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• Welcome to the committee.
• Seeing no uh committee<00:10:28.399> questions. committee questions. committee questions.
• Welcome to the committee. testimony. Welcome to the committee.
• Committee on Ways and Means. Committee on Ways and Means.
• Chair and committee.

Bills: HF3694, HF3844, HF4006, HF3785, HF3849, HF4102, HF3441, HF3507, HF3562

Keywords: transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license

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• The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K through 12 Education will now come to order.
• Should you choose to waive your speaking time, your position will be included in the committee meeting
• Late-filed amendments are always discouraged in education committees.
• For the members of committee, I ask for your favorable support of this bill. Thank you.
• For the members of committee, I would love to ask for your favorable support of this bill.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K through 12 Education met with a quorum present and took up three bills. SB 1618, by Senator Calatayud, was presented as a broad education package affecting VPK through grade 12. It included changes to VPK enrollment flexibility, repeal of the Council for Early Grade Success, agriculture and financial literacy curriculum updates, reading intervention requirements, limits on certain public-school spending, corporal punishment consent, educator certification and screening provisions, and changes to the school recognition program. A late-filed technical amendment clarifying prior legislation for certain private schools in Brevard, Clay, Sarasota, and Bradford counties was adopted. Senator Osgood raised concerns about the bill’s school recognition provisions and the impact on paraprofessionals and other support staff, and the sponsor said she would continue those discussions. SB 1618, as amended, was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS for SB 1058, which would update Florida references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state, district, and charter school materials beginning after July 1, 2025, without requiring existing materials to be changed. The bill was presented by Senator Calatayud on behalf of Senator Gruters and was reported favorably without amendment or opposition. Next, the committee heard CS for SB 1470 on school safety, which would align school security guard training with guardian program requirements, refine locked campus and classroom rules, and improve panic alert and digital map coordination. Several amendments were adopted, including a late-filed amendment capping guardian training fees, creating a stakeholder work group for a Florida Institute of School Safety, adjusting locked-zone requirements and exceptions, requiring substitute teachers to receive safety protocol training, and a funding amendment providing $450,000 in recurring funds for a centralized panic alert and digital map system. Support was voiced by school district, sheriff, and safety representatives, and Senator Osgood praised the recurring funding as avoiding an unfunded mandate. The committee also passed SB 1472, linked to SB 1470, extending a public records exemption to school security guards’ records held by FDLE, with the exemption set to sunset in 2030 unless renewed. President Gaetz questioned the need for the exemption, and Senator Burgess responded that it was intended to protect school safety personnel from exposure of personal information after an incident. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned.

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• >>THE COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WILL COME TO ORDER.
• EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE SILENCE ALL OF THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
• McClain: YES. >> BY YOUR VOTE SPB 7004 FAVORABLY REPORTED AS A COMMITTEE BILL.
• ANY SENATOR WISH TO BE RECORDED ON VOTING ON BILLS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY?
• ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? PRESIDENT PASSIDOMO MOVES WE ADJOURNED.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• committee amendment number one. committee amendment number one.
• Committee amendment.
• came through our committee. came through our committee.
• Standing committee reports. All right. Standing committee reports.
• Any committee announcements? All right. Any committee announcements?

Keywords: 916, all

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• . committee report and the appropriations committee report. >> To the appropriations committee report
• The appropriations committee report is adopted to the finance committee report.
• It died in committee.
• The committee report, um, the amendment to the committee report is adopted.
• Seeing none, the committee will rise. Report progress. Committee will rise.

Keywords: 981, all

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• You’ve seen it in committee.
• committee to vote their conscience. committee to vote their conscience.
• It's a great committee.
• this committee. It's a great committee. this committee. It's a great committee.
• to uh go to the Finance Committee. to uh go to the Finance Committee.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• read the journal committee report? read the journal committee report?
• none, the committee of the or<00:02:40.080> the<00:02:40.319> committee<00:02:40.800><
• Journal committee time of day yet.
• All right, committees.
• Your committee number two, 2026.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:04:34.400> members ensure this committee includes members ensure this committee includes
• Chair, members of the committee.
• committee, any questions or comments? committee, any questions or comments?
• Is there a sunset on that?
• So actually, if the committee wanted to add a 2030 sunset just to remind them this is not lasting forever

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um workers during conference committee.
• Um, my committee members also heard me talk about my mother.
• <00:58:30.079> and not stand by and see that sunseted and not stand by and see that sunseted
• conference committee. conference committee.
• committee. Thank you. committee. Thank you.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Welcome to committee. way to the table. Welcome to committee.
• Welcome to committee. >> Mr.
• Welcome to committee.<00:53:10.000> Mr.<00:53:10.319> King, committee. Mr.
• King, committee. Mr.
• for committee and go ahead. for committee and go ahead.

Bills: HF2986, HF3555

Keywords: virtual power plant, VPP, distributed energy resources, DER, demand response, load management, grid modernization, peak demand, peak shaving, battery storage, energy storage, solar photovoltaic, solar panels, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, heat pumps, aggregator, public utilities commission, PUC, rate recovery

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• Children and Families committee Children and Families committee addressing<00:07:35.720> this
• of the children and families committee of the children and families committee and<00:26:54.399><
• okay thank you welcome the committee okay thank you welcome the committee your<00:30:29.399>
• about costs across our committees about costs across our committees and<00:51:46.640> um<
• <01:08:40.319> appreciate committee appreciate committee appreciate it<01:08:42.719> we'll<

Bills: HF1277, HF812, HF457, HF633

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, income tax, tax brackets, tax adjustments, Minnesota, tax policy, underutilized buildings, adaptive reuse, building conversion, historic preservation, downtown revitalization, vacant property, vacancy reduction, refundable tax credit, income tax credit, grant in lieu of credit

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• Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, and members of the committee.
• Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, and members of the committee.
• <00:49:29.160> uh state and repeals the sunset uh state and repeals the sunset uh provision
• Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, and committee members.
• <01:24:30.040> went 1517 after it left your committee went 1517 after it left your committee

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several water, land, and conservation measures. HB 86, which would fund a permanent DLNR Makai Watch coordinator position, drew strong support from DLNR and community advocates. Testifiers said the coordinator is needed to connect community-based nearshore monitoring groups with government, support training and reporting, and provide stable civil-service funding instead of relying on grants and philanthropy. The committee discussed the position’s duties and cost, estimated at about $110,000 with fringe benefits, and noted broad support from organizations including Kuaʻulu, The Nature Conservancy, OHA, and others. HB 36, relating to state water code penalties, was also supported in principle by DLNR, but the agency proposed amendments to create two tiers of violations, distinguish first-time/non-harmful violations from repeat or harmful ones, and give the commission discretion on whether each day counts as a continuing violation. DLNR said the bill is intended to address egregious cases such as Red Hill while avoiding undue impact on small farmers and others without malicious intent. Testifiers from the Board of Water Supply, Lono Initiative, and others supported stronger penalties and transparency, while Earthjustice raised concerns about broader structural issues and the risk of penalties being applied unfairly. The committee then heard HB 316, which appropriates funds to continue the Green Jobs Youth Corps program. DLNR, the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, Kōkua, The Nature Conservancy, and other groups testified in support, describing the program as a workforce pipeline that places young professionals in communities, builds trust, and helps recruit future state employees. Supporters said the program has expanded capacity in watershed and reef management and has drawn extensive public backing. Finally, HB 506, funding equipment for the Oʻahu branch of DOCARE, received support from DLNR and others. DOCARE said recent recruit classes are moving through training, that the new positions will expand patrol capacity, including nighttime enforcement, and that the Oʻahu-specific funding is tied to priorities such as the Māʻili Bay herbivore rules. The committee also began hearing HB 510 on water shortage and emergency declarations. DLNR proposed limiting shortage declarations to 90 days unless extended, capping groundwater reductions at 20% for lower-priority permits, removing climate-crisis language as a standalone criterion, and moving the process into rulemaking for more public input. The Board of Water Supply supported the bill and the proposed changes, while Earthjustice urged deferral absent broader Water Commission reforms. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would be decision-making after the hearing on items on the agenda.

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• Committee substitute amended.
• Committee substitute.
• Committee substitute amended.
• Speaker, members, Senate Bill 2406 is the recommendation of the Sunset Advisory Committee on the Sabine
• Speaker, Senate Bill 2407 is the recommendation of the Sunset Advisory Committee on the Lower Neches

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.

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• have taken a stance on creating a fund called the Pistol Permanent Replacement Fund, but that has sunsets

Bills: SB314

Keywords: motor vehicle fees, Shelby County, law enforcement funding, registration fees, county commission, 1136, house, all

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• The committee finds the following. The committee finds the following.
• Thank you to the committee. Thank you for your work. Thank you to the committee.
• <04:36:10.320> Um, the committee report. Um, the committee report.
• glad with of the work of the committee. glad with of the work of the committee.
• I'd like to thank the uh committee I'd like to thank the uh committee myself.

Keywords: 916, all

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• service on the act committee. service on the act committee.
• Going to conference committee.
• There's a couple of small changes that were made in our House committee, duty committee.
• And so now this bill will sunset.
• <02:32:13.280> But say, it'll be sunset. But say, it'll be sunset.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• > were<01:09:37.240> looking Commerce Committee when we were looking Commerce Committee
• Um language to be heard in committee.
• It was heard in the Elections Committee and the Judiciary Committee.
• It was heard in the Elections Committee and the Judiciary Committee.
• It was heard in the Elections Committee and the Judiciary Committee.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first took up House File 1794, which would remove the post-graduate collaborative practice requirement for advanced practice registered nurses. The author and several supporters argued the bill would reduce barriers to practice, improve access to primary care and mental health services, especially in rural areas, and align Minnesota with other states. Supporters cited backing from APRN organizations and said the Board of Nursing had no concerns, while opponents, led by Representative Liebling, argued the current one-year collaborative period is a patient-safety safeguard that gives new APRNs needed experience working with physicians before practicing independently. After debate and questions about how the current requirement works in practice, the House passed the bill 119-12. The House then considered House File 4595, which changes licensure reciprocity rules for marriage and family therapists. Representative Schumacher said the bill would expand access to mental health care at no cost by making it easier for qualified out-of-state therapists to obtain Minnesota licenses, eliminating a five-year waiting period and other barriers while maintaining standards through background checks and a jurisprudence exam. Supporters, including Representatives Bierman and Gilman, emphasized workforce shortages and the value of more therapy access for families and relationships. The Board of Marriage and Family Therapy was noted as neutral, and the bill passed unanimously, 133-0. Finally, the House began debate on House File 4493, which would authorize pharmacists to initiate, prescribe, administer, and dispense certain drugs for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine/Suboxone. Representative Baker said the bill would save lives by allowing people to access treatment immediately through local pharmacies, especially in greater Minnesota, and help them through withdrawal when they are most likely to seek help. The transcript cuts off during the opening of discussion on this bill, before any vote or final action is shown.

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• The a committee report adopted. We need a shorter name for your committee.
• I'm not on that committee. I know nothing about that committee.
• I'm not on that committee. I know nothing about that committee.
• Development Committee and then the House Judiciary Committee.
• Committee.

Bills: HB111, HB61, HB43, HB156, HB70, SB3, HB103, HB109, HB128, HB247, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

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• Secretary called next committee committee committee from<00:30:15.200> the<00:30:15.279> committee
• from the committee on education policy. from the committee on education policy.
• Secretary called next committee committee committee >> from<00:34:01.440> the<00:34:01.600
• Committee substitute general fund. Committee substitute pending. pending. pending.
• committee substitute pending. committee substitute pending.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. It adopted motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be taken up throughout the day. The chamber received multiple House messages and a gubernatorial confirmation, including House Bill 1 on motor vehicles, Senate Bill 170 on health insurance, and Senate confirmation 90 for Chenica Johnson Anom to the Alabama Cickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, all of which were referred to the appropriate committees. The Senate later concurred in the House amendment to Senate Bill 170 by a 29-0-1 vote. Committee reports covered a wide range of measures, with favorable reports and, in several cases, amendments or substitutes. Judiciary reported favorably on House Bills 228, 132, 347, 405, 86, 263, and 302, and on Senate Bills 318 and 260; State Government Affairs reported favorably on House Bills 435, 97, and 407 and Senate Bill 361; Education Policy reported favorably on Senate Bills 337 and House Bills 520 and 75; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported favorably on House Bills 303 and 477 and Senate Bills 360, 325, 329, and 330; Transportation and Energy reported favorably on Senate Bills 341, 354, and 340; Veterans and Military Affairs reported favorably on House Bills 465 and 307 and Senate Bills 338 and 359; and Local Legislation reported favorably on Jefferson County Senate Bill 243 and Shelby County House Bill 532. These reports generally advanced the bills to second reading and placement on the next legislative day’s calendar. The Senate also confirmed George Pierce to the Alabama Ethics Commission by a 33-0 vote after a favorable committee report, with several senators offering brief remarks of congratulations. In motions and resolutions, the chamber adopted Senate Joint Resolution 77 honoring the Section boys basketball team and Senate Joint Resolution 78 honoring the North Sand Mountain girls basketball team for state championships. It also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 79 establishing a legislative study commission on child sexual abuse laws and policies. A senator additionally urged colleagues to support broadband expansion efforts in rural Alabama and to ask the education chair to place HB 4 on the agenda. The most substantial floor discussion concerned Senate Bill 146, the state general fund budget substitute. The sponsor explained several budget provisions, including a $12 million transfer and an additional $5 million for the judiciary to address funding for newly created judgeships, a conditional $40 million for the Department of Corrections tied to progress on the Elmore and Escambia prison projects, conditional funding for DHR tied to reducing its federal error rate and developing a SNAP-related plan, conditional mental health funding tied to reporting and data requirements, and language preserving legislative control over certain federal rural health care funds. The Senate adopted the committee substitute for SB 146 by a 32-0-1 vote and then continued with the budget explanation as the transcript ended.

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• Refer to the Committee on Insurance.
• Refer to the Committee on Insurance.
• A further Committee on Ways and Means.
• Refer the Committee on.
• Refer the Committee on Ways and Means.