3045, HB3657, HB1739, HB3759, HB3755, HB4484, HB4486, HB4108, HB1250, HB2961, HB1219, HB3025, HB1782, HB1907, HB3718, HB4459, HB2976, HB3548, HB3545, HB2952, HB2929, HB2956, HB2973, HB3055, HB3086, HB3040, HB3794, HB4336, HB3151, HB1590, HB3581, HB3313, HB3429, HB3448, HB1752, HB2650, HB3584, HB4202, HB3586, HB4321, HB4280, HB3650, HCR1020, HB2116, HB2206, HB4301, HB3625, HB3147, HB3403, HB3498, HB3970, HB3975, HB3976, HB3980, HB4265, HB4266, HB3638, HB3880, HB3930, HB3942, HB3944, HB4191, HB3242, HB3678

Keywords: administrative procedures, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, accounting, CPA, licensure, educational requirements, reciprocity, professional conduct, vital records, birth certificate, birth registration, biological sex, sex designation, male, female, nonbinary, gender identity

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• tenant shall have to answer when an application for a major capital improvement rent increase has been filed
• there's a long backlog and it's taking years for them to come and inspect, or there are landlords who refuse

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee met with quorum present and considered a full agenda of housing, code enforcement, and rent regulation bills, many of which had passed the Senate in prior years. Early measures included a statewide residential rental registry (S.912), penalties and reporting for vacant and abandoned properties (S.925), and extending tenant response time for major capital improvement rent increase applications (S.1461). The committee also advanced several code-enforcement and fire/building-code bills, including measures to expand remedies for Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code violations (S.3406), increase the Secretary of State’s code enforcement powers (S.4165 and S.4534), and authorize investigations into code administration and enforcement (S.4535). Members raised concerns about local fiscal impacts, the scope of state authority, contractor use, and whether the bills adequately define or limit “imminent threat” and related enforcement powers. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on S.4852, which would require the Codes Council to review and act on updates to international model codes within 18 months. Senators debated whether the bill would speed up code adoption or, as some feared, weaken economic reasonableness considerations by striking the word “economically” from the statutory standard. Supporters said the bill was intended to ensure prompt review of widely used model codes and noted other statutory safeguards remain in place; opponents worried about reduced attention to cost and practical impacts, especially amid housing and utility capacity constraints. The committee also discussed S.6368A, requiring complainants to receive copies of compliance orders issued after code complaints, and S.6600B, mandating inspections of certain non-fireproof buildings in New York City. Additional bills advanced included standards for all-gender bathroom design and construction (S.7131A), compensation for required code-enforcement personnel training (S.7159), and audits of individual apartment improvements in rent-regulated units (S.8046A). Several measures were reported to Finance, while others were reported to the floor. Throughout the meeting, votes were largely along expected lines, with some members voting negative or “without recommendation” on the more expansive code-enforcement bills. No bill was defeated, and all items on the agenda were reported out of committee.