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• . >> Chair Anderson: AS WE BEGIN I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC
• THIS PAST SUMMER I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC BRONCHITIS REPORTED BY 9 PERCENT FOR NURSES COMPARED TO
• SCALE OF THE LATEST REPORT ENDING OCTOBER 2025 IS 3.87 THAT'S EXCELLENT ACROSS ALL FOUR.
• NEWS REPORT THAT RANG FLORIDA'S NURSING CENTERS AMONG THE NATIONS BEST.
• AN ELOPEMENT WE HAVE TO SELF REPORT THOSE.

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• What was the your report card?
• The advisory began by defining a personal electronic communication device as, I quote, any electronic
• definition of personal electronic definition of personal electronic communication<01:48:57.520><
• <01:49:03.119> communication clearly electronic communication clearly electronic communication
• Reports always does the best school. Reports always does the best school.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• To those in the audience, please silence all electronic devices.
• That spike is pandemic-related transfers that get counted into state GR as reported.
• or Truth in Millage, documents are provided by each jurisdiction to the department through our electronic

Summary: The Senate Committee on Finance and Tax met for its first meeting of the session, with a quorum present and several members excused. Chair Avila opened by framing the committee’s main focus as property tax relief and housing affordability, noting the complexity of any changes to Florida’s long-standing property tax structure and emphasizing the need to preserve funding for schools and local public safety. He also introduced new committee staff member Tamisha Black and thanked staff for summer work supporting analysis of potential proposals, including constitutional amendment concepts and other property tax relief ideas. Staff director Azar Khan then presented an update on the General Revenue forecast, explaining that collections remained above estimate but at a slower pace than the prior year, with recent economic indicators slightly weaker than earlier forecasts. He said the new forecast mostly reflected modest adjustments, with a notable share of the increase coming from earnings on investment rather than the usual drivers such as sales tax or corporate income tax. Khan also gave a detailed presentation on ad valorem millages, explaining the different millage types used by school districts, counties, municipalities, special districts, and water management districts; the rollback rate; TRIM notice and hearing timelines; voting thresholds for adopting higher millages; and long-term trends showing millage rates declining over time even as total taxes levied have increased. Members used the presentations to discuss property tax relief options and the relationship between local property taxes and state revenue. President Passidomo praised staff and Senator Bernard’s summer work on proposals. President Gaetz asked about converting homestead property tax revenue to sales tax and was told the rough equivalent could be around a 2.8-cent sales tax increase, though with important behavioral and distributional caveats. Senator Rouson asked about the decline in corporate income tax estimates, and Khan said it likely reflected changes in national corporate profit expectations and collection patterns, promising a follow-up. The Department of Revenue’s Lizette Kelly confirmed that TRIM data, including adopted millages, rollback rates, and maximum millage calculations, are collected by jurisdiction and can be provided to the committee. No bills were taken up and no votes occurred beyond adjournment, which was adopted by motion.

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• This is regarding a rather simple bill; it is a data report that we already do for the farmland down
• For the rabies statute or the rabies proclamation, it's much quicker to do this electronically versus
• posting it publicly, so it's much better for public health if we do this electronically, which is why

Bills: HF2784, HF2785, HF2778, HF2281, HF2576, HF2280, HF2579

Keywords: beginning farmers, agriculture, loans, economic opportunity, farmers' equity, agriculture appropriations, farm to school, early care, child care food program, school lunch program, local food, Minnesota agriculture, food access, farm-to-institution, limited market access, county fairs, biofuels, E25, ethanol, meat processing

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• Please silence all electronic devices. And Kimberly, please call the roll. Chair Salsman? Here.
• structural integrity and safety, special assessments and loans, condominium termination, financial reporting
• and election disputes, electronic voting, warranty coverage for condominiums, transfer of association

Summary: The committee first temporarily postponed HB 381, then heard and passed HB 1015 by Rep. Hunschofsky, which expands flood disclosure requirements to long-term rental tenants in addition to homebuyers and clarifies that renters’ insurance does not include flood coverage. An amendment changed rental disclosure language to “dwelling unit,” and the bill received support from the American Flood Coalition, Audubon Florida, and the Florida Association of Realtors. Rep. Robinson praised the bill’s added protections, and the measure passed favorably on a unanimous roll call. The committee then considered HB 247 by Rep. Connerly, an affordable housing bill requiring local governments to adopt ordinances allowing accessory dwelling units in single-family residential areas without added parking requirements, while limiting ADUs in planned unit developments and master-planned communities. Two amendments were adopted: one removed mezzanine financing language and another added certain newer manufactured homes to the ADU definition. Testimony was generally supportive, including from AARP, Florida Realtors, Americans for Prosperity, the Florida Chamber, and the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, but several members raised concerns about parking, infrastructure, historic neighborhoods, and short-term rentals. The bill passed favorably, though Ranking Member Cross voted no. Next, the committee took up HB 913 by Rep. Lopez, a broad condominium reform package addressing governance, financial transparency, reserves, insurance, voting, recalls, structural safety, and related issues. Three amendments were adopted: requiring seven years of posted meeting minutes online, allowing reserve contributions to be paused if a building is deemed uninhabitable, and clarifying that certain 2024 condo-law amendments do not apply retroactively to pending matters. Support came from AARP, the Florida Land Title Association, the Florida Bar’s Real Property section, Association Reserves, the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, Marriott, and others, while speakers urged continued work on reserve-account clarity and caution on hotel-condo provisions. Members praised Rep. Lopez’s work, and the bill passed unanimously. Finally, the committee heard HB 579 by Rep. Overdorf on development permits and orders, which would require clearer application requirements, hold local governments to existing review timeframes, provide fee refunds when deadlines are missed, and prevent local governments from arbitrarily limiting quasi-judicial hearings. Members asked about incomplete applications, substantive changes that restart timelines, and whether the bill should address additional land-use changes; the sponsor said he was open to continued discussion but believed the bill’s definitions were broad enough. Public testimony supported the bill, and after debate from Rep. Hunschofsky and Rep. Cross noting some remaining concerns, the bill passed favorably. The chair then reminded members to engage sponsors early on future bills and moved to rise from committee.

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• Calatayud: PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
• WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS WHICH TRAIN AND DEVELOP ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL ENGINEERS TO BRING TECHNICAL IN NATURE
• IF ANY SENATOR WISH TO BE REPORTED ON THE BILLS TODAY? NO? ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That work group has finished their work, and the report is being finalized, going through accessibility
• Mississippi has an annual appropriation to fund these literacy coaches at $15 million. and uh the report
• and digital tools, electronic and material resources, and furniture, equipment, or supplies.
• <00:59:41.119> in media specialists, um, electronics in media specialists, um, electronics
• <01:14:25.360> card can go to our Minnesota report card can go to our Minnesota report card

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, 1183, house

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• And then they talked about nursing homes, where there was a report, Senator...
• And then they talked about nursing homes, where there was a report, Senator...
• <00:18:20.600> to onethird of their income is reported to onethird of their income is reported
• <00:50:56.720> ronic<00:50:57.160> monitoring electron ronic monitoring electron ronic
• Um, I’m just working my way through—wasn’t the OA report just released today?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• uh, community land trusts, electronic uh, community land trusts, electronic visit<00:14:54.800><
• don't have access to this information and yet they're still able to produce a credible appraisal report
• <00:48:14.160> for credible uh uh appraisal report for credible uh uh appraisal report for
• concern that even allowing assessors to use third-party non-public data in their trial appraisal reports
• concern that even allowing assessors to use third-party non-public data in their trial appraisal reports

Bills: HF3676, HF2959, HF3233

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• <00:20:30.000> tracking they eliminate the electronic tracking they eliminate the electronic
• the fraud to local law never report the fraud to local law enforcement<00:26:51.679> or<00:26
• , just in terms of the complaints that have been reported to us.
• Um, if he kind of cavalierly said that, oh, why are they bothering with police reports?
• reports? Just file a refund or what? reports? Just file a refund or what?

Bills: HF3642, HF2700, HF3615

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosks, prohibition, customer payouts, cryptocurrency regulation, consumer privacy, data privacy, health data, sensitive data, Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, personal data, data broker, targeted advertising, geofencing, location tracking, health care privacy, patient privacy, consent, minor privacy, children's privacy

Summary: The Commerce Finance and Policy Committee met on House File 3642, which would prohibit virtual currency kiosks in Minnesota. The bill was laid over, and the committee adopted a DE1 author’s amendment. Chair Kaggel and Representative Perryman described the measure as a response to widespread scams using crypto kiosks, especially against older adults and other vulnerable people, and said they would continue working with the Department of Commerce and other stakeholders. Testimony from law enforcement and advocates strongly supported the ban. A St. Cloud police sergeant and a Woodbury detective described cases in which victims lost large sums, said the current safeguards and refund rules are being bypassed, and argued that the kiosks are difficult to investigate because funds move quickly and often overseas. An AARP Minnesota volunteer also supported the bill, saying kiosks are a preferred tool for scammers and that existing protections have not kept pace with the problem. The Department of Commerce said it strongly supports the bill and reported that it has received 120 complaints over three years involving nearly $1 million in reported losses, with 2025 the worst year so far. The main opposition came from CoinFlip’s general counsel, who argued that the problem is fraud generally, not kiosks themselves, and said Minnesota already has consumer protections, including refunds for eligible victims. He urged stronger regulation rather than a ban, citing blockchain analytics, hold periods, and 24-hour customer service as alternatives. Committee members then asked questions about how long kiosks have operated in Minnesota, how many there are, who owns them, and the scale of losses; Commerce said there are hundreds statewide, operated by a variety of companies, and that reported losses are likely undercounts.

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• access monitoring report.
• The same report shows that the number of patients on waitlists reported by providers and verified by
• I heard people talking about EVV, electronic visit verification.
• So, have you reported this to the proper authorities? Yes, we have.
• We all look at the state auditor's report.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I'll have to get the exact amount from that report, but it's over several years.
• Require reporting of all money from foreign entities, regardless of the source.
• So we do have a law that says you have to report anything more than $250,000.
• They would still have to report that in a certain period. Sure. Thank you.
• Current loopholes require that foreign donations of $250,000 or more be reported.

Bills: HB173, HB184, HB484, HB678, HB 1211, HB1507, HB1705, HB1868, HB2290, HB2851, HB2856, HB3041, HB3204, HB173, HB184

Keywords: foreign donations, higher education, public institutions, national security, funding, prohibition, Texas law, healthcare, insurance, affordability, access, public health, foreign influence, education policy, student loan repayment, prosecuting attorneys, border prosecution unit, financial assistance, tobacco, cigarettes

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• . committee report and the appropriations committee report. >> To the appropriations committee report
• The appropriations committee report is adopted to the finance committee report.
• I move SB078 and the appropriations committee report and the education report. ...and the education report
• The committee report is adopted. to the education report. Education report. Representative Brown.
• The committee report, um, the amendment to the committee report is adopted.

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• This bill also requires annual reporting This bill also requires annual reporting detailing<00:10
• ,<00:53:46.640> putting changing the mandatory reports, putting changing the mandatory reports
• <01:17:40.400> an<01:17:40.640> annual<01:17:40.960> reporting reporting an annual
• reporting reporting an annual reporting requirement. requirement. requirement.
• uh electronic ballot counting devices?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Please silence all your electronic devices. They vibrate. Don't put it on a hard surface.
• The electrons that you make on your roof are the ones that you use in your home.
• Think of it as water in the pipe electrons, go into the pipe and let somebody opens this.
• Pick it the electrons come out.
• But once you deliver that electron into the system, you can't really your market and track it and figure

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• There was a new statute that required the department to create an electronic online application process
• electronic online application process. electronic online application process.
• Under this proposal, for electronic applications, it would be 10 days.
• In the initial proposal, the department did have this as 20 days to process the electronic application
• In the initial proposal, the department did have this as 20 days to process the electronic application

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The JLCAR June meeting opened with the pledge, approval of the prior minutes, and adoption of the consent calendar after one Fish and Game item was pulled for separate consideration. The committee then reordered the regular calendar and postponed an HHS item at the agency’s request because work was still ongoing. The committee next considered OPLC item 2547, concerning amendments to licensure and discipline forms for regulated professions. Members raised concerns that the application was still too geared toward health professions and that renewal forms should be shorter, but the agency said it was moving toward a dynamic online form that would collapse irrelevant questions. The committee concluded the issue was more about agency operations than policy and adopted the rule. For DNCR item 2551, on rules for the Adopt-a-Park volunteer program, staff explained the agency had been operating the program under statute but had realized rules were required and had been using DOJ review in the meantime. Committee members noted the agency had not followed the rulemaking requirement but was now correcting it, and the rule was approved. Fish and Game item 2570, on electronic OHRV and snowmobile registration applications, drew discussion over whether the online process should be processed in five days to match mail-in applications or remain at ten days; the agency cited workload and file-transfer delays, and the committee adopted a conditional approval with an oral amendment leaving the ten-day timeframe in place for now. In other business, staff described a planned upgrade to the committee’s agency portal and database workflow, moving from email submissions to an online portal with better form validation and document upload features. Members supported the modernization and approved the manual change, with implementation expected after agency sign-up and training later in the summer.

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• Before we begin, I'll please ask everybody to silence your electronic devices so we have 6 bills up.
• Florida statute requiring independent legislation update periodically as well as allowing for the electronic
• So let's show the amendment reported favorably. Now we are back on the bill as amended now.
• We got a report back to Florida. I was like 2010, 2011 had a pull.
• The short answer representatives, I'm not sure how that reciprocity would report apply in reverse to

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• May I inquire of the reporter of the amendment? The reporter is interrogated.
• reporter on third reading. reporter on third reading.
• The reporter is interrogated.
• <01:20:48.240> is of the presenter of the The reporter is of the presenter of the The reporter
• Senator, that was the best dam report Senator, that was the best dam report I've<01:25:38.240>

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• So I welcome Commissioner Goring to give us some reports on statutory reports that we need to hear from
• The final report is not available yet.
• Here's another report. It says, what is the goal?
• This was a Tiger report. This was in 1999.
• signature or electronic conversation with this?

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• Then we'll discuss what we want to ask for change, and then the committee will put together a report
• that, one, if you're going to go out and solicit campaign contributions through the mail or other electronic
• One, if you're going to go out and solicit campaign contributions through the mail or other electronic
• when I first read your bill, Section 13 is an outright ban on soliciting recurring donations electronically

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