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• c><00:20:29.679> about<00:20:29.840> the<00:20:30.000> bare<00:20:30.159> minimum
• <00:20:30.480> that though it's about the bare minimum that though it's about the bare minimum
• Cloud area who were struggling financially and were only receiving the minimum $15 a month.
• <01:11:50.400> Asset<01:11:50.880> testing<01:11:51.600> with minimum $15 a
• Asset testing with minimum $15 a month.

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

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• It could be done more, but at minimum it would be done on an annual basis.
• It could be done more, but at minimum it would be done on an annual basis.
• It could be done more, but at minimum it would be done on an annual basis.
• The minimum GPA to get into our program is 2.5. We pride ourselves in serving the academic middle.
• The minimum GPA to get into our program is 2.5. We pride ourselves in serving the academic middle.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Should a big retailer making trillions in profit and paying minimum wage be able to buy a politician
• that is going to continually say we can't raise minimum wage, can't give people more money?
• 01:20:30.800> profit<01:20:31.360> and<01:20:31.679> paying<01:20:32.239> minimum
• trillions in profit and paying minimum trillions in profit and paying minimum wage<01:20:34.000>
• Can't give people more minimum wage.

Bills: HF4133, HF3419

Keywords: homeowner's insurance, peace officer, property damage, just compensation, exclusion policy, corporate powers, entity law, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, cooperative, partnership, trust, foreign entity, campaign finance, election spending, political spending, ballot measure, ballot initiative

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• It goes out for public comment for a minimum of 55 days, I believe it is. It comes back later.
• for<00:52:30.960> a goes out for public comment for a goes out for public comment for a minimum
• minimum of 55 days, I believe it is. minimum of 55 days, I believe it is.
• piece that this bill does is it addresses professional development and credentialing of teachers at a minimum
• piece that this bill does is it addresses professional development and credentialing of teachers at a minimum

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• Um, so the sponsors that are listed here were sponsors for the bill in regards to the minimum standards
• c><00:30:43.120> 306<00:30:43.679> rules,<00:30:44.000> the<00:30:44.159> minimum
• revision of the 306 rules, the minimum revision of the 306 rules, the minimum standards<00:30:44.880
• <00:31:05.520> standards<00:31:05.919> of<00:31:06.080> public minimum standards
• of public minimum standards of public education.<00:31:08.080> None<00:31:08.320> of<00

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Do you have any kind of criteria or any feedback about what that training at minimum must include, or
• 00:53:46.920> at feedback about what that training at feedback about what that training at minimum
• must include or what folks are minimum must include or what folks are looking<00:53:50.040> for
• c><00:55:08.599> includes<00:55:09.319> of<00:55:09.440> course that that at minimum
• includes of course that that at minimum includes of course we<00:55:09.760> hear<00:55:10.000

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The minimum felony under this statute is a three-year, $5,000 felony, so it's not even a one-year felony
• > inappropriate<01:42:27.000> conduct<01:42:27.440> if<01:42:27.560> you minimum
• inappropriate conduct if you minimum inappropriate conduct if you will<01:42:28.000> that<01:
• <01:42:36.960> felony<01:42:37.960> under which um the uh the minimum felony under
• which um the uh the minimum felony under this statute<01:42:42.760> um<01:42:43.239> is

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So what we're seeking to do in this language is to ensure that there is a bid process for a minimum of
• So what we're seeking to do in this language is to ensure that there is a bid process for a minimum of
• of this that minimum staffing standards of this type<02:03:35.599> can<02:03:35.840> save<
• nursing staff ratios or minimum standards.
• league baseball players from a minimum league baseball players from a minimum wage<04:24:19.279>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Because in some cases, I feel if you have some minimum qualifications, you could always do additional
• The requirement is, I think, a minimum of two years of management experience.
• if you have some minimum if you have some minimum qualifications<01:12:59.560> you<01:12:
• to the employee is interesting minimum to the employee is interesting minimum wage<01:16:58.360>
• But when they actually hire a guard, they're minimum wage, um, don't have no benefits, no nothing.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• The other option would be, I think, at a minimum, you could do things like—I hate to use the word mandate
• But at a minimum, I would say, continuing a physical footprint where you have only DHS and public assistance

Keywords: 1204, all

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• It also establishes minimum liability requirements and remedies if a governmental entity or official
• minor child and the right to access a minor child's complete educational record, and establishes minimum

Summary: House Republican caucus met on April 29 to review the FY 2027 budget package and several related “budget implementation” bills, with Chairman Livingston noting that HB 2415 was being held. Staff and members walked through HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act (“feed bill”), which appropriates about $17.96 billion from the general fund and includes one-time fund transfers, 5% lump-sum reductions for most agencies, funding for the state health insurance plan, school facilities, child care, correctional officer stipends, public safety, and other prior-year items. Members emphasized that the budget reflected House and Senate negotiations after the governor left budget talks, and Republican leaders framed it as a package that lowers taxes, shrinks government, and funds priorities such as K-12, child care, foster care, and public safety. The caucus then reviewed a series of mostly standard budget bills: HB 4139 on gaming/racing assessments; HB 4140 on federal monies, the budget stabilization fund, and ACE initiative savings reporting; HB 4141 on capital outlay, highway construction, airport funding, and rural transportation match funds; HB 4142 on commerce and lottery distributions; HB 4143 on corrections reporting; HB 4144 on environmental provisions and water-related fund uses; HB 4145 on state employee health insurance premiums and DES reforms; HB 4146 on higher education funding provisions; HB 4147 on SNAP administration and error-rate reduction; HB 4148 on K-12 inflation adjustments, school facilities, and ASDB property-sale oversight; HB 4150 on county expenditure flexibility and state office rent rates; HB 4151 on the Department of Revenue’s integrated tax system funding and related charges; HB 4152 on tax conformity, deductions, and repeal of several renewable-energy tax preferences and the Rio Nuevo diversion; and HB 4153 on transportation reporting. Discussion repeatedly centered on health plan solvency, SNAP/ACCESS eligibility and fraud controls, school funding, rural transportation, and tax conformity and relief. The caucus also took up several blue-sheet bills: HB 2035 on extended-family placement notifications in child welfare cases; HB 2170 restricting certain PRC-controlled companies from state IT contracts; HB 2249 expanding Parents’ Bill of Rights provisions; HB 2573 on DUI interlock/restricted-license rules and psychotherapy definitions; and HB 2873, which was amended to allow withdrawal of referendum petitions before ballot qualification. HB 2415 was held. The Speaker closed by praising the caucus for its budget work, saying the package delivers tax relief, protects vulnerable populations and public safety, and reflects months of Republican negotiations, and the meeting adjourned to the floor.

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• Today, there are no minimum requirements for how homes are inspected, how smoke contamination is tested
• AB 2361 ensures consumer protection by requiring that minimum insurance coverage always remain available

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It also permits a downward adjustment of the minimum qualifying contributions for certain offices, as
• this bill because by increasing the expenditure limit and adjusting the number, well, lowering the minimum

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and acted on several nominations and bills. It first recommended advise and consent for Governor’s Message 573, confirming Luann Blake to the Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee after she described her experience as a blind voter and her goals of improving outreach and accessibility for voters with print disabilities. The committee then took up the judiciary supplemental budget bill, HB 2095, with testimony from the courts and several supportive organizations. The courts requested funding for security, cybersecurity, substance use treatment contracts, public guardian services, staffing, and capital projects; members questioned the lump-sum CIP request, the substance use contract funding, and the Kamanu Hale elevator project. The committee later voted to pass HB 2095 with amendments, including changes to cybersecurity funding, security-related report language, and other committee-report notes. The committee also heard HB 1520, which changes the five-year statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions of campaign finance violations to begin upon discovery by the Campaign Spending Commission. The commission supported the bill, saying it would prevent delayed reporting from avoiding prosecution, while one senator raised concerns about due diligence, tolling, and the difference between administrative and criminal enforcement. The bill drew broad support from advocacy groups and was advanced with an amendment clarifying “criminal prosecution.” HB 1548, which reduces the maximum sentence for misdemeanors and other offenses punishable by up to one year to 364 days, received strong support from the Public Defender, immigrant-rights groups, OHA, and others, who said the change would reduce immigration consequences for noncitizens. The committee later amended and passed the bill, limiting it to non-violent offenses. HB 2050, increasing partial public financing limits and available public funds, was supported by the Campaign Spending Commission and good-government groups, while OHA asked for parity with lieutenant governor races. The committee passed it with amendments increasing the public-fund match and funding levels, and requested additional appropriations in the committee report. HB 2494, which would set factors for warrantless arrests for petty misdemeanors and violations and require documentation of the justification, drew strong support from the Public Defender and civil-liberties advocates but opposition from the Attorney General’s office, prosecutors, police, and some business groups, who warned it would restrict officer discretion and trigger litigation. The committee nevertheless passed it with amendments. In a final decision-making agenda, the committee also passed HB 2250 with amendments, adding blank appropriations and committee-report language related to claims against the state, including claims involving exonerees and a disputed USEPA-related claim.

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• survey that's going to include this cost analysis in the future and all that, but even just at bare minimum
• But at bare minimum, that just brings the standards to where it's all the same. Okay?

Summary: The Early Childhood Committee met for an update from the Office of Early Childhood within the Department of Education. Members heard that the office’s goals under the LEARNS Act are to improve kindergarten readiness, support families, ensure quality providers, and expand affordable, accessible child care. Staff reviewed the local lead system, licensing, quality efforts such as CLASS and QRIS, and the two main funding streams: School Readiness Assistance (SRA), a federal CCDF-funded voucher program serving about 14,600 children with a wait list of a little over 3,000, and Arkansas Better Chance (ABC), a state-funded program serving about 21,000 children with authority recently increased to 24,000 slots. A major topic was the difference between market rate surveys and cost analysis studies. Officials said the department is procuring both through an RFP, hoping to begin by August and have results by late in the year. Members pressed for current reimbursement levels, the gap between ABC and SRA funding, and whether ABC funding should be increased to better match costs. Staff explained that SRA rates are set at 75% of the market rate, while ABC per-child funding is much lower, and that ABC slots are limited by the overall allocation. They also explained that some ABC slots were increased by moving children from a discontinued federal pre-K arrangement into ABC to preserve continuity of care. Committee members raised concerns about rural access, infant and toddler shortages, provider stability, workforce pay, and communication with families and providers. Officials said local leads are now helping identify underserved areas, that no county with absolutely no care is known, and that the department is trying to get a truer statewide count of children and providers. They also described efforts to improve communication through monthly provider calls, website postings, and direct case contacts with families. Members discussed possible funding increases, including ideas to reduce the SRA wait list and raise ABC funding, but no formal vote or action was taken beyond approving prior meeting minutes and receiving the update.

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• survey that's going to include this cost analysis in the future and all that, but even just at bare minimum
• But at bare minimum, that just brings the standards to where it's all the same.

Summary: The Early Childhood Committee met to receive an update from the Office of Early Childhood on Arkansas child care and early learning programs. Committee members discussed the state’s child care crisis, including reported economic losses from lack of access, the need to track access, affordability, workforce shortages, rural and infant/toddler care gaps, and the role of local leads in identifying needs across the state. The committee also approved the February 17 minutes. Office of Early Childhood staff explained their responsibilities under the LEARNS Act, including kindergarten readiness, provider quality, and access to affordable seats. They reviewed licensing, quality efforts, and the two main funding streams: School Readiness Assistance (SRA), a federally funded voucher program serving about 14,600 children with a wait list of more than 3,000, and Arkansas Better Chance (ABC), a state-funded program serving about 23,000 children, with approval to increase to 24,000 slots. Members asked about the difference between market rate surveys and cost analyses, and staff said the office is procuring both, with results expected by the end of the year. Several members raised concerns about funding levels, especially that ABC reimbursement has not kept pace with K-12 funding increases and that child care reimbursement remains below the true cost of care. Staff said ABC requires certified teachers and lower ratios than SRA, but pays less, and that some federal pre-K slots were moved into ABC to preserve continuity of care. They also explained that SRA eligibility changes, including a higher work requirement and ending a child care worker eligibility category, were made to reduce spending and serve families on the wait list. The committee discussed communication with providers and parents, technical assistance for centers, and possible future legislative action to stabilize providers and expand access, but no votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and adjournment.

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• Arizonans, and that many of us here in the Democratic Caucus have introduced bills to increase the minimum
• is why I, along with colleagues in the Democratic Caucus, have introduced legislation to raise the minimum

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Of key significance is establishing a minimum Physician award of $75,000 per year for four years for
• And this bill has no minimum or maximum requirement at all in the other allied health professional section

Keywords: 996, all

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• For example, for SNAP, H.R. 1 sets the minimum...
• That creates unnecessary risk for families and for the state, and at a minimum calls for this bill to

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• counties and municipalities operating traffic infraction detectors to maintain certain records for a minimum
• counties and municipalities operating traffic infraction detectors to maintain certain records for a minimum

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills. Senate Bill 628, naming a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor three Navy sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack, drew supportive remarks from senators and was reported favorably. Senate Bill 382 addressed electric bicycles and scooters by requiring riders to yield to pedestrians, limit speed near pedestrians, and use audible signals, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements; witnesses from law enforcement, local government, and school boards supported the bill but urged clearer inclusion of e-scooters and better data collection, and the bill was reported favorably. Senate Bill 880 created a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and Senate Bill 696 authorized online trademark registration applications and updated trademark classification and verification procedures; both were reported favorably with little opposition. The committee also took up Chair DeSigley’s CS for SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red-light running, school-zone speeding, and school-bus violations. The bill aimed to increase consistency, transparency, and fairness by limiting data use, requiring records retention, authorizing virtual hearings, restricting commissions, and adding school board approval and reporting requirements for school-bus camera programs. An amendment was adopted to clarify several provisions, including the definition of careful and prudent driving, limits on camera data use, contract timing for commission prohibitions, and reporting on violations outside authorized enforcement periods. Members raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, school-zone notice, and whether all-day school-zone enforcement should continue; Hillsborough County law enforcement testified in support of all-day enforcement based on crash data, while the sponsor said he would continue working on clarifications. After debate, the amended bill was reported favorably.

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• counties and municipalities operating traffic infraction detectors to maintain certain records for a minimum
• counties and municipalities operating traffic infraction detectors to maintain certain records for a minimum

Bills: S0382, S0628, S0654, S0696, S0880

Keywords: transportation facility designations, road naming, highway designation, honorary designation, memorial highway, memorial boulevard, memorial interchange, airport naming, FDOT markers, Florida Department of Transportation, State Road 80, SR 80, U.S. 90, U.S. 41, A1A, Turnpike interchange, Kissimmee Park Road, Bobby Bowden, Donald Trump Highway, President Donald J. Trump Highway

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills, all of which were reported favorably. First, SB 628 designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as “Warrior Sacrifice Way” to honor Ensign Joshua Watson, Petty Officer Muhammad Hatham, and Cameron Walters, who were killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack. Senators spoke in support, emphasizing remembrance and support for the families. The committee then heard CS/SB 382 on electric bicycles and scooters. The bill would require riders on shared pathways to yield to pedestrians, sound an audible signal before passing, and limit speed near pedestrians, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements. Law enforcement, local officials, and school board representatives supported the bill and described safety concerns and data gaps, while several senators raised questions about enforcement and asked that e-scooters be addressed more explicitly. The bill was reported favorably. Members also approved SB 880, creating a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and SB 696, which allows online trademark registration applications and updates Florida’s trademark classification and verification procedures. Finally, the committee took up CS/CS/SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red light, school zone speeding, and school bus violations. The bill and an amendment added guardrails on data use, hearings, reporting, signage, and contract limits; senators raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, and school zone enforcement, and a Hillsborough County sheriff’s representative testified that all-day school zone enforcement has improved safety. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after recording additional affirmative votes on SB 628 from Senators Martin and Smith.