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• There is a by-name request for one people group who were impacted by the war in Vietnam, but there are
• I will be able to help these three very important people groups feel like they have been honored and
• Representative Nash [member_10620] spoke about certain groups being excluded.
• She became like the den mother for our public safety group this year, the nonpartisan staff.
• It is an oak tree in the red oak group.

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• We've also created an industry focus group, and we have...
• We've also created an industry focus group, and we have allowed members to interact with the department
• to the tax collectors and our stakeholder user groups, and we've designed Orion to be more efficient
• We have a group of five different... We continue to work with stakeholders.
• We have a group of five different providers groups that, you know, represent people throughout the state

Summary: The subcommittee heard updates on several state technology modernization efforts, beginning with the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Enterprise Business Solution (DEMS). FDEM said DEMS is about 50% complete, with some grants and finance functions already live, and is intended to replace manual disaster and grants processing with a cloud-based system. Officials described faster reimbursement timelines after recent storms, major return-on-investment claims, and a planned final phase focused on design, testing, communications, data governance, and additional functionality. Members asked about the total cost, the role of Florida Digital Service, deliverables-based contracting, and how much of the system is live; FDEM said the project is expected to cost about $16 million to $16.8 million and finish by June 2027, with some follow-up information to be provided. The Department of Legal Affairs presented its Office of Attorney General Modernization Program, a follow-up to an earlier effort that failed after spending about $26 million. Acting Attorney General John Gard said the department has now moved to an off-the-shelf case management product, LawBase, and is in development and testing, with the Office of Statewide Prosecution already live and full implementation expected by the end of the fiscal year. The request includes funding for staff augmentation, cloud storage, the LawBase license, redundancy through a backup site in Orlando, and OnBase support. Members questioned the prior failure, the use of Florida Digital Service standards, data location and cloud migration, and the redundancy plan; Gard said lessons learned included better scoping and that the current effort is on track. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then updated the committee on Motorist Modernization, including the Orion system and the MyDMV portal. Officials said Phase 1 and Phase 2 have modernized driver license and motor vehicle services, with Phase 2 statewide rollout scheduled to begin in April 2025 and Phase 3 proposed at $16.5 million for dealer services, data warehouse improvements, and call center modernization. Members asked about payment options, organ donor questions, staffing, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and the digital driver license program. The agency said the portal already allows some sanctions to be cleared online, an ACH option is being developed, the digital driver license vendor has changed with a fall go-live anticipated, and the department is using security testing and a managed security service provider. Officials also said the system is currently on an on-prem private cloud, with future workloads expected to move to public cloud where appropriate. Finally, Florida Commerce presented on the Reemployment Assistance modernization system, Reconnect, and the FLWINS workforce system. Commerce said Reconnect is hosted in the Azure Government Cloud, has reduced claim filing time, improved fraud detection, and increased appeals capacity, and now needs $4.9 million in recurring funding to cover ongoing operations, cloud hosting, licenses, and staff augmentation. Members asked about adjudication issues, wait times, fraud prevention, and whether the system stores caller identifiers; Commerce said the average wait to speak to a representative is about 18 minutes and claims are generally processed in four to six weeks. The committee then began hearing about FLWINS, which is intended to create a “no wrong door” workforce portal under the REACH Act, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

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• An act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law in relation to establishing the statewide group home families
• working group.
• An act to amend the Mental Hygiene Law in relation to establishing the statewide group home families
• working group.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Disabilities Committee met on May 11, 2026, with Chair Senator Pat Fahey noting a quorum and that Ranking Member Senator Weber had submitted his voting sheet. The committee took up a seven-bill agenda focused largely on developmental disabilities, mental hygiene law, and services for vulnerable persons. Several bills were advanced to finance, including S4841A to establish a Blue Ribbon Commission on the future of New York’s service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, S4871B regarding the independent developmental disability arms and person program, S8429 authorizing certain providers to employ or contract with applied behavioral analysts and mental health counselors, and S124 adding spina bifida to the definition of developmental disability. The committee also reported S7484A to the calendar to establish a statewide residential families committee, S7794 to the calendar to establish a statewide group home families working group, and S170 to the calendar to allow certain reportable-incidents reports to be made available to the State Comptroller’s staff for performance audits. Members noted that several of the bills had been considered in prior sessions, and S170 was described as having come from the Governor’s office. After the votes, senators briefly discussed feedback from a recent hearing, including the need to follow up on legislative requests from panelists and concerns that employment remains a major unresolved issue for people with disabilities. The meeting then adjourned, with the chair suggesting there may be one more committee meeting later in the year.

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• There are two different groups that were kind of working together on different topics, one on more public
• next suggestion that was submitted by the Office of Management, again, came from the collaboration group
• next suggestion that was submitted by the Office of Management, again, came from the collaboration group
• That is one of several topics that the policy group, the OMB and University System Policy Group, talks
• I think we might want a leadership group to look at what are the programs.

Keywords: 908, all

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• And there are, yesterday we passed legislation that creates a working group that's going to continue
• That is the purpose of the working group. a shit show. That's where we are. And it's unfortunate.
• That is the purpose of the working group.
• “Years,” or do you think that is really the purpose of the working group?
• That is the purpose of the working group.

Bills: SB268, SB306, SB264, SB312

Keywords: federal workers, government shutdown, interest-free loans, tax deferral, public transportation, Rehoboth Beach, municipal charter, city charter amendment, commissioners, mayor, local government, election qualifications, affidavit of eligibility, domestic partner, cohabitant, conflict of interest, freeholder, leaseholder, municipal court, Alderman

Summary: The House Administration Committee met to consider a series of resolutions and bills covering arts districts, child care background checks, federal worker relief, health care reform, court transparency, school tax reassessment, municipal charter changes, constitutional amendment procedures, data center nondisclosure agreements, state employee benefits governance, and lieutenant governor vacancies. Members also noted that House Concurrent Resolution 12 had been removed from the agenda and that public comment would be limited to one minute per speaker. The committee released SCR 167 to study arts, culture, and creative districts in Delaware; HB 438 to close a loophole in the child care service letter requirement; SB 268 to provide interest-free loans, free transit, and tax deferrals for federal workers during shutdowns; SS2 for SB 1 to expand and permanently strengthen primary care investment while also addressing hospital cost growth; HCR 147 to request a Court of Chancery report on audio recordings and automated case assignment; SB 322 to replace the current post-reassessment 10% school revenue increase authority with a 2% annual increase option under safeguards; SB 306 to amend the Rehoboth Beach charter; HB 440 to require voter approval for constitutional amendments after legislative approval; SB 312 to bar nondisclosure agreements for large data center projects; SS1 for SB 289 to change State Employee Benefits Committee governance; and SB 264 to require a special election to fill a lieutenant governor vacancy. Testimony was mixed on several measures. Arts, child care, federal worker relief, primary care, court transparency, data center transparency, and the lieutenant governor vacancy bill drew mostly supportive testimony, while SB 322 and SB 306 drew both support and opposition, especially over tax impacts and the proposed spouse/partner restriction in Rehoboth Beach. HB 440 prompted debate over whether 55% voter approval was the right threshold for constitutional amendments, and SB 312 was supported as a transparency measure by residents affected by prior data center NDAs. All of the listed measures were released from committee by roll call vote, with some members voting no on HB 440, SB 306, SB 312, SS1 for SB 289, and SB 264.

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• those connections in the community, I've been fortunate enough to sit on the HHS CARE Act Advisory Group
• It was in a courtroom setting, but it felt like a group therapy session.
• It was in a courtroom setting, but it felt like a group therapy session.
• Megan Murray with the Whiteman Group on behalf of Southern California Breathe, in strong support.
• I think it's very fair that this is a group that has some additional oversight.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This group made up not the same individuals, but the same organizations presented to the Joint Task Force
• The one group that is not here, I don't believe, is the committee, Missouri Committee for Social Workers
• to the broadening of who can access the system, I believe our representatives here—these are the groups
• to the broadening of who can access the system, I believe our representatives here, these are the groups
• So at this point, I will turn to this group and ask Dr. Papa.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• This group, made up not the same individuals but the same organizations, presented to the Joint Task
• The one group that is not here, I don't believe, is the committee, Missouri Committee for Social Workers
• to the broadening of who can access the system, I believe our representatives here, these are the groups
• The groups suggested the change to the Joint Oversight Task Force, and I think the task force did its
• At this point, I will turn to this group and ask Dr. Papa.

Summary: The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules met to consider a Missouri Prescription Drug Monitoring Program rule proposal after the Department of Natural Resources withdrew its items. The hearing focused on 1 CSR 60-1.010, which would expand delegate-level PDMP access to additional licensed behavioral health professionals, including licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers, marital and family therapists, professional counselors, and psychologists, while also correcting prior rule language involving medical assistants and clinical nurse specialists. Testimony from the PDMP executive director and supporters from Compass Health and the Department of Mental Health argued the change would improve care coordination, medication reconciliation, and safety in multidisciplinary behavioral health settings, especially CCBHCs. They said access would remain limited to licensed professionals working under a prescriber/dispenser relationship, with individual logins and penalties for misuse. Opponents and some committee members raised concerns that the rule would expand access beyond the original statutory framework without legislative change, could be used beyond treatment purposes, and should instead be addressed through statute rather than rulemaking. After public testimony, the committee debated whether the proposal exceeded statutory authority and whether the expansion was too substantive for rulemaking alone. A motion was made to disapprove the rule on grounds including lack of statutory authority, conflict with state law, and arbitrariness. The motion passed by a roll call vote of 7-1, and the committee disapproved Rule 1 CSR 60-1.010 before adjourning.

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• In fact, ACLI is, in response to this, setting up a work group that is going to focus specifically on
• The concept of that outlier issue is something that that group, from a broad industry perspective, can
• The concept of that outlier issue is something that that group, from a broad industry perspective, can
• I'm president of the Cancer Advocacy Group of Louisiana, and I'm here today in support of Senate Bill
• I just wonder if we could add another consumer group to the task force itself.

Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on May 19 and first took up Senate Bill 509 on bank-owned life insurance. The bill would clarify that banks retain an insurable interest in former employees for purposes of exchanging underperforming bank-owned life insurance policies for better-performing ones. Members adopted a revised amendment set after withdrawing a prior version. Testimony focused heavily on whether consent from the insured former employee is required for any transfer or exchange, with supporters saying the bill is needed to address underperforming policies and opponents warning about unclear consent standards, data-transfer concerns, litigation risk, and possible federal tax issues. After debate, the committee reported SB 509 as amended by a 7-4 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 295, which requires health insurance coverage for medically necessary treatment for persons with acquired brain injuries, including cognitive rehabilitation and related services. Supporters from the Brain Injury Association of Louisiana and NeuroRestorative described gaps in post-acute care, high rates of discharge to unsafe home settings or nursing homes, and improved return-to-work outcomes when patients receive appropriate rehabilitation. An amendment was adopted to clarify federal essential health benefit limits and remove certain language, reducing the fiscal note to zero. The bill was then reported as amended without objection. Next, the committee considered Senate Bill 155, which requires coverage for medically necessary dental procedures needed for cancer treatment clearance, such as exams, imaging, and extractions. Cancer advocates, oncologists, and dental representatives said untreated dental problems can delay chemotherapy or radiation and lead to worse outcomes and higher costs. Cleanup amendments were adopted, and the bill was reported as amended. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 465, which tightens prompt-payment deadlines for health insurers, adds pharmacy payment provisions, and creates a recoupment timeline for dental claims; after technical and substantive amendments, it was reported as amended. Finally, the committee approved Senate Bill 276, creating a pre-appointment affidavit process for bail bond producers to ensure prior premiums, shortages, and forfeitures are resolved before a new insurer appointment, and House Resolution 260, which urges the Department of Insurance to study how out-of-network medical billing affects auto insurance rates. Both measures were reported favorably or as amended, and the committee adjourned after a motion to do so.

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• According to the fiscal note that I think you guys should have available to you, Office Group Benefits
• The independent dispute resolution process means that if the plan and/or physician group cannot come
• So I, in researching this bill, I went and met with a group that has used it in the past.
• Heath Williams, Office of Group Benefits.
• Say health plans, I mean OGB group health plans are the ones who are suffering.

Bills: HB12, HB145, HB222, HB291, HB430, HB821, HB874, HB909, HB951, HB979, HB1193

Keywords: survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, firefighters, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, health insurance, provider agreements, contracting actions, participating facilities, network status, survivors benefits

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• Okay, members, we are going to have a group of guest introductions.
• I think your group is coming forward.
• This group is a mix of students in the Tobacco Youth Prevention Education Peer Mentor Program and some
• members of the Excelsior Youth Advisory Group.
• I'm incredibly proud to recognize this group of young advocates.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Same thing, some homeowner association or white supremacist group, you know, if we have that going on
• What this bill doesn't do, it does not stop any religious group from purchasing a house in any community
• Representative Richmond said that, if homeowners do not pay their dues, the POA has a group of three
• It doesn't matter which group you are or anything.
• And again, this applies to any Christian group out there as well.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• The church was formed in 1776 when a group of free and enslaved Black people began bravely and secretly
• letting the feelings of alienation hold her back, she became co-chair of the Puerto Rican student group
• Puerto Rican student group Acción Puerto Ricania, advocating for more diversity on campus and pushing
• , appointment terms and composition, duties relating to shared governance requirements, and a work group
• What the substitute will do is add a lot of technical stuff, but it convenes a work group to evaluate

Keywords: March 09, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• its website and make at least one resource from the list available to public schools for each age group
• This bill provides schools with ready-to-use, state-endorsed resources tailored by age group, promotes
• I move SB 1741 with the group. Oh, come on now.
• They also shared that the sponsors of this group consistently bribed students to attend.
• They also shared that the sponsors of this group consistently bribed students to attend.

Bills: SB1004, SB1424, SB1497, SB1507, SB1572, SB1684, SB1711, SB1741, SB1754, SB1763, SB1798, SCR1012, SCR1041, SCR1051

Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification

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• The Northern Kentucky Leadership group is here this morning, so I'd like to welcome all my friends from
• And so, this group came together and figured out, had the hard conversations, answered the hard questions
• And so, this group came together and be.
• And so, this group came together and figured<00:04:03.519> out<00:04:04.159> had<00:04:
• I can't imagine working with a group that big trying to come to some of these ends.

Keywords: 00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 01:26 - Discussion of 26RS HB 6 17:45 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 6 20:20 - Discussion of 26RS HJR 50 22:30 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HJR 50 23:19 - Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 6, as amended by a committee substitute, which was described as a broad child care reform package developed through a multi-stakeholder collaborative. The substitute added a two-year pilot program for off-base child care at Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, beginning July 1, 2026, and making the bill an emergency measure for that purpose. Sponsors said the bill focuses on long-term reforms to affordability, quality, and access, including modernization of the All Stars quality rating system, creation of micro centers, support for children with special needs, child care data and transparency measures, CCAP improvements, and changes to the employee child care assistance partnership (ECAP). Testimony explained that micro centers are intended to fill gaps such as rural, third-shift, drop-in, and partnership-based care, would initially be limited to 10 statewide with no more than two per county, and could serve 4 to 24 children under a more flexible regulatory framework. Members also discussed whether family child care homes like the “Miss Barbara” model fit the bill; sponsors said they are not micro centers, but the bill includes other provisions to support family child care homes. Questions also focused on ECAP, which was described as a tri-share model in which employers contribute, the state matches for eligible employees, and the employee pays the remainder; sponsors said the bill privatizes ECAP first before considering expansion to teachers or public employees. House Bill 6 passed favorably by a vote of 12-0-1, and the title amendment passed. The committee then took up House Joint Resolution 50, also sponsored by Representative Heavrin. The resolution asks the Kentucky Auditor’s office to study the administrative regulations, statutes, agency policies, and processes affecting the opening and operation of licensed and certified child care services, with particular attention to the All Stars program. The sponsor said the goal is to identify opportunities for change through a thorough third-party review, noting that the All Stars system has been in place for about 10 years and that many child care rules are tied to federal funding and cannot be changed quickly. The resolution passed unanimously by a vote of 13-0. The meeting concluded with notice of the next committee meeting and adjournment.

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• And I'm also the owner of Maxit Management Group.
• as our other staff groups that track and follow those.
• our other staff groups that track and follow those.
• I'm really proud of this group and what we've accomplished.
• On the ground every day, and a fine group of men and women doing it.

Bills: S0468, S0822, S1234, S1260, S1580, S1706

Keywords: animal cruelty, reporting, veterinary, protection, liability, regulation, community association, management certification, Florida Statutes, certified manager, association governance, building permits, inspections, offsite construction, local government, housing, property regulation, construction standards, state of emergency, emergency response

Summary: The committee heard and approved several bills. SB 468 would require veterinarians and veterinary technicians to report suspected animal cruelty to law enforcement or animal control and allow release of patient records in good faith; it was reported favorably with support from animal welfare groups. SB 1706 narrows eligibility for the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to buildings with at least 80% owner-occupied units and residents at or below 80% of area median income, and it also passed favorably. SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was amended extensively to clarify permit exemptions, private-provider rules, and timelines, then reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1260, dealing with building inspections after emergencies, was amended to require state-term contracts for inspection vendors and then passed. SB 822 would require professionally managed community associations above a budget threshold; an amendment raised the threshold to $750,000, added a parcel-count trigger, and allowed direct-hire credentialed managers, after which the bill was reported favorably. SB 1580 would increase penalties for illegal gaming operations, add enforcement tools, and clarify procedures for veterans organizations; after removing a fantasy sports provision, it also passed favorably. The committee also heard from several appointees and reappointees to the Public Service Commission and Florida Gaming Control Commission. Public Service Commission nominees Anna Ortega and Robert Payne were questioned closely about utility hardening projects, ratepayer costs, and the role of the Office of Public Counsel. Gaming Commission reappointee Julie Brown and appointees William Spacola, John DeQuilla, Peter Cutterman, and Tina Rep discussed illegal gaming enforcement, audits, agency operations, and their backgrounds in law, regulation, law enforcement, and public service. Several members raised concerns about contract timing and evidence handling at the Gaming Commission, while others praised the nominees’ experience and service. At the end of the meeting, the committee voted to recommend confirmation of all appointees on tabs 1 through 7. Members then requested favorable placement on the record for specific bills, including SB 468, SB 1234, SB 1260, SB 1580, and SB 1706, and the committee adjourned.

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• Each one of those managers, Guggenheim, Cohen, and Steers, there are about 16 or so of those groups that
• We want to be available and open to individuals or groups that want to take a look at our records.
• Our group that's running it now is doing a fantastic job.
• Our mineral group, I come from the surface property management, so I consider our mineral group the leasing
• agents and the royalty. compliance group are the property managers.

Keywords: 914, all

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• I'll do them in groups. We have two panels here today as well.
• So I think that's something for this group to understand—that the economics of that are tough.
• We saw a string of cancellations, especially of group business throughout the spring months.
• So a group of us have been basically fighting for about six years to have the National Park Service.
• Earlier in the year, we saw cancellations from meeting groups that were either government-funded groups

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'll offer a little bit more about the consulting group study and the savings that we've built into the
• So the Department of Finance contracted with the Boston Consulting. group for a three-month contract
• group for the initial contract and then there would be a separate contract to follow afterward okay
• The initial consultation was Boston Consulting Group. Boston Consulting Group?
• I'm astonished to discover the 20 million dollar proposal in the May revised for a consulting group to

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Who's responsible for kind of being out front saying let's let's bring these groups together and let's
• Being able to successfully complete versus spending resources to go get a diverse group of people into
• word these days, but do you feel that this bill would allow opportunities given to other areas of groups
• . groups, not even groups for, like she said, cities or different, such as the homeschooling. school,
• into and get access to or is it something that that's open would it be specific to a student or a group

Bills: HB42, HB 125, HB 1233, HB2853, HB3148, HB3326, HB3701, HB4066, HB4361, HB4762, HB4909, HB4912, HB42, HB125

Keywords: higher education, funding, financial allocation, state budget, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, education funding, medical education, osteopathic medicine, healthcare workforce, Tarleton State University, industry-recognized credentials, workforce development, career opportunities, feasibility study, student fees, university funding, student union, education, UT El Paso