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• I move to suspend all necessary rules to set a local consent resolutions calendar for 9 a.m.
• hearing on Monday, May 12th. ...posting rules for a meeting of the Committee on Public Health and a
• The subject of the proposed measure is required by House Rule 8, Section 1A1.
• HB 5224 by Geren relating to the critical designation of certain natural gas facilities. Mr.
• No, where in the rules does it say I can't ask you a question?

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.

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• He's the CEO of that facility.
• He's the CEO of that facility.
• the new facility? the new facility?
• > facility.
• So, in some facility is a DAG facility.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Okay, a couple of ground rules.
• I think I got all the ground rules. So with that, we will turn to the testimony.
• I think I got all the ground rules. So with that, we will turn to the testimony.
• I think I got all the ground rules. So with that, we will turn to the testimony. Senator Sear?
• It is before you as a home rule petition. The Millennium Fund was created in the 1990s.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a lengthy hybrid hearing of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government, with testimony spanning local board training, animal welfare and enforcement, municipal charters, water district dissolution, and other home rule matters. Chairs Rausch and Lewis set strict time limits because of the large number of speakers and explained that written testimony would also be accepted. Members heard from local officials, advocates, municipal employees, and residents, with many bills receiving broad support from municipal and advocacy witnesses. Several speakers supported bills requiring or expanding training for local boards and commissions, including pre-service training for planning, zoning, and other land use boards. Supporters said training would help volunteers understand complex laws, improve consistency, reduce legal challenges, and speed up housing and development decisions. Related testimony also backed a bill to modernize historic district commissions and another to allow associate planning board members to serve more broadly when needed to maintain quorums. A major portion of the hearing focused on animal legislation. Witnesses supported bills to expand citations for cruel conditions beyond dogs, update dangerous dog procedures, improve animal health inspections and breeder oversight, strengthen tethering rules, and protect pet consumers. Animal control officers, humane organizations, and some victims of dog attacks described enforcement gaps and the need for clearer standards, while several dog trainers and the American Kennel Club opposed parts of the dangerous dog bill and tethering restrictions, arguing they would limit humane training tools and professional discretion. The committee also heard strong support for a bill to create a statewide pet shop and consumer protection framework. The committee also heard testimony on several local home rule petitions. Medford officials and residents strongly supported a new city charter that would replace the current at-large council with ward-based representation and periodic charter review. Wayland representatives supported a bill to preserve the library’s Millennium Fund as intended, Cambridge officials backed creation of an employment and job training trust, and Carver officials supported dissolving the North Carver Water District due to compliance and financial problems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly invited written testimony and follow-up materials.

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• <00:38:14.720> It rulings. There's a reason for it. It rulings. There's a reason for it.
• 45:41.359> rules<00:45:41.680> writing<00:45:41.920> authority because the rules
• You don't have to have a sign to know the other rules of the road. You just follow the rules.
• You don't have to have a sign to know the other rules of the road. You just follow the rules.
• Um, he had to get care facility.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I move that the rules be waived in Senate Bill 36.
• Representative Barrero moves that the rules be waived.
• Representative Tuck, moves that the rules be waived.
• With the rules, Mr. Speaker. Yes, ma'am. Representative Woodson moves that the rules be waived.
• Representative Baker, moves the rules be waived, and CS for HB.053.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Walton County Deputy Will May, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for April 3, 2025 was adopted, and CS/HB 947 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, mostly reviser and technical measures, with several companion Senate bills substituted and passed: SB 36 (Florida statutes adoption act), SB 42 (general reviser’s bill), SB 40 (deleting inoperative statutory provisions), and SB 38 (renaming references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations). All of those passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The House also passed HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders, requiring clerks to electronically send certain petitions, notices, summonses, and orders within six hours, including Baker Act, Marchman Act, and risk protection order documents. Members discussed whether judges needed to direct transmission and whether there were fail-safes if clerks did not comply. HB 615, on electronic delivery of notices between landlords and tenants, was amended to strengthen tenant protections and passed 108-0. HB 655 establishing a regulatory framework for pet insurance, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements, and HB 1145 on workforce education also passed, with HB 1145 receiving 100 yeas and 4 nays. HB 649, removing the paper supervised protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists, passed 77-30 after structured debate. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/HB 1205, which would significantly revise Florida’s citizen initiative process. The bill adds a $1 million bond requirement after 25% of required signatures are collected, requires petition handlers to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, imposes background checks and training for paid circulators, shortens petition turn-in deadlines to 10 days, increases penalties, adds signature revocation notices, and creates additional criminal penalties and enforcement provisions. Supporters argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect petition integrity; opponents said the bill would burden First Amendment activity and make citizen-led amendments much harder to qualify. Numerous amendments were offered, including proposals to remove sensitive personal information from petition forms, soften deadlines and penalties, change validation thresholds, and alter the estimating conference process; most failed, though one amendment clarifying who pays for background checks was adopted. The transcript ends during continued debate on an amendment to strike most of the bill and prohibit public funds from being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments.

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• when you dig up a site today the rules when you dig up a site today the rules for<00:39:38.640><
• and operates a Wastewater Tuma facility and operates a Wastewater Tuma facility so<04:19:23.800>
• <04:49:28.480> is program every solid waste facility is program every solid waste facility
• our regulation of those facilities our regulation of those facilities through<04:49:32.958> a
• <05:31:49.000> in new Wayland engineering facility in new Wayland engineering facility in

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures. A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions. Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service. The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.

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• through rules.
• So that's that's this in through rules.
• So, with they're doing their reg rules.
• Uh that is not on the facility audit.
• but the other is a licensed facility but the other is a licensed facility through<02:45:14.000><

Keywords: 916, all

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• It requires that DFA amend rules to ensure administrative costs do not exceed 25% of awarded amounts
• to pregnancy help organizations. ...rules to ensure administrative costs do not exceed 25% of awarded
• for the Department of Public Safety allows them to leverage revenues generated from the use of facilities
• It also requires that those funds collected be used for facility maintenance at Camp Robinson.
• It also requires that those funds collected be used for facility maintenance at Camp Robinson.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• <01:26:00.440> So maltreatment against a facility. So maltreatment against a facility.
• There are about 7,800 child care facilities in Minnesota, and so this could be about 10,000 per facility
• <01:52:09.400> are make sure that child care facilities are make sure that child care facilities
• <01:52:55.640> in about 7,800 child care facilities in about 7,800 child care facilities in
• So centers to all child care facilities.

Bills: HF4277, HF3819, HF3489, HF4408, HF3901, HF4316

Keywords: child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy

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• That facility will house 384 inmates, and frankly, we need to open it.
• Salt Lake, Utah State Correctional Facility.
• But this is how it looks at the Utah State Correctional Facility.
• facility.
• Direct supervision is really based on a facility design, and then the... ...facility design.

Keywords: 985, all

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• My office often receives complaints from parents of youth who are in the detention facilities and from
• They follow the rules. They show up in court. They take the steps that the law requires.
• Currently, mental health facilities must report an individual to the Department of Justice within 24
• In addition, mental health facilities are not required to update reports.
• It also requires facilities to update the Department of Justice when they get new information.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Once you start changing that core element of the credit itself, you're talking about promulgating rules
• <00:22:22.240> We post-production facility yet, right?
• We post-production facility yet, right?
• We have local post-production facility facilities that are small and currently being contracted by major
• have local post-production facility have local post-production facility facilities<00:26:56.040>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to Hawaii’s film tax credits, timeshare registration, and a Hawaii Technology Development Corporation matching program. For HB 1939, witnesses from the Governor’s office, DBEDT, the Department of Taxation, the Attorney General’s office, film industry groups, neighborhood boards, and others discussed changes to film tax incentives, including local hire requirements, indigenous content, and possible bonus credits. Supporters said the bill would diversify the economy and strengthen local jobs, while DBEDT and others raised operational, fiscal, and legal concerns about administering the multiple bonus options, defining indigenous content, and tracking compliance. The committee noted strong support in testimony and moved the bill forward with a Senate draft, including an amended effective date and a change to apply the bill to costs incurred rather than taxable years. HB 1941, also relating to taxation and film incentives, drew mixed testimony focused on the interaction between physical production and post-production credits. DBEDT, the Honolulu Film Office, and the Hawaii Film Alliance said the bill’s structure could discourage productions, especially because many productions complete post-production elsewhere and because the measure would be difficult to administer and verify. They urged keeping physical production and post-production separate or addressing post-production through workforce development instead. After hearing the testimony, the chair deferred HB 1941 for further work rather than advancing it. The committee also heard HB 1946 on timeshare registration, which had support from industry representatives and DCCA. The bill was advanced with a Senate draft incorporating DCCA’s requested language providing that renewal applications are deemed approved after 30 days unless a deficiency letter is issued. Finally, HB 2545 on HTDC’s matching program for federal SBIR/STTR awards was advanced with a technical amendment clarifying that the federal awards are separate and should be referenced in the alternative. All three of those measures were adopted unanimously by the members present.

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• These illustrate those marijuana grow facilities in existence when I took my oath of office You took
• Each plant produces approximately 1 pound of marijuana per harvest and each facility can be harvested
• But I am unperturbed by political blowback when I am informed by the rule of law.
• One, we are not driven by political philosophy; we are driven by the rule of law.
• The current facility and again, this is a roof under which I will never work, but it is necessary.

Keywords: 914, all

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• I'm not exactly sure, but in regards to federal rules or regulations, um, these facilities are under
• rules or regulations um these facilities rules or regulations um these facilities are<00:14:17.600
• your facility and it's very impressive. your facility and it's very impressive.
• So, a bill like this um has an rules.
• Um, we're referring in these facilities.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This conference report relates to siting of data centers and site assessment for high-energy-use facilities
• This conference report relates to state correctional facilities, visitation policies, and your report
• The bill establishes clear standards for in-person visitation in our state correctional facilities, with
• Speaker, the Chair of Public Safety, the Senate Chair of Rules, and the Chair of General Laws to request
• The conference report protects residential ratepayers and would require high-energy-use facilities to

Keywords: March 14, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• LAST YEAR'S WILL HAD A FULL REPEAL BUT HAD CAPS ON DAMAGES BOTH FOR PRACTITIONERS AND FACILITIES.
• IN FACT, SINCE 2013 OUR FACILITIES PREMIUM WAS $2.6 MILLION.
• FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS OUR FACILITY HAS SEEN A 40% INCREASE IN MALPRACTICE COVERAGE.
• THE FLORIDA -- RULE WHICH MEANS HE WAS A LEGALLY FUNCTIONING INDEPENDENT CHILD.
• THERE ARE FACILITIES IN THESE LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT, BY MARCH 15-20 25 REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF VACANT DETENTION BEDS AND FACILITIES
• PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STATES WHO USE FLORIDA'S TRAINING FACILITIES
• REQUIRE A COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ENTERING AN AGREEMENT WITH AN IMMIGRATION AGENCY FOR PAYMENT OF
• ICE ONLY HAS THREE DETENTION FACILITIES IN FLORIDA RED CORAL SPRINGS AND UP IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA BAKER
• CABINET POSITION SO TAKE OUT THIS IN-STATE TUITION AND I WILL VOTE FOR IT. >> Chair Hooper: UNDER RULE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• if the rules are in place, right?
• if the rules are in place right or rule if the rules are in place right or the<01:02:29.680> agency
• temporarily under more stringent rules temporarily under more stringent rules it<01:03:27.520>
• it remains permanent and we have rules it remains permanent and we have rules that<01:03:38.839>
• <02:02:37.800> rule on is developing the draft rule rule on is developing the draft rule rule

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Apparently the facilities folks here.
• I have already spoken to facilities I have already spoken to facilities about<00:08:08.000> the
• So the 1000 rules, this was a rule set that governs the actual interconnection process.
• So, we have, or within the rules.
• It falls under FK facilities.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• That will undoubtedly remove private-pay patients from current facilities that all facilities do rely
• nursing facilities and rehabilitation nursing facilities and rehabilitation facilities<00:20:54.799
• Bradley's comments, but, you know, with respect to the CMS rules, all the rules for health facilities
• Bradley's comments, but, you know, with respect to the CMS rules, all the rules for health facilities
• Bradley's comments, but, you know, with respect to the CMS rules, all the rules for health facilities

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.