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• The ayes have it, and the motion prevails. I ask for a moment of silence in memory of Mr. Manuel B.
• All those in favor of this motion say, aye, oppose, no, the eyes have it, and the motion prevails.

Keywords: 1212, all

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• Motion prevails. Thank you, Mr.
• Motion prevails. Anything else? So that's April 10th, I believe the time to be determined. Correct?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Brings us to section three, the incarcerated wage study.
• </c><00:49:54.520><c> The</c><00:49:54.640><c> bill</c> incarcerated wage study.
• The bill incarcerated wage study.
• </c> Corrections, to evaluate current wages Corrections, to evaluate current wages wages<00:49:59.560
• It does not set new wage levels today.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• . >> The motion prevails and House File 3425 is recommended for placement on the general register.
• &gt;&gt; The<00:19:27.919><c> motion</c><00:19:28.240><c> prevails</c><00:19:28.640><c> and</c><00:19
• :28.799><c> House</c><00:19:29.039><c> File</c><00:19:29.280><c> 3425</c> &gt;&gt; The motion prevails
• and House File 3425 &gt;&gt; The motion prevails and House File 3425 is<00:19:30.320><c> recommended

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , members, House Bill 2459 removes the restriction that charges for utilities be limited to the prevailing
• If the plaintiff prevails, the court must award declaratory and injunctive relief, at least $100,000
• If the plaintiff prevails, the court must award declaratory and injunctive relief at least $100,000 in
• financial damages, It prevails the court must award declaratory and injunctive relief at least $100,000

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting covered a large number of bills and resolutions across education, federalism, government, health, commerce, and judiciary-related topics. In education, members heard bills on moving the statewide testing window later, allowing paper-based testing in more cases, posting school administrator compensation data, expanding who may receive student directory information, reviewing duplicative ADE reporting requirements, requiring religious excusals, creating a school fitness recognition program, and a proposed ballot measure on sex-designated school sports and private spaces. In federalism, the committee discussed banning foreign nationals from funding ballot-measure committees and a proposal to eliminate voting centers and return to precinct-based voting. Other items included memorials urging the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations and the IMF, and a government bill penalizing agencies that fail to submit financial reports on time. Health and human services bills focused on lactation care, a state certification program for lactation providers, prohibiting gender transition procedures for minors, requiring chief medical officers at state agencies to hold active licenses, clarifying air ambulance statutes, seeking a SNAP waiver to restrict non-eligible food purchases, and collecting hospital patient immigration-status data for reporting. Sponsors generally framed these as consumer protection, public health, or administrative cleanup measures, while some members raised concerns about cost, privacy, and possible legal conflicts. In commerce, the committee heard bills on digital goods disclosure, protections for child content creators, liability limits for river outfitters, landlord utility billing transparency, appraisal management company definitions, unemployment eligibility verification, and association-based health plans. Several measures were pulled from consent or flagged for amendments. The judiciary portion included bills creating a civil cause of action for violations of anti-DEI laws, expanding hate-crime-style penalties to include political affiliation and expression, adding reporting requirements for name changes by sex offenders, penalizing possession of falsified commercial driver’s licenses by unlawfully present individuals, adding penalties for mailing abortion-inducing drugs, allowing speed-limiting devices as an alternative to license suspension, extending inmate transition services, increasing penalties for sexual extortion involving older teens, requiring legislative approval to close state shooting ranges, and advancing an Article V convention resolution for congressional term limits. Several sponsors emphasized public safety, parental rights, election integrity, or government accountability, while some members raised constitutional or implementation concerns, particularly on liability, voting systems, and the term-limits resolution. Multiple bills were reported as being on consent calendars, with some pulled for amendments or further discussion.

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• And the reason is that in 2021, when we made revisions to the Burt Harris bill, we allowed the prevailing
• property owners, should they prevail, to seek their legal fees and so. ...allowed the prevailing property
• owner, should they prevail, to seek their legal fees beginning in that pre-suit notification period.

Bills: S0144, S0192, S0332, S0532, S0620, S0694, S0820, S0888, S1000, S1224, S1396, S1500

Keywords: public records, employee protection, Judicial Qualifications Commission, information exemption, confidentiality, chiropractic physician, chiropractor, patient trust funds, escrow, advance payments, prepaid treatment, trust account, fiduciary duty, patient property, Florida Statutes 460.413, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, disciplinary action, commingling of funds, client funds, medical billing

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and first postponed SB 532. It then heard and approved SB 620, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board office to disclose any citizenship other than U.S. citizenship. The bill drew one waiver in opposition from Common Cause and passed 8-0. The committee also heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters said it would add transparency, limit funder control over litigation, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in funding; opponents argued it would create strategic advantages for defendants and could burden plaintiffs. The bill passed 7-2. The committee later approved SB 192, repealing a $1,500 cap on patient funds held in trust by chiropractic physicians, and SB 888, extending limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for design professionals in private contracts; both passed unanimously among those voting. The committee also approved several Judiciary-related measures. CS/SB 332, as amended, creates a narrow temporary public meetings/public records exemption for certain pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments, and passed 7-0. SB 820, which strengthens quarterly reporting requirements for problem-solving courts, passed 10-0. SB 1500, implementing probate process recommendations to raise small-estate thresholds, clarify access to safe deposit boxes, and improve enforcement in uncontested probate, also passed 10-0. SB 144, creating a public records exemption for personal information of current and former Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, passed 9-1. The committee then approved CS/SB 1224, as amended, making it a third-degree felony to fraudulently obtain possession of a rental unit through false written statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; the bill passed 10-0. SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, passed 10-0 after testimony from banking and credit union representatives and support from Senate leadership. Finally, CS/SB 694, providing compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four, was heard with emotional testimony from family members and advocates describing the wrongful convictions, killings, and decades-long effort for redress; an amendment specified equal shares for the four families, and the bill passed 10-0. Several members requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.

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• And the motion prevails; the minutes are adopted.
• The motion prevails; the amendment is adopted. To your bill, Vice Chair Ryer, as amended.
• The motion prevails; the amendment is adopted.
• Motion prevails, and the amendment is adopted.

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• Those opposed, the motion prevails, and House File 1010, as amended, is referred to the Judiciary Finance
• 00:24:01.640><c> motion</c> say I I I those opposed the motion say I I I those opposed the motion prevails
• 03.159><c> file</c><00:24:03.440><c> 1010</c><00:24:03.960><c> as</c><00:24:04.120><c> amended</c> prevails
• and house file 1010 as amended prevails and house file 1010 as amended is<00:24:04.640><c> referred<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There being 13 ayes, zero nays, the motion prevails.
• The motion prevails. Chair lays out as pending business House Bill 365 by.
• There being 13 ayes and zero nays, the motion prevails.
• I represent of Sweenor There being 13 ayes and 0 nays, the motion prevails.

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• In any way, even covering cases of health care, I know we calculate out people's wages and they're going
• And then you're like, okay, this person may... ...calculate out people's wages and they're going to work
• wanted to ask you about is something that I've done some work in, which is just narrowing the gender wage
• And so I'm wondering if you can speak, you know, the numbers still show that there is a significant wage
• You know, the numbers still show that there is a significant wage gap for state employment.

Summary: The Senate Rules Committee met to consider several routine items and two governor’s appointments requiring appearance. The committee first approved, by unanimous 5-0 votes, the appointments of Armin Meyer to the Division of Consumer Financial Protection and Uca Danka to the California State Lottery Commission, along with bill referrals, a rules waiver request to suspend Senate Rule 55 for guests on the floor, and floor acknowledgments. The committee then heard from Arania Ortega, appointed to the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). Members asked about her background, PERB’s handling of AB 288 while litigation remains pending, recusal rules, case backlogs, ride-share enforcement, and legislative employee unionization. Ortega said PERB has no current backlog, is prepared to implement AB 288 if litigation changes, and has recusal procedures that would automatically exclude her from certain state employee and child care cases for one year. Public testimony supported the appointment, and the committee voted 5-0 to send Ortega’s nomination to the full Senate. The committee also heard from Monica Erickson, nominated to continue as Director of the Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Questions focused on bargaining and fiscal responsibility, CalPERS oversight, recruitment and retention, telework, discipline and accountability, DEIA efforts, degree requirements, veteran hiring, return-to-office implementation, and the gender pay gap. Erickson said CalHR is working to reduce vacancies, expand recruitment pipelines, remove unnecessary degree requirements, support departments with guidance and training, and address pay equity; she also noted the gender pay gap has declined over the past decade. Supportive public testimony followed, and her nomination was approved 5-0 to advance to the Senate floor. The committee then adjourned.

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• homicide, criminal sexual assault, child pornography, drug overdose cases involving deaths, and even wage
• busy in this area to protect competition in the marketplace, benefit consumers, and maintain fair wage
• We also created a wage theft unit, which has been able to return about $2 million back to workers whose
• wages have been stolen from them.
• An example of the work has to do with Evergreen Acres, a dairy farm that stole over $3 million in wages

Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837

Keywords: HF627, fiscal note, fiscal notes, Minnesota Legislature, state government, committee procedure, ranking minority member, minority party, standing committee, Ways and Means, Finance Committee, legislative process, budget analysis, fiscal impact, Minnesota Statutes 3.98, committee chair, legislative transparency, HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice

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• We rely on strict safety standards, wage and hour standards, and we appreciate strong environmental standards
• We rely on strict safety standards, wage and hour standards, and we appreciate strong environmental standards
• has we rely on strict<00:13:02.680><c> safety</c><00:13:03.040><c> standards</c><00:13:03.760><c> wage
• </c><00:13:04.000><c> and</c><00:13:04.160><c> hour</c> strict safety standards wage and hour strict
• safety standards wage and hour standards<00:13:04.920><c> and</c><00:13:05.040><c> we</c><00:13:05.160

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Partial wage replacement.
• Partial wage replacement. downturns. Partial wage replacement.
• </c> related programs there's combined wage related programs there's combined wage so<01:10:18.640><c
• wages assistance, supplemented Lost wages assistance, supplemented benefits<01:16:15.440><c> in</c><
• Lost Wages Assistance ran through fall of 2021.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• index, and that difference is added on top of its 2025 hedonic wage index.
• It updated to the 2025 Hedonic Wage Index, but importantly, this will now be updated on an annual basis
• You may recall that the prior law used the greater of the 2005 Hedonic Wage Index, the Wyoming Cost of
• So, there won't be that delay for updating the Hedonic Wage Index.
• And that's their wage, retirement, health insurance, workers, all of it.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Medicaid currently underfunds RN and other worker wages by up to $13 an hour for our sectors.
• The funding that we receive directly supports caregiver wages, benefits, and staffing stability.
• Funding that would have supported wages, benefits, and kept essential staff available.
• Those funds enable us to increase staff wages and benefits.
• If we're unable to proceed with planned wage increases, they result in increased costs for residents

Bills: SB5998

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all

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• What's the minimum wage in Florida right now? $13 an hour? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• If that's the minimum wage, then that's it. Mr. Chair? Yes.
• What's the minimum wage in Florida right now? $13 an hour? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• If that's the minimum wage, then that's it. Mr. Chair? Yes.
• It’s important to their wages.

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met to hear SB 2-C, a major immigration enforcement bill sponsored by Senator Gruters and co-introduced by Senator Fine. The sponsor described the bill as a response to federal immigration priorities and said it replaces a single immigration officer with a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expands local-federal cooperation, increases penalties for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants, requires detention in certain cases, broadens information sharing, funds detention-bed expansion and law-enforcement training, and ends in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. The bill also includes provisions related to sanctuary policies, voter fraud, transport of unauthorized aliens, and driver’s license-related offenses. The sponsor said the bill appropriates roughly $300 million overall, including $250 million for grants and $48 million for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for interdiction and border-related enforcement work. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope, costs, and implementation. Senators focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, asking how many students would be affected and whether the bill would harm students who have long lived in Florida. They also pressed on whether the bill should include stronger E-Verify provisions, how sanctuary-policy enforcement would work, whether local officials could be penalized for policy choices, and how immigration status would be verified in court and jail settings. The sponsor and Senator Fine said the tuition waiver would be removed for undocumented students, that the bill does not address E-Verify, and that the measure is intended to make immigration status a factor in detention and sentencing. Questions also addressed detention-bed capacity, reimbursement rates, and whether corrections staff would receive bonuses or salary increases; sponsors said bonuses are included for participating law enforcement, while broader salary issues would be handled in the regular budget process. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters and information-only witnesses, including Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former officials, said the bill would help Florida coordinate with federal authorities, expand bed space, and close loopholes in existing immigration enforcement. Opponents from the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Florida, Florida Policy Institute, labor groups, and immigrant advocates argued the bill is unconstitutional, likely to trigger litigation, and harmful to families, schools, and the economy. They warned that the pretrial detention provisions could lead to wrongful detentions and that the tuition changes would reduce access to higher education and cost the state tuition revenue. No final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee continued through public comment and extended the meeting to complete the agenda.

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• The ayes have it, and the motion prevails.
• All those in favor say, I oppose, no, that eyes have it, and the motion prevails.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up several bills on final passage and third reading, including measures on retirement benefits for a former Attleboro firefighter, maintenance of private roads in Gloucester, expanding a board of health from three to five members, and amendments to the Middleton charter. These bills were passed to be enacted. The Senate also adopted a series of congratulatory resolutions honoring Eagle Scouts Jack Goodwin, Charles Goodman, Liam LaCroix, Milo James Angel Burke, Harrison Aver, and Keziah Jane Reed. The chamber then advanced a number of local and special legislation items, including a bill allowing Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation, a Fairhaven charter bill amended on the floor, a Boston easements/land takings measure, a Lancaster bill dissolving its animal control commission, an Orange annual town meeting bill, and a Dedham-Westwood Water District creditable service bill. Several committee reports were taken up under suspension of the rules, including orders extending committee reporting deadlines for Labor and Workforce Development and Transportation, and sick leave bank bills for Greg Pinkerton and Stephanie Rivera were ordered to a third reading. The Senate also considered a Ways and Means report on House No. 5316, a bill promoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment, with a new text amendment based on Senate Document No. 3072. An order was adopted setting the bill for second reading on May 7, 2026, with amendment filing deadlines and procedures specified. The Senate adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Dorothy Bonfanti and then adjourned to meet again on Monday at 11:00 a.m.

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• So we do pay them higher than the minimum wage.
• And so, the wages that they earn, Uncle Sam and the state take out their share.
• So we do pay them higher than the minimum wage.
• And so, the kids we the minimum wage.
• And so, and the wages own is not free.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• The motion prevails.
• The motion prevails. Next, we have House File 264.
• The motion prevails. All right, we're going to switch the gavel.
• The motion prevails. All right, next on the calendar we have House File 1659.
• The motion prevails.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There being seven ayes and one nay, the motion prevails and the conference committee report will be adopted
• seven I's and one nay, the &gt;&gt; There being seven I's and one nay, the motion<00:26:02.600><c> prevails
• </c><00:26:03.000><c> and</c><00:26:03.080><c> the</c><00:26:03.160><c> conference</c> motion prevails
• and the conference motion prevails and the conference committee<00:26:03.840><c> report</c><00:26:04.160
• So, members, with the motion prevailing and moving forward, you'll be seeing an email from the reviser

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on House File 3900 met with a quorum, introduced members and staff, and received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the bill. Staff explained that the proposal would change the permanent school fund’s distribution formula from interest and dividends to a statutory payout based on 4.5% of the fund’s average value over the previous three fiscal years, with the Commissioner of Management and Budget responsible for determining and transferring the distributable amount. The Senate version differed by adding language requiring a two-thirds vote of each legislative house to change the distribution policy or apportionment. Members then debated whether a future legislature could increase the payout and whether the constitutional language would sufficiently protect the fund’s purchasing power. Senator Farnsworth argued that a supermajority requirement would help prevent politicization and lock in the fund’s purpose, while Representative Long, Senator Kunesh, Representative Youakim, and Representative O’Driscoll opposed the supermajority as unnecessary and potentially politicizing, emphasizing existing constitutional protections, fiduciary duties, and the legislature’s track record of stewarding school trust lands for students. Staff indicated the language requiring preservation of purchasing power would be a strong safeguard, though the exact legal remedy was unclear. Senator Kunesh moved to adopt the House File 3900 second engrossment as the conference committee report. The committee took a roll call vote and approved the motion 7-1, with Senator Farnsworth voting no. After the vote, Senator Swedzinski offered brief remarks about the historical importance of school trust funds and public education.