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• There’s this thing called above the line and below the line.
• And so it’s creating a real... ...called above the line and below the line, and what we’ve done is move
• So when I look below the line, you directed me below the line earlier, and I'm trying to follow it because
• That is now below the line in the $4 billion.
• Between line 34 and 35, insert amendment.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

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• that appears in line two.
• that appears in line two.
• that appears in line two.
• <01:20:51.560> line<01:20:51.880> two definition that appears in line line two definition

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Line 36 is the...
• That on line 52.
• On line 119, there is the Grow Your Own program reduction.
• Line 146 is an item that has been there.
• Line 174 on page 5 shows the school library aid reduction.

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation

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• So this one is at article article article 6 6 6 R1<00:39:34.960> lines R1 lines R1 lines 103.16
• It's A6<00:39:54.119> R1<00:39:55.119> lines A6 R1 lines A6 R1 lines 103.16<00:39:57.119
• language on lines 104.25 through 104.27. language on lines 104.25 through 104.27.
• Page 27, line expended. Page 27, line 24,<00:58:35.440> delete,<00:58:36.760> submit.
• Senator Latz, line 104.26.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee took testimony on Senate File 3051, which would allow law enforcement to release unredacted collision crash investigation video and related data to certain requesters, rather than requiring redaction first. Joel Carlson, speaking for the Minnesota Association for Justice, said the bill is intended to save local governments time and money because redacted video is often later released unredacted through court motions anyway. He emphasized that the proposal is limited to people already entitled to crash reports, requires a written request and accident report, does not create an affirmative duty to release data, and preserves law enforcement’s ability to withhold data for active investigations or other protected information. He also cited the Burks decision as support for the view that a subject of data is entitled to the full data even if it includes other subjects. Colonel Christina Bogavich of the Minnesota State Patrol raised concerns that the bill would still require staff to review videos for exceptions, including private data involving bystanders, juveniles, undercover officers, CAD information, and other protected material, so it would not create the claimed time savings. She also said the bill expands the number of potential requesters and lacks a liability provision if released data is improperly disseminated. Committee members and staff discussed the current Data Practices Act, including that private data can still be discoverable in litigation through a court balancing test and that protective orders may apply. A preliminary fiscal note estimated a Department of Public Safety cost of $4,026,334 annually, and members requested copies of the note. Members questioned whether the bill would actually reduce work or simply shift when the work occurs, and whether a litigation-specific exception to redaction should be added. Carlson said he was open to changes, including making release permissive rather than mandatory and strengthening the use restrictions, while members noted the proposal had not yet been heard in the House and would need more vetting. No vote or final action was taken on the provision during this discussion.

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• The next line item is a new and vacant FTE pool.
• The next line item is the grants line item.
• So that's that funding line item.
• Line 20, you'll see adult farm management.
• The budget lines associated with those programs are in lines 19, 21, and 22 of page 1, and lines 1 and

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, and roll call, establishing a quorum. It then took up a series of appropriations and policy bills, with the most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs budget. The House approved amendments that shifted governance of the department and veterans’ home from ACOVA to the governor, citing concerns about ACOVA’s salary-setting actions and broader appropriation oversight. Members opposed to the change argued ACOVA had studied compensation and acted within its role. The amended bill passed 57-34, and the final bill passed 69-22 with the emergency clause carrying. The House also passed Senate Bill 2001, the legislative branch budget, which funds the 2027 session, legislative staff, chamber upgrades, IT improvements, and salary adjustments for legislative leaders; the bill passed 62-29, but the emergency clause failed. Senate Bill 2019, the Career and Technical Education budget, passed 82-10 with emergency clause. Senate Bill 2021, the Information Technology Department budget, passed 75-17 after discussion of data center migration, service automation, mainframe transition, ERP study, and DPI’s move from PowerSchool to Infinite Campus. Other measures passed included Senate Bill 2228 for rural grocery store sustainability grants, Senate Bill 2390 creating a rural catalyst community grant program, Senate Bill 2188 adjusting the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, and Senate Bill 2265 authorizing a veterans national cemetery grant and line of credit with added reporting safeguards. Several House bills returned from the Senate were concurred in and then passed, including House Bill 1361 on mandatory minimum sentences for human trafficking offenders, House Bill 1017 for the Game and Fish Department, House Bill 1588 on firearms and dangerous weapons provisions, House Bill 1429 on harassment and stalking involving robots, House Bill 1591 on county fair resiliency grants, House Bill 1537 on service agreement protection for water projects, House Bill 1203 on edible medical marijuana products, and House Bill 1027 transferring administration of the State Fire and Tornado Fund from the Insurance Commissioner to OMB. The House also rejected a motion to reconsider Senate Bill 2307, which dealt with library materials and obscenity-related restrictions, by a vote of 48-51. In addition, the chamber appointed conference committees on several House and Senate measures where concurrence had failed, and laid over Senate Bill 2340 for two legislative days.

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• Let's go on that line. I'll take up to three hands for those.
• Page 15, line 16.
• The bottom of the page and then on the second page all the way to line 22.
• I have added an extra line, one additional line. Call the roll, please. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• So that would go on to page 5, stopping on line 14. Renumbering accordingly.

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• Clerk, if you would please read the line item vetoes in House Bill 504.
• Page two, line 10, after the words 'fiscal year,' delete the quote marks.
• Page 14, lines 8 through 22, delete in their entirety.
• Page 14, lines 8 through 22, delete in their entirety.
• Page<01:24:24.640> 14,<01:24:25.240> line<01:24:25.560> 23, Page 14, line 23, Page

Keywords: In an effort to stave off issues that may occur with long format live streams, we have split this stream into two parts., 958, all

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• Them, and I'll move on to a different line of questioning.
• It's really lines about 11 to 25. Thank you for that question.
• They're on the front lines. They're working as hard as they can.
• The previous line of questioning brought up a couple of questions I had.
• It's following up really from our first line of questioning.

Bills: SB1778, SB1570, SB134, SB1966, SB1636, SB1725, SB1726, SB259, SB504, SB592, SB2030, SB1572, SB843, SB1242, SB1255, SB1262, SB1264, SB1286, SB1581, SB1290, SB1316, SB1319, SB1369, SB1379, SB1381, SB1400, SB1427, SB1436, SB1461, SB1496, SB1509, SB1534, SB1553, SB904, SB1592, SB1645, SB1684, SB1767, SB1772, SB1813, SB1894, SB1928, SB1946, SB1980, SB2040, SB2060, SB2061

Keywords: reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations

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• Okay, and along those same lines, so in lines 242 to 243, we talk about those who are formerly incarcerated
• I'm sorry, what line was that again, please? I'm sorry, what line was that again, please?
• In line 986, it's...
• I'm in the area of 394 to lines 394 to 400.
• If you're on line 423 through 426...

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation, adopting a substitute amendment that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and fund a traffic signal modernization program with $10 million annually from the State Transportation Trust Fund. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales tax transfer to the trust fund, a bid protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for SB 628, “Lucy's Law,” on boating safety, which would strengthen penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless vessel operation. Lucy’s parents gave emotional testimony in support, describing the fatal 2022 boating crash and urging stronger accountability. The sponsor withdrew pending amendments, and the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, was next; the strike-all amendment covered a broad range of agriculture-related changes, including water fluoridation restrictions, labeling rules, drone restrictions over farmland, disaster recovery programs, an honest services registry, FFA-related provisions, and agricultural land preservation. Testimony included support from agricultural and gun-rights groups, opposition from banking, dental, and local-government advocates, and a lengthy public debate over fluoridation and financial discrimination. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems was reported favorably with little debate. The committee then took up CS for SB 1618 on K-12 education, adopting a delete-all amendment that combined a wide range of education provisions, including VPK flexibility, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention requirements, teacher assignment reporting, restrictions on spending public funds on political or social activism, postsecondary and workforce-related changes, and other school and college system updates. Several speakers opposed the activism-related funding restriction, while the sponsor said the bill was intended to keep publicly funded schools focused on education; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 7016 on initiative petitions, adopting a strike-all amendment that would sharply tighten petition circulation rules and increase penalties. The proposal would require circulators to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, impose training and registration requirements, shorten petition submission deadlines, require more identifying information on petition forms, limit sponsors to one amendment per election cycle, and create new enforcement and investigation triggers, including a 25% invalid-signature threshold. Sponsors argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect the integrity of constitutional amendment petitions, while senators raised concerns about due process, public-records issues, burdens on volunteers, and the impact on voters and sponsors. The bill was not reported in the portion provided, and the discussion remained ongoing at the end of the transcript.

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• If you are not in the jail on line 1046...
• I want to go to line 1769...
• If you go to line 1051...
• Go back to line 1052.
• The bottom line is we statutorily gave...

Bills: SJR36, SR8, SR14, SR15, SR17, HCR54

Keywords: accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault

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• , who pays for the transmission lines, who pays for the transmission<02:01:15.600> lines<02:01
• those electricity transmission lines those electricity transmission lines being<02:05:25.560>
• line will be. line will be.
• the cost of the electric line the cost of the electric line extension

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a quorum call showing 116 members present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It then took up three ceremonial resolutions. One honored Robert Buchanan for his philanthropy, community leadership, and service in the greater Washington region; another welcomed a visiting delegation from County Tipperary, Ireland, and recognized efforts to strengthen Maryland-Ireland ties; and a third congratulated Dr. Miriam Rogers on her retirement as superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and her 2026 Woman in School Leadership Award. The chamber then moved through a series of committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports on bills without objection and ordering them to third reading. Measures included House Bills 435, 954, 1087, 1470, 936, 1110, 1554, 187, 324, 688, 776, 1152, 1320, and 1348, covering topics such as movie captioning in public accommodations, procurement and finance, health care facilities, school food procurement, tax foreclosure notice requirements, agricultural electricity tax study, expungement, child support rights, intercepted communications penalties, juvenile supervision, police orders studies, victim notification, and human trafficking reporting. Several bills were amended before being advanced, including House Bill 768 on benefits for children in custody, which added a foster youth savings program; House Bill 877 on institutional debt reporting, which changed reporting dates and required a data dictionary; House Bill 1092 on child advocacy centers, which clarified continuity-of-care standards and technical assistance grants; House Bill 310 on restrictive housing for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which required assessment at admission; House Bill 634 on police training, which added training on intellectual and developmental disabilities; House Bill 750 on access to religious facilities; House Bill 752 on gift card valuation and forgery; House Bill 1005 on child abuse and neglect reporting; and House Bill 1105 on consumer protection limitations, which was amended to apply only to civil suits. House Bill 1105 drew additional discussion, with the minority leader asking for a special order to review the changes, and the House agreed to postpone it until the appropriate time the next day. Later, House Bill 953, which would authorize transfers from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund, prompted extended questioning about Western Maryland flooding, FEMA denials, and the state’s response; the bill was presented as a way to provide relief after federal aid was denied. The transcript ends with the House still in session and continuing through the appropriations report.

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• Line 8. I think that's where I'm at, line 12. And so not all 33 counties participate.
• To section C, lines 6 through 20.
• It talks on line 10.
• They are on line six.
• I want them at the front of the line.

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• The first column is just line numbers.
• So overall uh on lines three and four.
• then on line eight net to the targets. then on line eight net to the targets.
• Uh line 92. It's the homeowners three. Uh line 92.
• And then lines 117 and 118 go bianium.

Bills: HF1646, HF2443

Keywords: medical debt, debt relief, healthcare financing, consumer protection, financial hardship, commerce, cannabis, insurance, housing, ombudsperson, affordability, property, task force, financial institutions, 1183, house

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• One of the lingos is above the line and below the line.
• Please tell us what is above the line and what is below the line.
• is above the line and below the<00:39:07.359> line<00:39:07.960> yes<00:39:08.440>
• <00:39:15.920> uh the line and what is below the line uh the line and what is below the line
• included in an HD1 so uh above the line included in an HD1 so uh above the line is<00:40:14.400>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on. The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing. The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.

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• THE HOUSE OFFERS THE LANGUAGE ON LINE 1, HOUSE POSITION ON LINE 3 MODIFIED LANGUAGE ON LINES 5 THROUGH
• WE MAINTAIN OUR HOUSE POSITION ON LINES 10, 40 4G AND 44 I.
• LINE 69 RELATED TO DEBT REDUCTION AND 79 RELATED TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND.
• THIS AND THAT GOES TO THE HOUSE POSITION ON THE REMAINING TWO LINES.
• THERE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL ATTACHMENTS FOR LINES 28, 20 9A, B AND 820 9C. THAT IS THE OFFER MR.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• First responders choose their line of work knowing that every day they walk into the unknown.
• They chose their path anyway to put their lives on the line in the service of their community, their
• First responders choose their line of work knowing that every day they walk into the unknown.
• They chose their path anyway to put their lives on the line in the service of their community, their
• of duty while responding to in the line of duty while responding to a<00:09:44.920> domestic<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair, um, moving to line 1.8 and 1.9, these lines clarify the effective date for the Southwest solid
• > lines<00:02:41.800> clarify<00:02:42.240> the 1.9, these uh lines clarify the
• have the next couple of lines. have the next couple of lines. >> Uh<00:03:59.240> Mr.
• c> 22, lines 21 and 22, lines 21 and 22, um<00:04:06.640> remove<00:04:07.080> the<
• <00:18:56.400> 2.8, on line 2.8, on line 2.8, um,<00:18:58.680> it<00:18:58.800>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• General's lines.
• And on line 1.24 and 1.25 numbers.
• And finally, on line 1.26, there were a couple of lines reflecting transfers that the Secretary
• The motion prevails. line. I think constituents deserve to line.
• <00:27:46.120> So, them in line with that. So, them in line with that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• On line nine, you will see a similar change to the change on line seven.
• Uh line 57 on the spreadsheet that that.
• Line 40 shows 393.869 million dollars.
• However, the net change is that line 31.
• Line 40 shows 393.869 million dollars.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm looking at Section E that starts on line fifty. Can you walk me through it?
• I think you're on line four. I'm sorry, on page four, line three, a good one for clarification.
• to determine whether a violation occurred, lines 3.
• We're looking at we're looking at page three, and now we're in line 23.
• And so, just to follow up on my last line of questioning. line of questioning.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution