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• And those numbers have continued to go down.
• We get phone calls.
• Representative, do you by chance have him on your phone?
• Representative, do you by chance have him on your phone?
• We have a number of horses that die every year.

Committee: House Local Government

Transcript Highlights:

• You look at the numbers.
• </c> You look at the numbers. You look at the numbers.
• Let's [snorts] look at some numbers.
• Let's [snorts] look at some numbers.
• </c> It's it's as if we invented cell phones It's it's as if we invented cell phones and<03:39:37.520

Bills: HB4758

Keywords: home electrification, taxpayer subsidies, energy efficiency, rebate programs, public law repeal

Transcript Highlights:

• No one's been able to tell me I get a grid number that doesn't correspond or correlate or reconcile with
• Number two, are you comfortable with the idea that we vote on bills like this or we allow things like
• The other issue on the bill is the number of increasing the Public Service Commission.
• But recently with a new city in Broward County, Madam Chair, I had Pam Roush on the phone and the local
• representative for legislative affairs, but a gentleman on the phone could not tell me where any of

Committee: Senate Regulated Industries

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and considered four bills, all of which were reported favorably. SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives was presented as a negotiated “glitch bill” to narrow statutory language so co-ops can choose generation and power purchases based on cost and reliability without exposure to lawsuits aimed at banning fuel sources; it was supported by the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association and passed without debate. SB 364 on public accountancy was described as a modernization and licensure-efficiency bill to increase the supply of CPAs; an amendment correcting a drafting error and restoring automatic mobility language was adopted without objection, and the bill as amended was reported favorably. A public comment on the bill was briefly redirected after it appeared to address a different subject. The committee then took up SB 200 on utilities, which addresses solar decommissioning and storm protection plans. Chair Bradley said the bill would authorize counties to require decommissioning plans for utility-scale solar facilities at the end of their useful life, direct DEP to develop best management practices, and require the Public Service Commission to consider whether storm protection plan costs are reasonable relative to expected customer benefits. County and consumer groups spoke in support, and the Small County Coalition said the bill was a needed step that did not restrict solar development; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SB 126 on the Florida Public Service Commission, which was presented as a reform and “glitch” bill and amended to add CPA and financial analyst expertise, require stronger PSC order explanations, tighten intervention requirements, cap returns on equity at the national average for comparable utilities, set periodic ROE review schedules, and require affordability to be considered in rate-related proceedings. The PSC staff deputy executive director answered extensive questions about storm hardening, cost recovery, risk, and affordability. Several members and public speakers supported the bill’s goals but raised concerns about the affordability standard, the ROE cap, and comparisons to other states; others said the bill would improve transparency and accountability. The amendment was adopted, and CS for SB 126 was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• It was oversubscribed within less than 5 days, the 30 million dollar number.
• of >> Florida currently leads the nation in the number of children who accidently drowned in residential
• Florida also leads the nation and the number backyard pools we have over a million backyard residential
• our pool as well just to make sure that the heater was working, making sure the pump is working a number
• Your phone, your cell phone is a gambling device or parts thereof counties knowingly some of the penalties

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• Please make sure your cell phones and other communication devices, including...
• Please make sure cell phones and other communication devices, including laptops, are turned off and placed
• And so we know there's a number of concerned citizens and stakeholders on this bill.
• It's just a plan that's come forward that would recommend, and those numbers would come out with the
• And if there was a number... ...that survey, would the public know what that result is?

Summary: The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee met for its first meeting of session and heard four bills. HB 209, the State Parks Preservation Act, would limit development in state parks and require stronger public notice and participation for land management plan changes. Members discussed protections for cabins and existing lodging, and an amendment aligned the bill with the Senate and clarified conservation-based recreational uses. Support came from Audubon Florida, Nature Conservancy, and others, and the bill was reported favorably with committee substitute after a unanimous roll call. HB 143 would create a Florida Resilient Buildings Tax Credit for new construction and retrofits that meet LEED-based resiliency standards, with a new advisory committee under DBPR to help administer the program. An amendment moved the process under DBPR, added UCF and FIU to the advisory council, and made technical conforming changes. The bill drew supportive testimony from a Boca Raton city council member and was reported favorably with committee substitute, with one no vote. HB 295 would direct DEP to develop a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan based on its 2020 recycling report, including education, market development, and recommendations for statutory changes. Testimony emphasized that the plan would be voluntary and would not impose costs or mandates on homeowners or businesses. The bill passed without amendments and was reported favorably. HB 585 would let owners of former phosphate mining lands record notice and obtain a Department of Health radiation survey to support a narrow defense against strict liability claims; an amendment clarified the notice content and limited the definition to mined lands, not gyp stacks. The bill drew extensive questions about notice, radiation thresholds, disclosure to buyers, and liability scope, but supporters from Mosaic, the Florida Chamber, and a health physicist argued it would improve transparency and help redevelop lands. It was reported favorably with committee substitute, with one soft yes and one no vote.

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• My phone has been ringing off the hook with people telling me stories about their loss and how crimes
• I work with victims and I get messages every day—phone calls, and I'm not lying.
• Where did that number come from?
• The two questions are, number one, in on page five, you've got some changes here where it talks about
• The first thing is that we So there's a number of municipalities that bleed over.

Bills: HB43 , SB81 , SB178 , SB138 , SB89 , SB183 , HB27 , HB188 , HB199 , HB190 , SB117 , HB43 , HB27

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, custodial sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct, inmate abuse, prisoner exploitation, correctional staff, jail staff, detention center, probation officer, parole officer, Department of Corrections, Department of Youth Services, sheriff, county jail, municipal jail

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• And so we transport a number of people who have those needs.
• And so we transport a number of people who have those needs.
• And that driver on that Uber/Lyft ride with his phone brought me back.
• And that driver on that Uber/Lyft ride with his phone brought me back.
• There were no staff work with my phone.

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• Is it their name, their address, their phone number, their email address?
• </c><00:11:11.920><c> what</c> phone number their email address what phone number their email address
• The questions I had were numbers again.
• No, I don't have any of those numbers. I don't think that data is kept anywhere, so no data.
• </c> 10 so I'm just curious these numbers 10 so I'm just curious these numbers might<00:25:10.880><c>

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• I myself, I've seen a number of disasters and been through a number of county judges and emergency management
• Low number.
• I don't know their cell phone number or who they are.
• Hours that are available to them, number one, and then number two, bring in resources to help support
• And it has to do not just with the technical capability of my phone being able to talk to your phone,

Bills: HB2 , HB1 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20 , HB1 , HB2 , HB18 , HB19 , HB20

Committee: House Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

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• </c> also looking into job creation numbers also looking into job creation numbers because<00:32:20.000
• </c><01:28:10.600><c> number</c><01:28:10.960><c> at</c><01:28:11.080><c> a</c> owners a name and phone
• number at a owners a name and phone number at a convenient<01:28:11.719><c> Road</c><01:28:12.239><c
• number as well.
• </c> trail entrance with somewhere a phone trail entrance with somewhere a phone number<01:30:55.719>

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> I'm sure we have a number of questions. I'm sure we have a number of questions.
• ><c> which</c><00:32:17.760><c> doesn't</c> social security number which doesn't social security number
• ><c> alone,</c><01:24:10.040><c> that's</c> so just those numbers alone, that's so just those numbers
• So, unemployment insurance, number.
• </c> done over the last number of sessions. done over the last number of sessions.

Bills: HF3043 , HF2891

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: public safety, illegal remunerations, healthcare fraud, grants, criminal penalties, state law, grants management, state employees training, certification, monitoring grants, accountability, grant fraud

Transcript Highlights:

• has had a number of different chief authors in both chambers.
• has had a number of different chief authors in both chambers.
• California is the number one state with schools located near toxic dump sites.
• Minnesota is number two in the country with schools near toxic dumpsites.
• </c><00:21:08.120><c> of</c> public school board for a number of public school board for a number of

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• The numbers unfortunately speak for themselves.
• And number two, there is help. Number one, that they're not alone in the struggle.
• And number two, there is help.
• There's not even a cell phone at this point. And is your timeline, Madam Chair?
• Take the number of taxpayers out there from $50,000 and less up to pick a number.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• So, anybody can have access to that data, but the owner of that vehicle, their address, their phone number
• </c> vehicle, their address, their phone vehicle, their address, their phone number,<00:02:11.360><c>
• ,</c><00:18:54.480><c> then</c> looking at a license plate number, then looking at a license plate number
• So, that is point number one. We should not trust Flock.
• It wasn't just a number that came from.

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• “Amendment set number 61.29? Brett Miller.
• And so if I was number one or number two, and I'm not happy, or let me say this, the current situation
• So, number one, for those of us who might be in number one, we have to concede that this is an improvement
• , and the same thing for number two.
• Email, a phone call.

Bills: HR320 , HR321 , SCR55 , SCR69 , SCR75 , SCR77 , SCR78 , SCR79 , SB259 , SB295 , SB312 , SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , HR73 , HR118 , HR144 , HR196 , HR237 , HR249 , HR260 , HR267 , HR272 , HR278 , HCR85 , HCR100 , HCR105 , HCR107 , HCR114 , HR245 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR37 , SCR63 , SCR30 , SCR40 , HB62 , HB193 , HB210 , HB220 , HB246 , HB364 , HB420 , HB475 , HB584 , HB622 , HB772 , HB784 , HB949 , HB953 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1092 , HB1134 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB119 , HB129 , HB233 , HB283 , HB538 , HB789 , HB850 , HB870 , HB1236 , HB1241 , HB54 , HB137 , HB321 , HB368 , HB386 , HB414 , HB431 , HB552 , HB555 , HB578 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB638 , HB670 , HB692 , HB707 , HB708 , HB715 , HB718 , HB732 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB796 , HB807 , HB822 , HB848 , HB856 , HB887 , HB888 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1082 , HB1243 , HB1246 , HB378 , HB509 , HB1090 , HB1259 , SB80 , SB131 , SB143 , SB251 , SB254 , SB279 , SB367 , SB384 , SB388 , SB389 , SB398 , SB408 , SB431 , SB468 , SB469 , SB496 , SB4 , SB52 , SB57 , SB83 , SB145 , SB152 , SB194 , SB276 , SB319 , SB333 , SB448 , SB450 , SB465 , SB484 , SB501 , SB509 , SB149 , HR168 , HB463 , HB998 , SB123 , SB353 , SB479 , SB495 , SB82 , SB97 , SB283 , SB326 , SB518 , SB197 , SB268 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB89 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487

Summary: The House was called to order, a quorum was established, and the meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members also observed several personal privileges and recognitions, including International Preeclampsia Awareness Month, the Hudson Cup award presentation to Rep. John Illg Jr., recognition of the Delcambre Shrimp Festival Queen, and a visit from U.S. Sen. John Kennedy. The chamber also received Senate messages, conference committee appointments, enrolled reports, and a conference report on SB 483 dealing with psychedelic-assisted therapy, which was laid over. The House then moved through a long series of concurrence and rejection votes on Senate amendments to House bills. Among the measures concurred in were bills affecting the Louisiana Women’s Policy Research Commission, the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission, child exploitation reporting on covered platforms, the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board, DCFS background checks, AI disclosure in health care, foster care placement and related terminology, criminal history record confidentiality, parish court jurisdiction, court costs, developmental disability office renaming, insurance claims and contractor licensing, Medicare Advantage coverage, colorectal cancer screening, health facilities, highway memorial designations, jury compensation, school employee protections, juvenile court fees, off-road vehicle seizure, residential property insurance cancellation, child support enforcement, and several others. The House rejected Senate amendments on bills including ethics retroactivity, sex offender registration notification, plumbers licensing, and health insurance formulary placement, sending some to conference. Several bills were finally passed, including measures on obstructing public passages with motorized vehicles, class six injection well hearings, arson of religious buildings, wearing masks while committing felonies, professional board attorney fees, bulletproof vests for peace officers, critical infrastructure protection from foreign adversaries, debit card surcharges, electronic stock certificates, watershed restoration funding, and innovation economic development pilot hubs. The innovation hub bill drew extensive debate over no-bid contracting, transparency, and the role of elected versus unelected bodies; an amendment to limit contracting authority to parish governing authorities was withdrawn, and the bill later proceeded to final passage after extended floor discussion. The House also took up and passed or concurred in multiple other bills and resolutions, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to divided on a few measures.

Transcript Highlights:

• I was trying to get your number because I know we've been playing phone tags.
• I'll spell it: 3261 is a school support employee identification number bill.
• This number does not associate with any PII; it's relevant to their legal name.
• number that's used to track them.
• So, just had the question of where that number came from.

Bills: HB3674 , HB4326 , HB4331 , HB3029 , HB2963 , HB3551 , HB2973 , HB3019 , HB3461 , HB2961 , HB3261 , HB3759 , HB3429 , HB3069 , HB3372 , HB3705

Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee

Keywords: school resource officer, sexual assault training, law enforcement training, CLEET, school safety, mental health, continuing education, HB4326, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, Oklahoma's Promise, scholarship, tuition assistance, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, eligibility expansion, adopted students, foster care, DHS custody, child-placing agency, tribal custody

Transcript Highlights:

• They they must complete certain number of races today.
• I don't have the exact numbers with me right now.
• cell phone so visually appealing.
• numbers.
• I don't have that number available cer.

Transcript Highlights:

• Reminder to please silence your cell phones if you haven't done that.
• I would like to own it where I would know that number. I understand.”
• Oh, it's the number of positive detections over the number of total? Okay.
• I'm not exactly sure; I don't have a number for you.
• I'm not exactly, I don't have a number for you.

Summary: The committee first considered several local property-transfer and wildlife/fisheries bills, including SB 229 (Bojeur Parish property transfer), SB 71 (Lafayette Parish property transfer), and a series of Department of Wildlife and Fisheries measures. SB 203 simplified possession rules for fish on multi-day trips and remote camps; SB 429 created an administrative path to register “orphan” boats with lapsed registrations; SB 204 removed a residency-based restriction on certain commercial fishing gear licenses; SB 205 reduced duplicate registration requirements for federally documented boats; SB 213 clarified titling rules for vessels and outboard motors; and SB 257 removed Social Security number requirements from certain commercial fishing tags. Each of these bills was reported favorable, generally without objection, after brief explanations from sponsors and department counsel about reducing red tape, improving enforcement, or modernizing records. The committee also heard SB 214, which would allow the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water District to stop pumping during an imminent flood threat identified by the National Weather Service or GOSEP, addressing liability concerns and giving local officials more flexibility in emergencies. SB 274, as amended, required lead hazard risk assessments for certain child care, early learning, and pre-kindergarten facilities and required hazards found in assessments to be addressed before licensing. Both bills were reported favorable. SB 379, a technical reorganization bill for the Department of Conservation and Energy, received two amendment sets: one changing investment language and another standardizing judicial-review procedures and online notice requirements; it was reported favorable after those amendments. The committee then adopted HCR 62, urging FEMA to review flood maps every five years instead of every ten and to better account for local flood-protection projects, with members discussing the burden of flood insurance and the need for FEMA to recognize levees, pump stations, and elevated homes. HCR 78 was also reported favorable, memorializing Congress to pass the American Seafood Competitiveness Act of 2026 in support of Louisiana’s seafood industry. HB 662, as substituted, was reported favorable after being rewritten to codify the department’s internal protocol for seized sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife, prioritizing release, rehabilitation, placement, and euthanasia as a last resort. Finally, the committee considered two more contentious items. HR 216, which urged repudiation of the Louisiana Climate Action Plan of 2022, drew extended debate over whether the plan had been adopted without legislative input and whether it could affect permits or future policy; after discussion, the sponsor voluntarily deferred the resolution to return with a revised approach focused on a legislative hearing or review. SCR 24, dealing with chronic wasting disease rules, was introduced with amendments that would raise the prevalence threshold, cap samples, allow zone removal after three years without new detections, and lift baiting/feed prohibitions above a higher prevalence level; the transcript cuts off before final action on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• Remember to silence your cell phones during the meeting, especially all of the folks in the room and
• <c> during</c><00:00:38.760><c> the</c><00:00:39.239><c> meeting</c><00:00:40.239><c> uh</c> cell phones
• I'd be happy to ask him and get an exact number on that, but not right off the top of my head.
• I'd be happy to ask him and get an exact number on that, but not right off the top of my head.
• I'd be happy to ask him and get an exact number on that, but not right off the top of my head.

Summary: The House State Government Committee met with a quorum and first considered House Bill 491 by Representative Steve Riley. The committee adopted a proposed committee substitute, then heard that the bill would raise the threshold for certain capital project and equipment purchases from $200,000 to $500,000, remove a requirement for a special board meeting when replacing a board of regents member, allow certain employees or contractors to perform capital construction work up to $500,000, remove limits on retired police officers working at postsecondary institutions, and speed release of pension information to employers. Members asked about reporting and oversight of the higher threshold, and the witness said the records are maintained by institutions and available upon request. HB 491 passed on a 19-0 roll call vote. The committee then heard House Bill 738 by Representative Griffey, relating to state personnel and the constitutional officers. The bill would give independently elected constitutional officers more flexibility to hire unclassified employees and set salaries for classified employees up to the midpoint without Personnel Cabinet approval, while leaving pay scales, appropriations, and funding limits unchanged. Representative Griffey and witnesses from the auditor’s office said the measure was intended to reduce red tape, address salary compression, improve pay equity, and help recruit and retain staff; they also said it would allow offices to fill policy roles needed for audits and other work. Members questioned the fiscal note, salary caps, and whether the bill would affect future budget requests. The bill passed 18-1, with one pass, and the chair noted it would move favorably to the House floor. After those bills, the committee briefly welcomed Taiwan’s consul general, Elliot Wang, and Representative Adam Bowling spoke about Kentucky’s relationship with Taiwan, including trade, investment, and prior assistance during disasters. Wang described Taiwan’s economic ties with the United States, ongoing trade and investment developments, defense and education cooperation, and people-to-people exchange programs, noting Kentucky was the first state to sign an education cooperation MOU with Taiwan in 2021.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's take up amendment barcode number 659650 by Senator McLean. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• And here are the numbers. Approximately 240,000 babies are born annually in the state of Florida.
• No, I don't, but I can get that number for you. Just a couple more, Madam Chair.
• We receive a lot of emails, phone calls, Facebook... And not all those that came today.
• We received a lot of emails, phone calls, Facebook messages over the weekend.

Bills: S0042 , S0688 , S0762 , S1168 , S1296 , S1298 , S1300 , S1318 , S1332 , S1376 , S1548 , S1570 , S1574 , S1632 , S1634 , S1750

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Keywords: child protection, medical records, investigation, abuse, neglect, healthcare, Child Protection Team, diagnosis, criminal defense, legal representation, death penalty, indigent defense, regional counsel, conflict of interest, background screening, athletic coaches, youth sports, criminal history, expungement, Florida statutes