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• impact the people who are most in need impact the people who are most in need of<00:24:26.320>
• <00:36:14.960> anymore whether or not it's not needed anymore whether or not it's not needed
• sense that the North country did need sense that the North country did need some<01:39:52.760>
• He said all those things need to occur, and then there are other things they need to take a look at.
• Then you need some coverage.

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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• bridge and pavement um that's needed bridge and pavement um that's needed there<00:57:41.119>
• <00:58:51.240> that multiple growing years and needs that multiple growing years and needs

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:13:59.440> for important to not overlook the need for important to not overlook the need
• <00:18:15.200> school<00:18:15.440> crisis need, a child need, a school crisis need, a
• <00:19:52.160> based district has very different needs based district has very different needs
• This students with special needs.
• for overall trend analysis. for overall trend analysis.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met to hear from the New Hampshire Association of School Principals as part of its review of a proposal involving statewide administrative consolidation and changes to school governance. Members first discussed how school board witnesses would be selected, with the chair saying the committee would seek a mix of district sizes and structures and would also accept emailed input. The principals’ association said it represents more than 550 principals and assistant principals and urged caution about any mandatory consolidation, arguing that successful consolidations are gradual and voluntary. Association leaders and principals testified that principals already handle a wide range of responsibilities, including instructional leadership, student discipline, safety, staff supervision and evaluation, family and community engagement, and day-to-day crisis response. They argued that shifting more legal, budgetary, and administrative duties onto principals would reduce time for coaching teachers and supporting students, increase burnout and turnover, and create legal and training risks, especially in areas such as special education, privacy, and labor issues. They also said the roles of superintendents, principals, and school board members are distinct and require different training and expertise. Members asked detailed questions about how responsibilities are divided between principals and SAUs, whether principals recruit and evaluate staff, and how much time principals work. One principal said she works about 60 to 70 hours a week and that additional duties would be difficult to absorb. Another principal described his school’s structure, the importance of community building, and the need to preserve district-wide alignment if consolidation moves forward. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• Thank you, Representative Lean. need weatherization Services um and so need weatherization Services um
• We need a commission on youth. No.
• ASL English and interpreters are needed ASL English and interpreters are needed and<04:55:42.000
• <04:56:45.718> budget commission's prioritized needs budget commission's prioritized needs
• > and a ramp needed is a push plate needed and a ramp needed is a push plate needed and that's

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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• Do we need an amendment?
• commission whether or not there needed commission whether or not there needed to<00:59:37.480>
• Do I need to go over them?
• is the first customer you what you need is the first customer you need<02:08:12.079> a<02:08:
• OS that it just needs to be wiped out of OS that it just needs to be wiped out of there<05:01:06.280>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:04:07.120> to um this is something that does need to um this is something that does need
• research and analysis. research and analysis.
• Renovation would intensive needs.
• That's what we need.
• Um that's what we need. separate unit. Um that's what we need.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The next order of business, report of committees, there being no need.
• with an economic analysis. with an economic analysis.
• Speaker, I would need to ask the Mr.
• is something that we need to clean up. is something that we need to clean up.
• Speaker, I have several motions I need to make, but before I do, I need to yield to the gentleman from

Keywords: 958, all

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• Senate Bill 1300 recognizes the immense need for 15,000 CDL drivers in Florida.
• workforce development programs to sustain the needs of our transportation sector.
• And see the staff analysis. Senator Martin, you're recognized for an exchange. Thank you.
• I just needed to be reminded. I apologize. It’s a lot.
• I need to find Barney Bishop and find out what the problem was on this bill.

Bills: S0086, S0642, S0712, S0758, S0896, S1224, S1300, S1370, S1712

Keywords: unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate. Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19. The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support. In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.

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• Our center partners with local governments and organizations throughout the region, providing analysis
• Our center partners with local governments and organizations throughout the region, providing analysis
• Our center partners with local governments and organizations throughout the region, providing analysis
• :19:40.799> get<00:19:41.039> information<00:19:41.440> they<00:19:41.760> need
• comply and get information they need. comply and get information they need.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• oftenimes it is just more people need?
• from the state to individuals who need from the state to individuals who need time<01:12:44.320>
• So, we need to get back to you.
• Uh but we need to make and so forth.
• <02:05:11.679> on<02:05:12.000> business needs to be emphasis on business needs to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• That is based on the business need of their division.
• capacity, other months you need a little less capacity.
• <00:35:56.760> more months or some Cycles you need more months or some Cycles you need more
• /c><00:53:27.760> the meet the need needs of uh the the meet the need needs of uh the the workforce
• I don't know that the study needs...

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• However, more needs to be done.
• It needs to be looked at.
• That's all I need to know. Thank you. I don't need more from you. Yes, sir.
• He needs to come back. What? Mr. Trevino needs to come back. Why?
• You don't need...

Bills: HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• best spent to meet the particular needs best spent to meet the particular needs and<00:04:52.680
• to<00:28:22.040> address More revenues are needed to address More revenues are needed
• To build and sustain the universal child care system we desperately need, we need to raise revenue.
• , and that needs what I need to see from the Minnesota Democrats.
• to see from the that needs what I need to see from the Minnesota<01:03:17.320> Democrats.

Bills: HF4621, HF4123, HF4616, HF1183

Keywords: child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes, 1183

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• It's exactly what's needed.
• ; all the bad stuff needs to go.
• We need to keep this legal. What are some of the uses that veterans need a particular product for?
• We do not need that in Texas.
• I understand why you're needing it, and I agree with many aspects of its needing regulation.

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB 5, SB 11, SB 12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• educational needs. educational needs.
• They didn't get what they needed.
• They didn't get what they needed.
• Parents need to know that need to make.
• you need to change it for all. you need to change it for all.

Keywords: 916, all

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• services and needed within the state. services and needed within the state.
• We need compassion, but we also need compliance training for both providers and families.
• urgently needed. urgently needed.
• much needed services to our communities. much needed services to our communities.
• wondering how needed this is. wondering how needed this is.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:11:27.120> But<00:11:27.280> with um needed need his response.
• But with um needed need his response. But with that,<00:11:27.880> Mr.
• So, I really don't see any need for this because this is part of our job is to, as we need it, as we
• portion with high needs, the high needs portion with high needs, the high needs portion of<01:11:
• You need to know that. He he he Eric. You need to know that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• analysis due to the FAFSA Simplification Act.
• the the federal needs analysis due to the the federal needs analysis due to the FAA<00:27:10.919>
• they serve a little bit different needs also.
• they serve a little bit different needs also.
• <01:34:59.719> to research programmatic staff needed to research programmatic staff needed

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I think what we need to see from DCF is what information they believe they need.
• I'm going to let her go ahead, but I just need to point out that, again, I think you and I need to sit
• They need to read the articles.
• But we need compassion and quality, and we don't need private equity going in to make a buck.
• The Certificate of Need is also very short-sighted.

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• I think each agency needs to address that themselves and needs to, as far as how they work.
• The reason why it needs to be expanded is because there was a huge need for that.
• A huge need for that.
• support they need.
• Our current year's projected budget need is $619 million. This leaves... ...need is $619 million.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to hear budget presentations from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), an FDLE update on the Uniform Arrest Affidavit and Florida Incident-Based Reporting System (FIBERS), the Department of Juvenile Justice on Florida Scholars Academy, and the Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. FDLE requested funding for a wide range of items, including a new Fort Myers regional operations center lease, technology upgrades for missing persons alerts and criminal justice data systems, replacement breath-test instruments, recurring support for critical public safety contracts, cybersecurity, a career offender registry unit, expanded wellness and peer support for law enforcement, cryptocurrency seizure efforts, vehicle replacement, forensic lab and digital forensics upgrades, a repaired Jacksonville firearm range, and additional resources for criminal alien detection, fentanyl enforcement, and other operational needs. Senators questioned FDLE about the reported 79% increase in officer misconduct cases, body cameras, masking by officers, public records request burdens, and the status of criminal alien detection funding. FDLE’s second presentation explained that FIBERS is Florida’s incident-based crime reporting system and that 61% of agencies, covering 74% of the population, have transitioned to it. The agency also described the Uniform Arrest Affidavit initiative, which standardizes arrest data for statewide sharing. Senators asked about NCIC/FCIC access, hate crime reporting requirements, and why more agencies have not adopted the UAA and FIBERS systems; FDLE said it is working with law enforcement associations and vendors to address technology and implementation barriers. The committee also heard from DJJ Secretary Matt Walsh, who praised FDLE’s wellness program and then reported on Florida Scholars Academy’s first year, including unified education across 39 residential facilities, security fixes after early website access issues, strong enrollment and graduation numbers, and extensive support for students with disabilities. Walsh said the program still faces staffing shortages and a wait list for residential beds, and estimated about 260 additional beds are needed. The final presentation came from Clerk of Court and Comptroller Stacey Butterfield, who said clerks are operating with outdated funding levels and requested $22 million to stabilize operations. She highlighted reimbursement shortfalls for injunctions for protection and other high-risk cases, rising postage and summons costs, and the need to fund clerk staffing for 37 new judges under the “fund the entire courtroom” concept. Senators asked about SB 532, a CPI-based court-fee bill, and about collections of court fines and fees. Butterfield said clerks work with defendants on payment plans and collections, but the system still faces a structural deficit. After the presentations and questions, the committee adjourned without taking any substantive votes or other action.