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• The highway priority program and incorporating that into the annual program to get funding.
• Program, but all of the LTIF work, inclusive of that.
• program, but all of the LTIF work, inclusive of that.
• That's our construction program. That's what we're building with the program. Okay.
• and the road program.

Summary: The committee met for an information-only hearing with no votes or other action items. DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD and Deputy Secretary Beau Black gave an update on the department’s transformation efforts, focusing on faster project delivery, improved construction administration, and new technology. They said monthly contractor payment approvals have been reduced from roughly 35 days to 15 days or less, change orders from about 40-45 days to around five days, and that DOTD delivered 86% of its advertised projects in the last fiscal year. They also described new tools such as Headlight for field inspections, Smart PM for schedule tracking, Hall Hub for e-ticketing and work-zone mapping, and a pilot using advanced sensors on district vehicles to identify potholes, guardrail damage, and other asset issues. The department also outlined a district reorganization that replaces the area engineer model with dedicated district points of contact for construction, maintenance, and operations, with no increase in total staff. Members raised concerns about local maintenance issues, especially mowing, drainage, culverts, potholes, and communication with district offices. Several members asked for clearer coordination on jurisdictional questions, more frequent meetings with district administrators, and better public updates on long-running projects. LaD said DOTD would schedule follow-up meetings, use the coming customer service portal to track complaints, and improve public communication through project information officers, social media, and other outreach. Questions also covered contractor accountability, utility relocations, road transfer maps on the DOTD website, and whether maintenance work adjacent to capital projects should be handled by district crews or through new IDIQ contracts. The secretary also reviewed the Highway Priority Program process, saying DOTD will work between June and September to review projects not included in the prior program, explain why, and refine a five-year fiscally constrained plan before the fall road show. He said the department is using IDIQ authority to award bridge maintenance and other task-order work, and that this should help address a two-year bridge repair backlog. Members discussed whether current funding levels are enough to reduce the statewide backlog, and DOTD said the current program likely maintains rather than eliminates it absent new revenue. The hearing ended with a project-specific update that a barge struck the Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge that morning, causing significant damage; DOTD said divers and staff would inspect it and determine emergency repairs. After DOTD’s presentation, Archie Chesson of the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction gave a brief update on that office’s first year, describing its use of consultant pools, master service agreements, a public GIS map, and a data tool to prioritize rural road and bridge projects, with several early projects already completed or under construction.

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• any action taken it does not prevent any action taken against<00:52:47.920> a<00:52:48.160>
• I don't see anything specifically saying that you can recuperate damages from an animal.
• <01:20:01.440> to<01:20:01.600> their all uh rights as far as damage to their all uh
• <01:20:34.239> uh being able to recuperate the damages uh being able to recuperate the damages
• can recuperate damages from an animal. animal. animal.

Keywords: 981, all

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• And I have talking about the prevention.
• study bullying and means to prevent study bullying and means to prevent bullying.<03:33:00.399><
• do um to mitigate any of the damages do um to mitigate any of the damages that<03:42:06.479>
• There's a whole long list of prevention.
• into what can we do to prevent it.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Summary: The committee of conference spent most of its time on Senate Bill 96, which deals with educator conduct and when information may be withheld from parents. The main dispute was over the House-amended language on violations and the “compelling state interest” standard. The Senate sponsor objected to extending penalties to third-party medical or mental health contractors and to language suggesting psychological or emotional injury to a child would not constitute a compelling state interest. The House side argued its draft was intended to keep the bill focused on credentialed educators and administrators, to include parents or guardians, and to avoid creating competing standards by relying on existing abuse definitions in statute. The House also added a requirement that any withholding of information be documented and reported to the school board in nonpublic session, and both sides discussed whether educators, administrators, nurses, and guidance counselors would be covered under the statutory definition of educator. The discussion also covered enforcement and penalties. The House draft proposed that an educator found to have willfully violated the law could have a credential suspended for a first offense and would face a minimum one-year suspension for multiple offenses, while the Senate raised concerns that this was too rigid and did not allow enough discretion or address revocation. The House later explained that the department would still have discretion on first offenses and that the one-year rule applied only to multiple offenses. Another point of disagreement was a three-year statute of limitations for investigations, which the House said was meant to prevent “witch hunts,” while the Senate noted New Hampshire’s constitutional prohibition on retroactive laws. After caucusing, the Senate rejected the House amendment, and the House then voted non-concur; the committee of conference adjourned without agreement. The transcript then moved to Senate Bill 87, concerning one-day liquor license requirements and allowing salons and barber shops to obtain on-premise licenses. The members discussed a House amendment that would allow two drinks instead of one, with supporters saying the change reflected the longer time customers may spend in salons and that alcohol service would still be covered by existing training requirements, including the EDGE course. Opponents worried that allowing multiple drinks would create over-serving and enforcement problems and could complicate business practices. After discussion, the Senate member agreed to go along with the House position, and the bill was reported ready for final sign-off.

Transcript Highlights:

• It does not create a new cause of action, but simply adds an alternative damages measure to existing
• AB 2393 will hold those operating outside the rule of law accountable and hopefully prevent these incidents
• AB 2534 will extend restraining order protections under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
• AB 2534 will extend restraining order protections under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act to attempted
• We also plan to complete our review of the authority's construction quality program, review how compliance

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 22, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up a large consent calendar. It moved a set of bills to the Assembly Floor consent calendar by unanimous vote, including AB 1773, 1785, 1828, 1873, 1918, 2001, 2085, 2173, 2412, 2536, 2644, and 2781, and separately approved another group of unanimous bills not eligible for floor consent, including AB 1544, 1555, 1614, 1621, 1637, 1704, 1816, 1933, 2529, 2559, 2663, and 2731. The committee then heard several individual bills, with each author describing the measure and witnesses generally testifying in support; no organized opposition was recorded on the bills discussed. Among the measures heard, AB 2393 would create fixed statutory damages for certain false imprisonment and arrest claims, while exempting peace officers, custodial officers, and public entities. AB 1697 would delay implementation of a recently enacted prohibition on employment contracts that require workers to repay employer debts if they leave a job, and AB 2534 would extend Domestic Violence Prevention Act restraining order protections to attempted forced marriages and survivors of forced marriages. AB 1608 would strengthen the High-Speed Rail Inspector General’s office by adding staffing and contracting authority, requiring public reports, and allowing limited temporary confidentiality for sensitive information; the bill drew questions from members about transparency and whether information could be withheld, but the author and Inspector General said the measure would increase accountability and only allow narrow, time-limited confidentiality. The committee also approved AB 1916, which would allow American Sign Language interpreters to participate in the same collective bargaining process as other certified court interpreters, and AB 1803, which would require anti-hate speech training as part of workplace harassment prevention training for employers with five or more employees. AB 1821 would change Public Records Act response timelines from calendar days to business days, with local government sponsors arguing it would better reflect actual processing time for broad and complex requests without reducing access. AB 1919 would establish election procedures to let voters decide the future of Santa Cruz Metro service funding after a one-time grant expires. Each of these bills was moved forward on due pass votes, with some members not voting on certain measures. The committee then approved a long suspense file, and the remaining suspense bills were deemed approved without further discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• It does not create a new cause of action, but simply adds an alternative damages measure to existing
• AB 2393 will hold those operating outside the rule of law accountable and hopefully prevent these incidents
• AB 2534 will extend restraining order protections under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
• AB 2534 will extend restraining order protections under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act to attempted
• We also plan to complete our review of the authority's construction quality program, review how compliance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• But the impact of that is damage to our democracy.
• AB 1629 will prevent insurers from shifting financial burdens onto patients by requiring dental plans
• In the ensuing proceeding, the PUC adopted the community renewable energy program, but unfortunately
• this decision contains serious flaws that ultimately rendered the program unworkable and will lead to
• AB 1813 makes needed changes to the community renewable energy program to ensure that California has

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This is an intentional, knowingly damage to our children.
• Now, this does not prevent local districts from paying a supplement.
• This is our mitigation program that's This is our mitigation program that's been through the Mississippi
• It's a program that's been promoted by Commissioner Chaney for many years.
• The diversion program, as you can see there on July 1, 2027, creates a diversion program to be administered

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• means a separate facility, a program means a separate facility, a program within<00:18:18.720>
• Clarity in law prevents harm practice.
• The punitive damages provision here looks like you're getting rid of the retroactivity of punitive damages
• The uh punitive<01:45:30.600> damages<01:45:31.360> um punitive damages um punitive damages
• Just as a civil liability damages?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Program.
• programs.
• In the TRCP program, it is a competitive capital program, right?
• So, this program, unlike the other, is not a program that is a competitive. grant program.
• program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• , arterial programs, and county cooperative programs.
• Basically, everything that is programmed within MergeCOG is put into the TIP, right?
• formulaic dollars, or other state funds to get some of their priorities programmed.
• My name is Manuel Maestas, Program Management.
• Good morning, David Harris, Modal Programs.

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• were covered and to prevent evictions. were covered and to prevent evictions. on<00:21:38.080>
• The House has program participants.
• It adds a reporting requirement to the community crime intervention and prevention program grants.
• It adds a reporting requirement to the community crime intervention and prevention program grants.
• <01:03:56.079> for Hometown Heroes Program for Hometown Heroes Program for Firefighters.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:38:23.760> um to is the irrigation system program um to is the irrigation system program
• It establishes the Agricultural Statistics Program in the statute and appropriates funds for the program
• It establishes the Agricultural Statistics Program in the statute and appropriates funds for the program
• robust Community engagement program robust Community engagement program where<01:38:04.280> we
• recommendations to add all the program recommendations to add all the program funding<02:25:57.560

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• were pushing out to the states a pilot program.
• And so with this program, you get on the ground, people could start their program and their clinical
• to gamble on programs that don't have the necessary partnerships... ...to gamble on programs that don't
• So, therefore, the reason Arizona was able to even pass a medical program and an adult use program was
• This program?

Bills: SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

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• He served as lead instructor for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Officer Development Program and trained and
• mentored ...for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's Officer Development Program, and trained and mentored thousands
• We pile more money on programs that can't even manage to spend the money they already have.
• House Bill 6017, a bill to be entitled, an act relating to recovery of damages from medical negligence
• A bill to be entitled an act relating to recovery of damages from medical negligence resulting in death

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum confirmed, and several recognitions, including a moment of silence for retired fire captain Bill Guston and a welcome for guests in the galleries. The Speaker then outlined the House’s budget approach, saying the proposed General Appropriations Act would be lower than both the governor’s proposal and last year’s budget, and announced plans to seek a permanent 0.75% reduction in the state sales tax. The chamber also received the governor’s veto message on portions of HB 5001 and began considering motions to restore several vetoed appropriations. Members unanimously reinstated funding for the Florida Senior Veterans and Crisis Fund, the Rockledge Advanced Water Treatment Phase 1 project, the automated staffing/time management system for the Department of Corrections, and the Baldwin sanitary sewer and water main replacement project. The House also adopted special order and GAA amendment-procedure reports. On the special order calendar, the chamber passed HB 289 on boating safety (“Lucy’s Law”), HB 735 on water access facilities, HB 11 on municipal water and sewer utility rates, CS/HB 85 on hazardous walking conditions, and CS/HB 157 on service of process, all by wide margins. The most debated measure was HB 6017, which would repeal Florida’s “free kill” law limiting wrongful-death damages in medical negligence cases. Supporters described the bill as a long-sought justice measure for families who lost adult children and were barred from suing, while opponents argued it was needed to provide accountability and fairness. The bill passed 104-6. The House then took up HB 759, which would lower the minimum age to purchase or transfer a firearm from 21 to 18. An amendment to keep the age at 21 was defeated, and debate featured strong arguments on both sides about constitutional rights, public safety, Parkland, military service, and data on youth violence; the transcript ends during continued debate on the bill, before final passage is shown.

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• It's a pilot program. Follow up: Thank you.
• It's a voluntary program. They have to download the app. Any more questions?
• This also includes a canine program with Lifeine and cadaver dogs.
• I'm the program manager for Oklahoma Task Force One, the team out of Tulsa.
• Programs at a pace that matched the savings.

Bills: HB1002, HB1250, HB2710, HB3008, HB3045, HB3086, HB3595, HB3678, HB3695, HB3831, HB4107, HB4408

Keywords: stalking, victim notification, law enforcement, harassment, penalties, criminal justice, protection orders, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, alcohol testing, drug influence, public safety, Board of Tests, accident response, motor vehicle, fire department, fee prohibition

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• He took advantage of every rehabilitation program possible.
• The states have the authority to say how to prevent the execution of mentally disabled folks.
• This bill is about preventing someone who is impaired from getting back on the road.
• And in these very... ...programs that may want to, they're funded by a grant.
• I'm the State Programs Manager for the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement.

Summary: The committee first handled several housekeeping items, voluntarily deferring HB 123, HB 255, and HB 994 without objection. It then took up SCR 3 by Senator Brock Myers, which would delay and revise implementation of a state police rule affecting criminal history background checks for licensed ambulance personnel and certain health care workers. After adopting Amendment Set 434 to remove a provision involving parish and local law enforcement checks, the committee reported SCR 3 as amended favorably. The committee also heard HB 978 by Rep. Lecombe, which as amended raises the population threshold for municipalities required to remit certain special costs to the District Indigent Defender Fund from under 5,000 to under 9,000; with support from the town of Addis and related stakeholders, the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 967 by Rep. Moore, which sought to remove language limiting parole eligibility for certain pre-July 2, 1973 life-sentenced offenders to those who had pleaded guilty, thereby allowing a small group of elderly inmates convicted at trial to seek parole consideration. Supporters argued the bill would only create an opportunity for review, not release, and cited rehabilitation and fairness concerns; opponents, including district attorneys and corrections officials, argued the 2022 law already addressed the intended group and that the current bill would reopen cases involving serious violent crimes. After extended debate, the motion to report HB 967 favorably failed on an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee took up HB 1107 by Rep. Melerine, a bill on determining intellectual disability in capital cases. The bill, as amended, raised the burden of proof to clear and convincing evidence, set an IQ threshold framework, required expert reports and Daubert-type reliability review, and limited the article to post-conviction capital cases. The Attorney General’s office and district attorneys supported the bill as a way to create clearer procedures and speed resolution of Atkins claims, while criminal defense lawyers, disability advocates, clergy, and medical experts opposed it as inconsistent with current clinical standards and potentially unconstitutional, warning that rigid IQ cutoffs and presumptions could wrongly expose people with intellectual disabilities to execution. The transcript ends during closing remarks on HB 1107, with no final committee vote shown.

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• Do you have you guys, and the project is needed, talked to WIFA or tried to look at the grant program
• I wanted to thank Senator Gowan for actually starting this program.
• All those have made the program a lot better. Mr. Chairman, I'd be happy to answer any questions.
• I wanted to thank Senator Gowan for actually starting this program.
• So that would actually prevent that particular issue. May I ask the question, Chair? Thank you.

Bills: SB1041, SB1363, SB1418, SB1419, SB1445, SB1447, SB1488, SB1519, SB1523, SB1560, SB1580

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, marijuana, rural opportunity, dispensary, economic development, licensing, social equity, unserved communities, Arizona, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use

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• are not required to purchase contractual liability insurance coverage if they include accidental damage
• We believe that the program is intended to harden structures and reduce the risk of hurricane damage.
• In the My Safe Florida Home program?
• I just want to thank you for continuing the program in this form.
• So thanks for continuing the good work on this program. Any further debate? Senator Pizzo.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and temporarily postponed SB 480 before taking up four bills. SB 282, relating to home service warranty association finance requirements, was explained as aligning Florida’s home warranty solvency rules with the framework already adopted for motor vehicle extended warranties. Two amendments were adopted: one correcting a cross-reference tied to the $100 million net worth option and another making a technical title change. A representative of the Florida Service Agreement Association waived in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered two proposed committee bills preserving public records exemptions. SB 7008 would continue the exemption for certain records held by the Office of Financial Regulation related to financial technology sandbox applications, with staff explaining the exemption is narrow and intended to protect proprietary information. SPB 7010 would continue the exemption for sensitive records held by the Department of Financial Services when acting as receiver for an insolvent insurer, including policyholder personal information, claim data, and trade secrets; staff said the exemption mirrors existing protections and allows consumers to request their own information. Both measures were moved as committee bills and reported favorably. Finally, SB 592 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program was heard. The bill narrows eligibility to certain condominiums, changes owner approval from unanimous consent to 75%, and clarifies eligible roof mitigation techniques. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring the grant work to match the initial inspection report and comply with inspection requirements, and another limiting grants to work that results in a mitigation discount. Testimony was supportive, including from home inspectors and AARP Florida, and senators praised the program’s benefits for hardening homes and lowering insurance costs. SB 592 was reported favorably, and the committee adjourned.

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• . damage. damage.
• mental health support for preventative mental health support for preventative care<09:21:38.080>
• It is um as I said fally program.
• Uh it it it's damages that are done.
• <10:56:03.200> that be to expand existing programs that be to expand existing programs that

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They don't automatically flow to state programs unless the program has a specific statutory formula that
• federal funds supporting this program. federal funds supporting this program.
• I think this is preventing fraud.
• I think this is preventing fraud.
• money is preventing fraud. money is preventing fraud.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all