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• officers to provide on-site security.
• officers to provide on-site security.
• officers to provide on-site security.
• > that<01:18:07.360> security<01:18:07.840> is there and oftentimes that security
• serve as the legislative policy manager serve as the legislative policy manager for<02:40:40.240

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, House Bill 1266 allows moderators to continue to perform that oversight and management at the end
• to perform that oversight and management to perform that oversight and management at<00:10:38.560
• At the same point, I'm not willing to take away that right right now in the way they manage that. >>
• on the existing procedures to secure on the existing procedures to secure absentee<00:56:46.480>
• in town they are still kept securely in town clerk's<01:01:57.119> offices.

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• treatment services in a secure treatment services in a secure setting<00:10:21.399> we<00
• <00:16:56.240> that service uh with case management that service uh with case management that
• <00:32:52.279> treatment building our new secure treatment building our new secure treatment
• <00:43:56.240> if services with outside case managers if services with outside case managers
• state takes of the um Social Security state takes of the um Social Security payment<01:10:35.880

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 House Finance Committee opened a work session and announced scheduling updates, including a second Medicaid work session on March 5 at 9:00 a.m. and a reminder that recommendations or budget amendments must be moved to the full finance committee by the end of March. Members were told no motions, roll calls, or votes would be taken, and the chair also reviewed upcoming meeting dates and weather-related cancellation procedures. The day’s presentation was a budget work session on the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), with officials Marie Nunan and Nathan White introducing the agency’s budget materials and mission. DCYF’s presentation focused on its core mandates and recent operational changes. Officials described child protective services, juvenile justice services, and the Sununu Youth Services Center, then highlighted workforce improvements, including reduced vacancy rates for assessment caseworkers, juvenile justice officers, and youth counselors. They attributed the staffing gains to legislative pay raises, mass recruitment posting changes, a more stable and trauma-informed model at SYC, and broader flexibility after prior budget cuts and hiring freezes. Members asked about full-time versus part-time staffing, and DCYF said most positions discussed were full-time, with some harder-to-fill part-time youth counselor roles at SYC. The committee also discussed DCYF’s emphasis on serving families earlier through its Community Navigator hotline referrals and community-based voluntary services, which are intended to connect families to supports before abuse or neglect escalates. Officials said the Community Navigator program had received 807 referrals since August 2023. On juvenile justice, DCYF described its assessment and diversion process and said it had reduced juvenile probation involvement by 30% from 2019 to 2023; members were directed to slide 17 for 2024 data, and officials said the trend continued toward fewer in-home juvenile justice cases. The agency also reported progress in kinship care, saying initial out-of-home placements with kin now occur 74% of the time and that kinship placements are associated with more reunification. Officials said kinship caregivers are being licensed and paid similarly to foster parents, and that the legislature’s kinship law has helped. Finally, DCYF outlined transition-age youth supports, including the HOPE program, Youth Villages LifeSet, and housing vouchers. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• Their decades of experience managing large-scale fiber systems will help ensure reliable, secure service
• Because they've developed and managed these networks before.
• Because they've developed and managed these networks before.
• They'll continue to help us manage the operator, right?
• It is managed because the statute does not say the third-party administrator is to help CDT manage operations

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The subcommittee first heard an update on the California Education Learning Lab, which the administration wants to move from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to the Government Operations Agency and fund at $4 million annually. The Learning Lab and a UC Davis faculty lead described intersegmental grants supporting teaching innovation, including an AI-focused project involving UC, CSU, and community college faculty. The Department of Finance supported the proposal as a way to align higher education and workforce efforts, while the LAO recommended rejecting it, arguing the work is hard to scale, overlaps with existing campus and segment-wide professional development, and could be wound down to save General Fund dollars. Members questioned the program’s outcomes, administrative costs, and whether it fills a gap not already covered elsewhere; the item was held open. The committee then considered funding for the new Office of Civil Rights in GovOps to implement AB 715 and SB 48, with a request for $3.5 million in 2026-27 and $2.8 million ongoing. Administration staff said the office has been set up, positions posted, and space and equipment secured, but acknowledged that detailed program guidance cannot yet be developed until subject-matter staff are hired. The LAO had no concerns, but several senators raised concerns about the office’s placement in GovOps, the lack of guidance for schools, the pending litigation and possible follow-on legislation, and whether the staffing structure matches the workload across different discrimination categories. The administration said it would coordinate with the Department of Education, develop outreach and guidance once staff are in place, and shift resources as needed based on workload. The item was held open. After public comment supporting the California Education Interagency Council, the subcommittee voted to approve several vote-only items: items 11 through 17 were approved unanimously, and items 6 through 10 were approved on a 3-1 vote, with Senator Nilo voting no. The committee then heard from the Office of Data and Innovation, which requested five positions and $1.25 million in reimbursement authority to expand its digital service delivery work. ODI described projects using data science and iterative design to improve state services, including reducing unauthorized EBT transactions and forecasting water system outages; the LAO had no concerns, and members expressed support while asking about privacy protections and data safeguards for vendor AI tools. The item was held open. Finally, the Department of Technology presented on the Middle Mile Broadband Initiative, describing progress on the statewide open-access network, including 423 miles already active, more than 70% permitted, and a selected operator, Skyline Technology Solutions, to handle day-to-day operations. The LAO noted most of the $3.8 billion in appropriated funds is already encumbered and raised concerns about the new three-party structure, accountability, and long-term financial sustainability. Members pressed CDT on completion timelines, the need for a two-year extension of the encumbrance period, the legal basis for the operator arrangement, revenue projections, and oversight of the out-of-state operator. CDT said it expects about 5,300 miles completed by December 2026, with some work slipping into 2027, and said it will continue annual reports and quarterly advisory committee updates. The item remained under discussion.

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• It means sometimes security guards.
• That did not teach me how to manage facilities.
• My master's degree did not teach me how to manage personnel.
• One is our strategic resource management.
• Management is hard. It's the hardest job.

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• Our Division of Emergency Management has had other countries reach out to them asking to go through their
• helping to protect and manage the manatee population at $12 million.
• Moving into the DJJ silo here, security enhancement and maintenance, we've recommended $29.4 million.
• I want to follow up on some of the questions that were asked from emergency management.
• Because it is being managed by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

Bills: S7010

Keywords: Roth contributions, deferred compensation, retirement savings, Florida Statutes, tax benefits

Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations met to take up SB 7010 by Senator Mayfield, which would authorize Roth post-tax contribution options in state and local deferred compensation plans. The bill was briefly explained, received one appearance in support, had no debate, and was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget on the governor’s recommended $117.4 billion “Floridians’ First Budget.” The presentation highlighted major spending areas including education, health care, public safety, transportation, environmental restoration, and economic development. Key proposals included increased FEFP funding for K-12 schools, teacher salary funding, higher education support, Everglades and water quality funding, emergency preparedness reserves, corrections staffing and pay increases, law enforcement recruitment bonuses, cybersecurity, and affordable housing and infrastructure investments. Members asked extensive questions about property tax reserve planning, litigation funding, emergency response fund balances and expenditures, the use of federal reimbursement for the Everglades detention facilities, the animal abuse hotline, Hope Florida, corrections staffing, and the proposed reduction in ADAP eligibility for HIV/AIDS medication assistance. A member of the public also testified at length about concerns that the ADAP changes would harm access to life-saving medications and alleged improper shifting of program funds. Committee members and the presenter acknowledged follow-up questions on several items, but no additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the favorable report on SB 7010 and adjournment.

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• And you could build Fort Knox, which is super secure, really... ...the super secure, really restrictive
• Medicaid managed care. Today, about 98% of Medicaid clients are in Medicaid managed care.
• Everything at this point is in Medicaid managed care. Managed care works just like insurance.
• So claims management, what providers are participating in the program, and overall care management, making
• Who's actually managing the list?

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And I think that refers to the ambivalence toward domestic security.
• So you'll look at what the domestic security funding coming to Florida looked like back in 2004.
• Right off the top, DEM gets a percentage for management and administration of the funds.
• where different agencies put in a request for Homeland Security Fund projects.
• And it's undeniable that fusion centers are very valuable in the whole domestic security realm.

Summary: The committee heard two presentations on domestic security. Deputy Commissioner David Binder of FDLE described the state’s domestic security structure, including FDLE’s coordination role, the fusion center system, regional task forces, and private-sector infrastructure partnerships. He emphasized the Domestic Security Oversight Council’s grant-ranking process and warned that federal homeland security funding has dropped sharply over time, with possible future cuts threatening fusion center analysts and other capabilities. Binder also focused on emerging threats, especially drones and counter-UAS issues, noting current legal limits on mitigation authority, concerns about tethered drones and drone use near correctional facilities and military sites, and the need for a turnkey solution if state or federal authority expands. He also highlighted FDLE’s cataloging of critical infrastructure sites through Florida Kicker and the growth of trusted private partners. Director Dave Kerner of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then outlined the Florida Highway Patrol’s role in domestic security. He paid tribute to a fallen sergeant and discussed FHP’s structure, criminal interdiction work, border integrity and trafficking enforcement, dispatch and communications, aviation and drone use, and immigration enforcement under 287(g). Kerner said troopers have seized large amounts of narcotics and currency this year and have arrested thousands of unlawful immigrants. He also described FHP’s involvement in operations such as Lone Star, Vigilant Sentry, and Faithful Service, and said the agency is working toward expanded counter-UAS authority through federal discussions and Sergeant Dooley’s testimony. Members expressed support for both agencies, discussed the dangers and potential benefits of drones, and the committee adjourned without objection after no public testimony was offered.

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• this when it comes to a case management this when it comes to a case management type<00:26:52.000
• Um I work on cyber security issues in the past few years.
• Um I work on cyber security issues in the past few years.
• Um I work on cyber security information.
• <01:28:30.239> poses incapable of self-management poses incapable of self-management poses

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• manage some data systems related to their courts.
• records system or the case management records system or the case management systems<00:10:54.240
• understanding that the counties manage understanding that the counties manage some<00:10:59.200>
• And uh, it is more of a, I would call it, a management system than uh maybe a data system.
• more of a I would call it a u management more of a I would call it a u management system<00:12:13.120

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 2 February, 2026; 1:30 PM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2189, described as a transfer bill that brings forward code sections tied to the various funds used to compose the budget. With no questions, the committee adopted a title sufficient do pass motion and reported the bill. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2190, which would raise Mississippi’s rainy day fund cap from 10% to 15% of general fund revenue. The chair explained that the change would gradually build the reserve over time to a little over $1 billion, and clarified in response to questions that the figure did not include money being used for PERS or capex. The bill received a title sufficient do pass recommendation. Next, Senate Bill 2717 was presented as a modernization of the My Kids youth court information system, which was described as 35 to 40 years old and antiquated. Senator Wiggins said the bill follows an audit and would support an $8 million replacement effort, with a three-year implementation and training period, and that the new system would be cloud-based and allow better data sharing among youth court-related agencies while preserving county-level protections. Senators raised concerns about prior ARPA funding, disclosure of youth court records, and the effect of a repealer in current law; Wiggins and others said related disclosure issues were being addressed in separate Judiciary A bills. The committee then voted title sufficient do pass. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 2896, a DPS-requested measure tied to pay increases for highway patrol, Bureau of Narcotics, and Bureau of Investigation personnel, with the chair saying the proposal would keep the bill alive through a reverse repealer in the committee substitute. Finally, the committee considered companion bills Senate Bills 2898 and 2924 to provide $20 million to MEMA’s Disaster Assistance Trust Fund in response to the recent ice storm and to cover state disaster expenses. Members discussed federal disaster reimbursement rules, the distinction between individual assistance and public assistance, insurance requirements, and the need for local governments to document eligible expenses. Both bills were adopted by title sufficient do pass, and the committee also passed Senate Bill 2917, which changes Mississippi Valley State University’s request from a new residence hall to repair and renovation of existing residence halls. The chair then set remaining bills aside for a later meeting and the committee rose and reported.

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• is not an insurance company. managed money collected from managed money collected from governmental<
• <00:14:58.639> program risk management program risk management program meeting<00:15:00.040
• <01:18:11.400> is access to pulled risk management is access to pulled risk management is
• evaluation of the pooled risk management evaluation of the pooled risk management program<01:41:
• <01:46:02.599> of the risk pool and are the managers of the risk pool and are the managers

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• that our appellate courts are secure.
• , and security for the new campus, and it should be fully operational for the 2028 Olympics.
• The same thing with nonprofit security grants, given the state's fiscal condition.
• , and security for the new campus, and it should be fully operational for the 2028 Olympics.
• The same thing with nonprofit security grants given the state's fiscal condition.

Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the judicial branch, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget remains structurally imbalanced and urged the Legislature to avoid new ongoing spending unless offset by reductions elsewhere. In the judicial branch discussion, the Judicial Council highlighted language access funding, appellate court security, a backfill for the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation room mandate; Finance supported most items but suggested reporting language on interpreter costs and reducing the General Fund backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial vacancies, long-term salary freezes, remote hearings, and the lack of progress on court staffing in some counties. For the Board of State and Community Corrections, the administration proposed $10 million one-time each for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People grant program and a human trafficking vertical prosecution grant program. The LAO said both should be weighed against other priorities and suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and asked whether ongoing support would be considered. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said BSC was a good fit because of its grant administration experience and prior vertical prosecution work, while legislators asked why the program was not placed with the Office of Emergency Services as originally contemplated in prior legislation. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse staffing, completion of organized retail criminal enterprise cases, and trailer bill language for a continuous appropriation from the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO supported the antitrust account use but questioned the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s ability to cover the full request without General Fund repayment, and recommended against a continuous appropriation for the restitution fund in favor of a more limited mechanism with legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. In the CDCR portion, the largest discussion centered on the Boston Consulting Group efficiency review and sharply reduced savings estimates; LAO said the department had not fully explained the proposed position eliminations or future $100 million savings target, while Finance said the work reflected deeper analysis and ongoing efforts to find savings. Members repeatedly pressed CDCR and Finance on the gap between earlier promised savings and the revised figures. CDCR also outlined population projections showing continued declines in prison and parole populations, while LAO again urged the state to close an additional prison to save ongoing costs. The department then walked through several May Revision items, including workers’ compensation funding, a Corcoran honor housing dorm, incarcerated firefighter pay implementation, an incarcerated menopause program, mental health receiver staffing, mental health resource teams and crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing changes, and AI note-taking for the electronic health record. LAO generally recommended limiting-term funding and more reporting for many of these proposals, while Finance defended them as necessary ongoing investments or court-ordered obligations. Members questioned the cost of workers’ compensation, the need for more prison closures, the lack of funding for women’s facility violence prevention, and the timing and transparency of the BCG savings process. No votes were taken.

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• our national security.
• our national dem our national security. our national dem our national security.
• <04:46:13.840> Thankfully, security of this nation. Thankfully, security of this nation.
• security assistance is spent where? security assistance is spent where?
• Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• In the DDDP program, persons are securely housed and provided competency training in order to return
• they are not able to stand trial for their crimes but still require... ...court-ordered placement, secure
• The department also strengthened data verification tools as part of the performance management efforts
• As a management tool that's available to both our frontline team members as well as supervisors and managers
• Policy adjustments have also been made to strengthen the management tool.

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• One theme that I think runs throughout our work is the notion of economic security.
• Housing stability and food security improved significantly among participants.
• has set for me. ...the income limit that Social Security has set for me.
• Half of them improved and maintained their housing security.
• Social Security payments have worked for many, many years.

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223, HB323, HB524, HB530, HB636, HB762, HB21, HB211, HB223

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

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• I so when you say strategically, how are you going to manage an agency?
• But we certainly have a security risk in emergency risk.
• I management. Okay.
• It's strategically placed okay in 6 sector risk assessment with benefits and how's it manage its managed
• And we get a feature from FSU with their risk management program.

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• The first division within the Department of Public Safety is Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• <00:20:53.200> On Security and Emergency Management.
• On Security and Emergency Management.
• Uh Senator Wesling security grants.
• Um and the commissioner of management Um and the commissioner of management and<00:54:13.920>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• grant management work. grant management work.
• of assigned grant managers. of assigned grant managers.
• have about grant management. have about grant management.
• > grant And the manage- behavioral grant And the manage- behavioral grant managers<00:54:33.960
• Security Act. Security Act.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• These are all good guardrails for this bill for transparency and financial security.
• Public transport is financial security. Public transport is a vital service.
• It's the nonprofit in Aurora that relies on project management tools.
• security tools, cloud storage, and...
• Security tools, cloud storage, and countless other services that businesses rely on to operate.

Keywords: 981, all

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• On Monday, I sit on the fraud committee too, and the Office of Grants Management presented to us.
• There are people that just look at Social Security numbers.
• that just look at um Social Security that just look at um Social Security numbers<00:08:20.879><
• and agency grants management as drafted.
• <00:51:45.920> 811 strategies for Grants management 811 strategies for Grants management 811

Keywords: 1183, house