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• We have a New Mexico State campus in Alamogordo, and so all of these dollars flowing down and helping

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• So loss, basically losses in the cash flow of the farm for that particular year, sales that they were

Summary: The Florida Senate Committee on Agriculture convened with a quorum present and heard two presentations. Commissioner Wilton Simpson, head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, outlined department accomplishments and funding needs, including IT modernization, expansion of the Rural and Family Lands program, updated best management practice manuals, growth of the Fresh From Florida marketing campaign, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, clearing concealed-weapons permit backlogs, construction of the Conner Complex headquarters, forestry equipment upgrades, and youth agriculture programs such as FFA and 4-H. Senators asked about water policy, citrus greening, FAMU partnerships, staffing efficiencies, and interdiction stations used to stop invasive species, stolen goods, and diseased or banned agricultural products from entering the state. Dr. Krista Court of the University of Florida/IFAS presented a preliminary economic assessment of the 2024 hurricane season’s agricultural impacts from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton. She explained that the estimates are based on wind, rainfall, flooding, crop location, and survey data from extension agents, industry groups, FDACS, and producers, and that the figures do not include many asset losses, supply-chain effects, forestry losses, or some insurance-covered damages. Her preliminary estimates placed total 2024 agricultural production losses between about $402.3 million and $975.8 million, with the hardest-hit commodity groups including field and row crops, vegetables, melons, potatoes, greenhouse/nursery products, and animals and animal products. Members discussed the importance of accurate survey participation and baseline data, including use of USDA Farm Service Agency information, to improve future disaster estimates and federal relief decisions. Several senators emphasized agriculture’s importance in their districts and statewide. No bills were considered and no formal votes were taken; the only action was adjournment by motion of Senator Burton.

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• counties rejected a change to the Kentucky Constitution that would have allowed public dollars to flow
• counties rejected a change to the Kentucky Constitution that would have allowed public dollars to flow
• have allowed public<01:35:07.760> dollars public dollars public dollars to<01:35:09.520> flow
• to flow to private schools. to flow to private schools.

Keywords: 958, all

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• but um what I'm wondering about is if we can get some kind of sense of how this money is going to flow
• c><00:07:11.520> to sense of how this money is going to sense of how this money is going to flow
• > particularly,<00:07:14.639> you<00:07:14.800> know,<00:07:14.960> it flow
• And um particularly, you know, it flow.
• need anybody's land permission in order to enter an observation, that's going to really devastate the flow

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• With red, white, and blue flowing through Mr.
• With red, white, and blue flowing<00:09:58.080> through<00:09:58.399> Mr.
• <00:09:58.640> Hoffner's<00:09:59.279> veins,<00:10:00.000> his flowing through
• Hoffner's veins, his flowing through Mr.
• tend to do a little better than other parts of the country economically because all the tax dollars flow

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, September 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• You can also see that there are a number of outcomes that flow from this.
• commission<00:36:04.400> utility You can also see that there are a number of outcomes that flow
• important that we got to ensure that the consumers and the public are at the table and the benefits flow
• ><01:55:00.000> and<01:55:00.159> the<01:55:00.400> benefits<01:55:00.800> flow
• are at the table and the benefits flow are at the table and the benefits flow through<01:55:01.280

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational briefing on the Public Utilities Commission’s performance-based regulation (PBR) framework and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ whistleblower complaint process. Chair Jared Kohole opened the meeting, noted it was informational only with no public testimony, and explained that members would hear presentations and then have an opportunity for questions. The committee heard first from Ulupono Initiative, which provided background on why utilities are regulated, how Hawaii’s cost-of-service model and rate cases work, and why PBR was adopted to shift utility incentives away from a capital-investment bias and toward performance, efficiency, cost control, and policy goals such as renewable energy and reliability. Ulupono described Hawaii’s PBR structure as a five-year multi-year rate plan with annual revenue adjustments, a customer dividend, a Z factor for extraordinary exogenous events, and an exceptional project recovery mechanism for large projects. It also outlined performance incentive mechanisms tied to renewable portfolio standard progress, interconnection speed, reliability, and shared savings. The presentation said the current docket is evaluating a possible hybrid approach that would combine forward-looking forecasting with historical results, and Ulupono advocated for stronger incentives, arguing the current rewards are too small relative to utility revenues and should be more meaningful to better align utility behavior with legislative intent. The PUC then presented its own overview, emphasizing that the PBR docket is open and active and that the briefing was limited to the record to avoid ex parte concerns. The commission described the development of PBR in Hawaii through multiple phases beginning in 2018: an initial collaborative phase to set goals, a formal contested-case phase that produced the initial framework, later phases adding scorecards, reported metrics, and additional performance incentive mechanisms, and subsequent refinements including sunset of some mechanisms and adjustments after the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The PUC said the framework is intended to be customer-centric, administratively efficient, and protective of utility financial integrity, and that current work includes evaluating how to balance forward-looking and historical test-year approaches within the rebasing process. No votes or formal actions were taken at the briefing.

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• It was always intended to direct the flow to some favorite NGO.
• It was always intended to direct the<01:12:31.760> flow<01:12:32.239> to<01:12:32.480><
• <01:12:33.920> So<01:12:34.159> from the flow to some favorite NGO.
• So from the flow to some favorite NGO.
• lawyer's tactics in other states in their federal courts by changing state law and then having money flow

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Allowing government money to flow to educational institutions without holding them to non-discrimination
• Makin decision: a neutral program, a neutral benefit program in which public funds flow to religious
• Makin decision: a neutral program, a neutral benefit program in which public funds flow to religious
• <03:24:37.200> to<03:24:37.520> religious which public funds flow to religious which
• public funds flow to religious organizations<03:24:39.120> through<03:24:39.439> the<03

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So what we've seen happen over the past 23 years is ebbs and flows in enrollment, and it's difficult
• 00:26:11.440> and 20 did I say 2002 23 years is es and 20 did I say 2002 23 years is es and flows
• <00:26:12.080> in<00:26:12.600> enrollment flows in enrollment flows in enrollment and<
• Um, so we do see those ebbs and flows, and what helps if the balance starts to grow up a little bit is
• utility, which ultimately it is our balance sheet that is paying the cost of these before they're flowed

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Financial investment instruments to Financial investment instruments to cover<00:17:43.000> cash flow
• 47.320> and<00:17:47.520> they<00:17:47.640> are<00:17:47.799> hemorrhaging flow
• and they are hemorrhaging flow and they are hemorrhaging financially<00:17:49.280> on<00:17:49.400
• is around the budgeting process of a municipality or a school district, not just budgeting but cash flow
• is around the budgeting process of a municipality or a school district, not just budgeting but cash flow

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• know, all the returns, all the earnings over, I think it was 8 and 3/4% or something like that, they flowed
• The message is basically among the states that switched to a DC plan: costs rose, negative cash flow
• switched to a DC Plan cost Rose<05:25:45.680> negative<05:25:46.280> cash<05:25:47.040> flow
• Rose negative cash flow Rose negative cash flow grew<05:25:49.160> and<05:25:49.360> the
• In the closed plans, cash flows have become more negative over time.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 622, but after the sponsor said further research raised concerns, he asked that the bill be tabled. The committee then moved in executive session and voted unanimously to find the bill inexpedient to legislate, sending it to consent. The committee also retained House Bill 349, the ophthalmologic laser bill, after members said more time was needed for the professions involved to work out training standards and provide additional information; that motion also passed unanimously. The committee then discussed House Bill 244, a municipal building/fire code recodification measure. Members said the bill needed more review and careful scrutiny because of its length and possible unintended effects, and they voted unanimously to retain it as well. House Bill 534 was then heard; the sponsor said the bill did not do what was intended because of a misunderstanding about current processing, and the committee voted inexpedient to legislate and placed it on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 233, with an amendment to remove a requirement affecting the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. Supporters argued the bill would reduce an unnecessary burden and improve transparency, while opponents said the committee should not single out one private 501(c)(3) organization. The amendment was adopted 8-5, and the bill as amended then passed 7-6; a minority report was requested. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 536, a proposed 1.5% cost-of-living adjustment for certain state retirees. The sponsor and supporters argued retirees had not received adequate COLAs and that the bill would help offset inflation, while the retirement system testified that the proposal would add significant costs, including an estimated $1.5 million for the state, $6.6 million for political subdivisions, and about $100.7 million in present-value unfunded liability, with the impact reflected in future employer contribution rates.

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• about that, but also, uh, is, uh, qualified counted in terms of differentiated aid and that money flows
• And yet the money still flows. um as a child um as a child needing<02:34:54.319> special<02:34
• /c><02:35:55.600> and<02:35:55.920> that<02:35:56.160> money<02:35:56.479> flows
• differentiated aid and that money flows differentiated aid and that money flows to<02:35:57.040>
• And yet the money still<02:36:27.520> flows. still flows. still flows.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission meeting focused on reviewing and correcting draft minutes and then working through a draft report on the cost of special education. Members made mostly clerical corrections, including clarifying references to Spalding, fixing acronyms such as LETRS, and cleaning up membership titles and appointee roles to match SB 57. The minutes were approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair also noted the commission’s deadline to complete findings and recommendations by July 1 and said the final report must be delivered to legislative leaders, the governor, the state librarian, and others. The main substantive discussion centered on the report’s findings about special education funding. Members agreed the report should emphasize that the commission was created to study the cost of special education and reduce reliance on local property taxes. One draft section described FY24 special education funding as coming from three primary state and federal sources totaling about $152 million, or roughly 15% of annual costs, with the remaining 85% paid by local school districts through property tax revenue, estimated at about $825 million. Members discussed adding historical or longitudinal data to show trends over time, and some suggested attaching charts or tables showing funding over the last 20 to 30 years. A second major topic was demographic data. The draft noted that statewide K-12 enrollment has declined since 2003 while the number and share of students with IEPs has increased. Members questioned whether the data compared like with like, especially given the growth of Education Freedom Accounts and charter school enrollment, and whether the figures included or excluded those students. Several members asked for clearer sourcing from the Department of Education and suggested keeping a list of unresolved questions, including the impact of the shift from ADMA to ADMR and the effect of the EFA program. The discussion ended with agreement to continue refining the report and to gather additional attachments and clarifications before finalizing recommendations.

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• and policy work that transformed water law in New Mexico during my lifetime to ensure that stream flows
• ><00:13:47.040> for<00:13:47.279> our<00:13:47.519> rivers ensure that stream flows
• for our rivers ensure that stream flows for our rivers and<00:13:48.320> streams<00:13:48.800
• /c><00:13:54.320> see<00:13:54.560> its<00:13:54.800> waters<00:13:55.200> flow
• , river, grateful to see its waters flow, river, grateful to see its waters flow, especially<00:13

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And they had it set up that when they calculated the rates that were flowing into the education trust
• They had it set up that when they calculated the rates that were flowing, the tax rates that were flowing
• So, the House accedes to all the open rows that are on page 17 and that flows back into pending any change
• rows that are on page 17 and that flows rows that are on page 17 and that flows back<01:06:38.480
• We're where hundreds of millions of dollars are going to flow through this program, and we can't give

Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference for HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed the side-by-side budget comparison and began working through agreed and disputed items. Members first confirmed that grayed-out items were already settled and discussed a process for making later technical and intent changes, especially to true up abolished positions after additional decisions were made. They then moved through several budget sections, including judicial branch reductions, retirement systems, the Department of Justice, the Human Rights Commission, liquor enforcement, corrections, and the Department of Information Technology. Several items were agreed to or treated as settled package items, including the judicial branch position, the Department of Justice reduction, the Human Rights Commission item being held until related HB 2 language is finalized, the Housing Appeals Board being moved into the Board of Tax and Land Appeals, and the Office of Child Advocate. The committee also agreed to update the House bill language as needed based on HB 2 decisions, and to keep certain IT support rows in place unless related boards and commissions are eliminated. The effective date remained July 1, 2025, with no change. The main unresolved discussion centered on the retirement systems budget, where the Senate defended a large increase for deferred IT security and investment-function improvements, while the House argued the increase was too large and favored a back-of-the-budget cut. The Senate said the funds would support strategic IT and investment changes and would remain in the trust if cut, while the House emphasized the size of the increase and suggested a compromise. The committee ultimately retained the Senate position on retirement systems for the moment and said it would return to the issue later. On corrections and liquor enforcement, the committee described a negotiated back-of-the-budget cut structure, including a $10 million cut for corrections with some restoration of POS offices and administrative aides, and a liquor enforcement cut that was treated as part of a broader package. The Department of Safety item related to commercial enforcement and motor vehicle inspections was held for later discussion. The meeting ended with several items agreed, several held for coordination with HB 2, and some major budget questions still open.

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• I agree that we need to do more to stem the flow of fentanyl into this state.
• <01:12:28.960> of<01:12:29.120> fentanyl to do more to stem the flow of fentanyl to
• do more to stem the flow of fentanyl into<01:12:29.840> this<01:12:30.040> state.
• <01:34:56.960> and<01:34:57.280> besides<01:34:57.760> this help stem the flow
• and besides this help stem the flow and besides this everything<01:35:00.320> that<01:35:00.560

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So it's not activity that flows through this account; it's separate in a liability account.
• <04:32:51.720> not<04:32:51.880> activity<04:32:52.199> that<04:32:52.279> flows
• fund so it's not activity that flows fund so it's not activity that flows through<04:32:52.960><
• two College SS program and also for two scholarship<04:39:01.719> programs<04:39:02.199> flow
• programs flow through this um<04:39:03.600> accounting um accounting um accounting unit<04:39

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard the Banking Department’s fiscal year 2026-2027 budget presentation from Commissioner Amelia Galeri. She described the department as a self-funded consumer protection regulator overseeing two main areas: the Banking Trust Division, which supervises state-chartered banks, credit unions, and trust companies, and the Consumer Credit Division, which oversees more than 7,000 licensees including mortgage and money transmitter businesses. She said the department’s budget is about 86% salaries and benefits, with 53 positions all filled, and explained that the agency funds itself through fees, fines, and end-of-year assessments on regulated entities. Galeri said the department is facing workload growth from several directions: continued growth in the trust industry, increased fintech supervision, and a new requirement to regularly examine auto dealers that take finance applications, which adds about 300 exams over two fiscal years. She said the department was directed to flat-fund its budget based on 2025 levels but was allowed to increase travel and training. To stay within that limit, she said the department reduced office space, went paperless, converted administrative and licensing positions into examiner positions, and expects to defund an embedded DOJ database administrator position once a new SharePoint system is fully implemented. Members asked about how the department’s revenue and assessments work, including whether fees were increasing and how much existing banks would pay. Galeri said fees are not being raised, most banks pay little or no fines, and assessments are based largely on asset size, with trust companies paying the bulk. She also explained that fines are set by statute, generally capped at $2,500 per violation for consumer credit entities, and said she would not recommend increasing that cap. The committee then voted to accept the Banking Department’s budget proposal as presented in HQ1, with a motion and second and no discussion. The transcript then moved to the Department of Energy budget. Commissioner Jared Chakin and Chief of Operations Lenny Radio discussed federal program funding, including LIHEAP fuel assistance and weatherization. They said the apparent drop in fuel assistance funding from FY 2024 actuals to the budgeted amount is due to the loss of ARPA and CARES Act supplemental funds, while weatherization remains a federally constrained program with a waiting list and limited flexibility. Members also asked about a proposed transfer from the renewable energy fund; staff said the transfer would still allow the department to carry out its statutory duties for the year, though the committee deferred deeper discussion until House Bill 2.

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• educating staff members would flow educating staff members would forever<04:58:36.120> have<04
• on their conscience to have<04:58:38.120> proper<04:58:38.400> air<04:58:38.638> flow
• the mouth and the have proper air flow the mouth and the nose<04:58:40.120> need<04:58:40.280
• <04:59:20.638> the<04:59:20.760> whole restricting air flow the whole restricting air
• flow the whole experience<04:59:21.480> was<04:59:21.680> traumatic<04:59:22.160> for

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with House Bill 184, which would create a committee to study changing school start times. Members discussed Amendment 0394, which made the study committee’s duties more investigative and adjusted reporting recipients, including the Governor. Several members raised questions about whether the committee should review evidence-based studies, local district decisions, and existing district reports; supporters said the amendment would better allow the committee to gather information and recognize local control. The amendment passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Representative Litchfield noted that no one had testified in opposition and encouraged the future study committee to review an Oyster River School District report on school start times. The committee then took up House Bill 394, concerning cooperative school district budget committees and board member representatives. Amendment 0476 was adopted 17-0 after discussion that it clarified the bill’s language and reflected work with the School Boards Association. The committee then voted OTPA on the bill, which also passed 17-0. House Bill 738, requiring background checks for employees and volunteers at certain non-public schools or education service providers receiving public funds, was moved inexpedient to legislate. Supporters said the bill would create practical and legal problems for private citizens and homeschooling families, and the motion passed 15-2 with no minority report, placing the bill on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 235, which would amend the educator code of ethics and conduct to add responsibilities to parents. Supporters argued parents should be explicitly included in the code, while opponents said parents were already covered in existing ethics language and statute. The bill passed narrowly, 9-8. The committee then returned to House Bill 532 on alternate dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation. Amendment 0480H clarified that different rules would apply separately to neutral conference, mediation, and IEP facilitation; it passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Finally, the committee moved to House Bill 564, concerning adoption of school administrative unit budgets, and voted to retain the bill for further review because members said there was still confusion about how it would apply to single-district and multi-district SAUs.

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• MOUs are signed quite frequently between agencies and treasury to make sure that everything flows and
• and treasury to make sure that agencies and treasury to make sure that everything<00:35:21.680> flows
• and works exactly as it everything flows and works exactly as it should<00:35:24.320> but<00:
• But the key element is each section is going to flow with one RSA.
• <00:46:35.880> with is each section is going to flow with is each section is going to flow

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up HB 297 with a non-germane amendment proposed by the Insurance Department to create the Granite State Home Mitigation and Resiliency Program. Commissioner DJ Beton explained that the program is intended to help homeowners reduce rising insurance premiums and avoid surplus lines coverage by funding proactive home and property improvements such as roof fortification, exterior and foundation work, flood protection, and tree removal. He said the proposal was developed after leadership asked for more statutory detail and for the idea to be vetted through policy committees rather than handled only in the budget process. Beton said the program would be funded by the first $1 million collected annually from the insurance premium tax, with grants of up to $10,000 awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. He described the program as modeled on similar efforts in other states, with means testing tied to the Department of Energy’s weatherization/home heating assistance criteria. He also said the department would administer the program using one existing staff position, with coordination through Treasury, and that unspent funds would roll over for several years before reverting to the general fund. Members asked about the unusual use of a non-germane amendment and how the bill would be handled procedurally, since the underlying bill and the new insurance proposal were unrelated. The chair explained that the amendment was being used as a vehicle to move the department’s proposal through the committee process and that the committee could later accept one part, both parts, or neither. No vote was taken in the portion of the meeting shown; the discussion ended with questions about administration, staffing, and the relationship between the underlying bill and the amendment.

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• do is it creates enough value that it enables the logger and the forester to go out and help cash flow
• and the forester to go out and<03:54:49.040> help<03:54:49.359> cash<03:54:49.680> flow
• a timber sail and get and help cash flow a timber sail and get that<03:54:51.840> material<03
• Um, I'm trying to remember some of the other ones: adding a new minimum flow turbine.
• ,<04:32:29.439> um day-to-day, monitoring water flows, um day-to-day, monitoring water flows

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We've tested our wells, we've tested the lake, we've tested Alderbrook, which is what the wetlands flow
• into, that then flow into the Amonk River.
• of the oil all has to mitigate the flow of the oil all has to be be be replaced<03:30:15.439> uh<
• It all flows northward to the AMC River.
• northward to the AMC it all flows northward to the AMC River<04:34:48.840> there<04:34:48.959

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. Representative German introduced the bill and explained that it was prompted by recent reporting on leachate management problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations and deficiency letters from DES. He said the bill was intended to address public health concerns, PFAS contamination, and increased leachate volumes tied to more severe rainstorms, while still allowing innovation in treatment and transportation methods. He also described a set of proposed amendments developed after discussions with DES and a landfill operator, including changing “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” applying the bill to landfill expansions, moving contract-related language into the planning section, and removing a proposed new subparagraph. Committee members asked whether the bill would limit operator flexibility or duplicate existing DES rules. Representative German said the bill would not dictate specific treatment methods or lock operators into long-term contracts, but would require a plan showing how leachate will be managed, transported, and disposed of, with later contract changes reported to DES. Several members and the BIA representative questioned whether the bill was necessary given existing Env 806 rules and DES enforcement authority. The Business and Industry Association opposed the bill as introduced, arguing that DES already has rules and technical expertise, that the issue is better handled through rulemaking, and that moving requirements into statute could freeze the framework and make future adjustments harder. Supporters countered that a statute would provide a stronger, more durable policy commitment in response to ongoing problems. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration and with the sponsor indicating that a revised amendment would likely be brought forward for later work session or executive session review.