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• And the process will be housed in the Florida Human Relations Commission. Mr.
• First of all, why are we kind of wholesale removing the Environmental Regulation Commission?
• And building off of Rip Holcomb's comments, I served 12 years on the county commission.
• Next up, Representative Persons Mullica, CS for HB 995, Public Employees Relations Commission.
• It's a pleasure to be before you to present House Bill 995, Public Employees Relations Commission.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of bills, many of them amended. Early action included PCS for CS for HB 639, which would expand an existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to all Floridians, tighten specialty plate rules for future applicants, require financial projections and reporting, and create several new specialty plates. After questions about Florida nexus requirements and a successful amendment adding a Florida Film Legacy plate, the bill was reported favorably 26-0. PCS for CS for HB 1169, limiting local governments’ use of excess building-code enforcement funds for construction of the code-enforcement building, also passed unanimously after testimony from the Florida Home Builders Association. The committee then approved HB 139, expanding whistleblower protections for state, local, and contract employees who file ethics complaints, with support from the Florida Commission on Ethics. PCS for HB 273, which would make special districts eligible for certain state and federal grants and direct pay options, passed 24-1 after testimony from both supporters and opponents. Members also approved CS for HB 1087, a public-records exemption for certain stablecoin issuer information, and CS for HB 1085, updating the local government cybersecurity grant program by moving it to Cyber Florida at USF, adding a sunset, and limiting consecutive awards. Several environmental and local-government transparency measures drew extended debate. CS for CS for HB 1417, a broad environmental bill, was amended to remove several provisions, retain others on the Environmental Regulation Commission, springs, solar facilities, Indian River Lagoon septic deadlines, and coastal resiliency partnerships, and then passed 24-0 amid mixed testimony from DEP, water management districts, and environmental advocates. CS for HB 1457, creating a framework for regional stormwater management systems and water quality enhancement areas, passed 24-0 after discussion of port impacts. CS for HB 1329, requiring local budgets to be posted earlier, retained longer, and made searchable, and adding a 10% budget-cutting exercise, passed 17-6 after strong opposition from local-government groups who argued it would be costly and duplicative. The committee also approved CS for HB 4091 creating a special district for stormwater and flood control in Sarasota and Manatee counties, and then took up CS for HB 995, a major overhaul of Public Employees Relations Commission and union-related procedures, including registration, dues disclosure, election rules, leave-time limits, and expedited bargaining over legislatively appropriated salary increases; that bill was still under questioning when the transcript ended.

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• The JEU is one of the Labor Commission units with the highest retention rate and the fewest vacancies
• Although the labor commission or the J.E.U has issued an impressive 15,826 levies, again from the PRA
• There are 20 local Labor Commission offices in the state.
• It did prevent the state from securing the assets for the larger group of workers.
• So they opened probate, secured a court order directing the bank to issue those funds to the workers.

Committee: House Labor and Employment

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This clarifies that the requirements for the securing of mooring lines in State Commercial Harbor shall
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• Rights</c><00:04:11.959><c> Commission</c><00:04:12.959><c> report</c><00:04:13.280><c> to</c><00:04
• :13.400><c> the</c> Civil Rights Commission report to the Civil Rights Commission report to the legislature
• of moing lines in State securing of moing lines in State Commercial<00:04:55.880><c> Harbor</c><00:04

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Judiciary committee met in decision-making mode and took up a long list of measures, mostly recommending passage with or without amendments. Early actions included S.B. 414, which was amended to blank the appropriation, draw funds from the major disaster fund, and change the effective date to 2050, and S.B. 223, which would require fire breaks in hazardous fire areas and create or expand wildland fire prevention and protection programs with blank appropriations for FY 2026 and 2027. The committee also advanced S.B. 1009 on state reserve parking space enforcement, S.B. 1149 on reported hate crime definitions and reporting, S.B. 402 on mooring-line requirements for certain vessels, S.B. 1441 on the Oahu regional health care system transfer, S.B. 1442 on child and adolescent mental health responsibilities, S.B. 1478 on harbor evacuation orders, and S.B. 493 on written notice for emotional support animal sales or verifications. Members generally raised little opposition, and most measures were adopted without reservations. Some bills drew brief discussion or committee-report notes, including S.B. 1149, which referenced a Hawaii Civil Rights Commission report encouraging policy-level hate crime data reporting, and S.B. 1442, which was amended with a far-future effective date and a committee-report note about whether mental health services should be expressly subject to funding. S.B. 1441 was substantially revised to require a memorandum of agreement between the Oahu Regional Health Care System and the Department of Health by November 30, 2025, with patient care to begin by December 31, 2025, and a report to the legislature before the 2026 session. The committee also considered several finance and energy-related measures. S.B. 897 on the wildfire liability trust fund prompted questions about whether costs would be passed to consumers; the response was that the proposal contemplated cost sharing and that some amounts were still blank. S.B. 1395 and S.B. 1396 were amended to remove special-fund structures, direct revenues into the general fund, and require the governor to include equivalent amounts in the executive budget for climate-related projects. S.B. 501 was amended to expand step-in agreement provisions for future PPAs and establish a fund outside the State Treasury, and S.B. 1589 was amended so private donations to the stadium authority would go into the NID special fund for stadium infrastructure and sod, with members discussing accountability and the source of stadium-related consultant spending. The committee adopted the recommendations on all measures considered, with some members noting reservations on a few bills, and one item, S.B. 1418, was deferred.

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• ... ...the USS Idaho commissioning of the ship, and that was in Connecticut, correct?
• We will partner with, we'll do it the way that the Potato Commission does their spud truck.
• And so we are lucky to now have the Idaho date secured.
• In addition to what the Federal Commission is working on, the White House Thank you.
• Workman for the Idaho Lottery Commission.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The America 250 and Idaho Advisory Council met with a quorum and approved the April 20, 2026 minutes. Staff gave a financial update showing $68,267.67 unobligated in the commemorative fund, $440,710 spent to date, and $205,852.93 in celebration grants dispersed, with about $35,000 left to distribute. The committee also approved a motion to reallocate $10,000 from a project coordinator travel line to cover higher final production costs for the hanging Declaration of Independence display. Treasurer Ellsworth gave an extensive update on America 250 outreach, highlighting ambassador activity across cities, counties, businesses, schools, and veterans groups; numerous community events; the Revolutionary Spud “take-home” packs and coloring book; the Liberty Bell quarter-drive fundraising effort; the Liberty Bell carriage project; the service challenge nearing $250,000; and the final storybooks and Spuddy Buddies materials moving toward print. Members praised the strong engagement with schoolchildren and local communities, and Ellsworth said the signature collection for the declaration display was complete. Secretary McGrane reported that planning for the July 4 celebration is intensifying, with logistics, volunteers, the Veteran Entrepreneur Alliance, the parade, the Foundations and Freedom Tour, and Capitol displays all being coordinated. Director Gallamore summarized state agency efforts, including a new America 250 license plate, oral history interviews, the Move 250 campaign, educational tiles, the Great American State Fair, and other events tied to the commemoration. Hannah Laurie Hine outlined federal and national America 250 initiatives, including the congressional caucus, oral history efforts, the Great American State Fair, and the extended student art contest deadline. The Idaho Lottery previewed an America 250 scratch ticket going on sale statewide, and the Senate described plans for a Capitol for the Day event with schools and agencies. The committee set its next meeting for Tuesday, May 26, in the afternoon, and then adjourned.

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• One of the reasons I think it's complicated is job security. But it's, at its core, pretty simple.
• And the reason I think it's complicated, it's job security for accountants.
• Last fall, that decision was made by the then AETN, now Arkansas TV Commission, to disaffiliate from
• Last fall, that decision was made by the then AETN, now Arkansas TV Commission, to disaffiliate from
• And so I don't want to string up the commission on that. Yeah.

Committee: All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

Keywords: 1204, all

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• AB 1734 will secure and expand California's own food insecurity research.
• AB 1734 will secure and expand California's own food insecurity research.
• Securing housing changed everything.
• Kylie Wallace, with the UC Berkeley ASUC Sexual Violence Commission, strongly in support.
• Mars Van Arsale, on behalf of the UC Berkeley ASUC Sexual Violence Commission. Thank you.

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Bruce Ford, who is with the Senior Counsel of the Multistate Tax Commission.
• The Multistate Tax Commission doesn't have a position on the bill.
• The Multistate Tax Commission doesn't have a position on the bill.
• seniors can fully deduct their Social Security income.
• For many seniors, Social Security is their prime source of income.

Summary: The Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee heard and voted on several bills, beginning with SB 190, which would authorize revenue bonds for Gila Regional Medical Center to replace an aging linear accelerator for cancer treatment. The sponsor and hospital representatives said the project is critical for rural patients who otherwise travel long distances for radiation therapy. After a brief amendment changing the bond term from 20 to 30 years, the committee advanced the bill 7-0. The committee then took up SB 152, a broadband affordability and rural telecommunications bill that would keep money in the broadband fund for maintenance, expansion, and a new affordability program after the federal ACP lapsed. The sponsor and broadband stakeholders said the bill is needed to close the digital divide, while some industry witnesses supported the affordability goal but wanted changes to broaden eligibility and adjust program rules. The committee heard public testimony from supporters and opponents, then passed the bill 8-0. Next, SB 77 would require certain highway and public works contractors to contribute to apprenticeship training funds; labor groups supported it as workforce development, while highway and asphalt contractors opposed it as an added cost and argued they already run their own training programs. After extended debate about whether the 60-cent-per-hour contribution would raise project costs or simply redirect existing prevailing-wage funds, the committee advanced SB 77 on a 5-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 182, a dyed diesel gross receipts tax deduction for agricultural use, but held it for the tax package without a vote. SB 151, a corporate income tax decoupling bill intended to recover revenue lost to federal tax changes, drew strong support from tax and advocacy groups and strong opposition from business, oil and gas, and chamber representatives who called it a tax increase that would hurt investment and competitiveness. Committee members raised concerns about long-term revenue stability and business impacts, but the sponsors said the bill would restore state tax capacity and selectively decouple from federal provisions; the bill was held for later consideration in the tax package. Finally, the committee heard SB 133 on eliminating gross receipts tax on medical providers for medical equipment and supplies, and SB 212 on a ski-area construction equipment gross receipts tax exemption, with sponsors arguing both would improve competitiveness and support industry investment; both were discussed as possible tax-package items and held for further consideration.

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• This bill is a critical step in ensuring that all Washington students feel safe and secure when applying
• And applying for state financial aid with fair, when financial aid is secure and accessible, more students
• The amendment pauses the mandate until a human rights commission certifies that the tools do not exhibit
• Representative Penner: The amendment pauses the mandate until a human rights commission certifies that
• I think there are probably other commissions and other agencies that would be important in this.

Bills: HB2073 , HB2403 , HB2587 , HB2607 , HB1170 , HB1570 , HB1710 , HB1750 , HB1834 , HB2441

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: health insurance, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, failure to register, criminal justice, registration requirements, public safety, law enforcement, nonprofit, grant funding, pilot program, financial support, community development, child care, childcare, subsidy rates, rate regions, market rate survey

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• He did serve; he worked for the Governor's Commission.
• We accomplish securing a long-term facility through various mechanisms.
• You can make a loan, get a security interest, and they can have long-term debt.
• What says the Public Education Commission about all of this?
• Secured capital awards from PSCOC, and that's a non-C.

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• Lastly, the budget provides funding to improve campus security at post-secondary institutions.
• We did fund the two new law enforcement squads that the Florida Gaming Commission recommended.
• and authorizes the tax collector to waive commissions on voted school millages.
• And who would pay the collections or the commissions on those school tax levies.
• And it also allows for the tax collector to also waive those commissions on that tax collection.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• , how do we provide farm infrastructure investments, how do we make things, like how we do food security
• And if our goal is to get to statewide food security, if we want to make sure that farmers can continue
• However, the economic and food security contributions of our state's system are increasingly at risk.
• I'm here today on behalf of the Washington Asparagus Commission.
• We've represented the Asparagus Commission for well over a decade.

Bills: HB2721 , HB2616

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: commercial interior designer, interior design licensure, registered interior designer, NCIDQ, Washington State Board for Architects, professional regulation, title protection, firm registration, seal and signature, continuing education, building code, nonstructural interior design, space planning, interior architecture, design profession, public safety, occupational licensing, architects, engineering scope, permit review

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• , how do we provide farm infrastructure investments, how do we make things, like how we do food security
• And if our goal is to get to statewide food security, if we want to make sure that farmers can continue
• However, the economic and food security contributions of our state's system are increasingly at risk.
• I'm here today on behalf of the Washington Asparagus Commission.
• We've represented the Asparagus Commission for well over a decade.

Summary: The Consumer Protection & Business Committee held public hearings on two bills. House Bill 2616, described as an agriculturally resilient markets act, would create a broad package of agriculture-related policies and appropriations, including a strategy to expand state purchasing of Washington-grown food, temporary packaging and emissions exemptions for certain agricultural uses, changes to labor notice rules for agricultural and dairy layoffs, several grant and study programs, a transfer of cannabis production/processing/testing oversight to the Department of Agriculture, and an appropriation for the tree fruit leadership program. Representative Christine Reeves said the bill was intended as a state-level “farm bill” to address farm losses, food security, and regulatory burdens, and she emphasized stakeholder input and the need to support family farms and farmworker well-being. Testimony on HB 2616 was overwhelmingly supportive, with growers, commodity groups, dairy and potato representatives, and other agricultural stakeholders arguing that Washington farms face low margins, high regulatory and labor costs, refrigeration and processing challenges, and competition from foreign producers. Several speakers said the bill’s exemptions, grants, and studies would help keep farms viable and preserve local food production. Committee members asked about stakeholder outreach, the role of Washington State University and commodity commissions, the impact of federal versus state policy, and possible ways to reduce compliance burdens. The hearing ended without a vote, and the chair noted the bill was after cutoff and would not move this year, but that stakeholder meetings would continue over the summer. The committee then heard House Bill 2721, which would create a registration system for commercial interior designers, expand and rename the Board of Architects, set education, examination, and experience requirements, define the scope of practice, require seals and technical submission attestations, and establish penalties and a fee account. Supporters from interior design organizations said the bill would recognize a profession already performing code- and safety-related work in commercial spaces, align Washington with other states and national model law standards, and remove barriers to ownership and advancement, especially for women. Testifiers also said the bill would clarify responsibility for life safety, accessibility, and non-structural interior construction in schools, health care, and public buildings. The committee heard only supportive testimony, but members raised questions about how the profession compares with architecture, the impact of delaying the bill until 2027, and demographic diversity in the field. The chair closed the hearing noting the bill would not advance this session and that further interim work would be needed.

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• And I also tie this back a little bit to our national security and controlling our food.
• They can go to the county commission meeting and fight their fight.
• But, you know, the fact that this really is a national security issue, if we don't have the food supply
• It is a national security issue. There are challenges in ag.
• It is national security issue. There is challenges in ag.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on March 20, 2025, and first approved HB 4025, creating the Duke Farm Stewardship District in Lee County, on a 17-0 vote. The committee then advanced HJR 1215, which proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt agricultural tangible personal property from property tax, after extended debate about the fiscal impact on counties, especially rural and fiscally constrained ones; it passed 16-1. HB 411 also passed unanimously after an amendment, extending affordable housing tax exemption treatment to certain nonprofit projects on leased land, including Habitat for Humanity projects. The committee likewise approved CS/HB 669, allowing local governments to purchase certain unrated bonds, and CS/HB 4017, codifying the Vermont Drainage District charter in Charlotte County, both without opposition. The committee also approved HJR 1039, which would let the Legislature prevent assessed-value increases for homestead properties that are improved to mitigate flood damage, and the related implementing bill HB 1041; both passed 17-0. Public testimony on these items included some opposition to the flood-related amendment, but no floor debate changed the outcome. The final major item was CS/HB 1221 by Rep. Miller, which would require local option taxes to be renewed by voter referendum every eight years, with longer terms allowed for bonded projects. That bill drew the most extensive testimony and debate, with counties, tourism groups, and local officials warning about impacts on tourism funding, infrastructure, schools, and public safety, while supporters argued for taxpayer accountability and periodic review. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably on a 13-4 vote.

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• We have Anna appointment to the Florida Commission on Offender Review.
• stand before you today seeking confirmation for my appointment as pro commissioner to the Florida Commission
• knowledge and skills and the boots on the ground experience to make determinations required at the commission
• Michelle Worth as a member of the Florida Commission of Offender Review.
• It provides an exception for law enforcement for public safety, the crowds and security.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• On the note of municipal funding, at the pre-commission meeting last week, the commission discussed all
• The projects before its April 8th commission meeting.
• The Water Commission hosts basin meetings then in the summer where we The Water Commission hosts basin
• And what they did, we had a Natural Resources Commission back in— We had a Natural Resources Commission
• I mean, Water Commission will always rate it.

Committee: Joint Water Topics Overview Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• As in 1455, iron ability upon border security. ATT.
• As if you can't register, recurrence, commission. Natural Resources.
• S, 10, 23, independent, registered, commission, membership. Government.
• As in 148, corporation commissions contractors contractors. As in 149, social...
• Those were unfortunate and we're fortunate that President Trump has secured that border.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, approval of the prior journal, and several guest introductions, including Arizona agricultural producers and suppliers and sixth graders from James W. Rice Elementary School. The chamber then moved through a lengthy calendar of first- and second-reading bill references and committee reports, with no substantive debate on those items recorded in the transcript. The main floor action centered on Senate Resolution 1036, which was converted from a concurrent resolution to a Senate resolution and brought forward under a suspension of rules. The resolution condemned Attorney General Chris Mays for public comments about the use of force and law enforcement, and called on her to retract, clarify, and resign. Senators debated whether the resolution was a necessary public safety response or a politically motivated stunt, with supporters arguing Mays’ remarks endangered officers and opponents saying the resolution misquoted her and was being rushed without committee review or public input. A floor amendment was adopted, and after extended debate the Senate passed SR 1036 on a 17-13 vote. After the resolution vote, the Senate briefly returned to personal privileges, including an introduction of visitors connected to civics education, and then recessed and adjourned until Monday, February 2, 2026. The transcript does not show any other bill final actions beyond the SR 1036 vote and the routine referral and reporting of other measures.

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• In some states, there's a bipartisan commission or however other states do it.
• I believe the value of having secure elections would outweigh— I believe the value of having secure elections
• It's to make sure that voting is secure.
• They worked overtime to make sure our elections were secure. I think Missouri does.
• So then my Social Security name now came with Opperman, Opperman.

Committee: House Special Committee on Redistricting

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So, uh, in those commission.
• </c> the commission. So that's the bill, Mr. the commission. So that's the bill, Mr.
• So, the whole commission is 10 have. So, the whole commission is 10 members. members. members.
• And this commission, all it does is it sets up a commission to look at that, to study that.
• Um, over the years I've been the chair of the PTSD commission, and the commission itself has heard, uh

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's a food security issue.
• He called it a huge security issue.
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• </c> the first is if HB 219f does not secure the first is if HB 219f does not secure sufficient<01:36
• I'm also a member of the Commission I'm also a member of the commission<04:04:26.560><c> for</c><04:

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's government's role to secure our rights.
• That mechanism that protects the consumer is the Public Utility Commission.
• This resolution... ...of our energy security.
• To the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, term to expire June 30, 2029.
• Senators, David Bobbitt is a reappointment to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission.

Summary: The Senate convened with 34 members present, later noting all 35 present, and began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the March 24 journal. The body then moved through committee reports and messages from the House and Governor, referring a number of bills and memorials to committees, enrolling and transmitting several measures, and advancing to floor consideration of legislation. Among the early actions, House Bill 928 was sent to the 14th order for possible amendment, and multiple House and Senate bills were introduced, read, and referred to standing committees. The chamber first took up House Bill 760 on reconsideration after it had previously failed on a tie vote. After debate over whether the bill would create an optional low-income housing tax credit program that supporters described as a workforce housing tool and opponents criticized as a tax shift and government-subsidized housing, the motion to reconsider passed 24-11. On final passage, however, the bill failed again, 15-20, and was returned to the House. The Senate also debated and passed Senate Bill 1397, which extends utility-style consumer protections to certain privately held wastewater systems; supporters said it addresses captive customers and stranded property, while opponents warned against expanding regulation. The bill passed 21-14. The Senate then passed Senate Bill 1398, which returns Idaho to a presidential primary system and sets the primary for the Tuesday after the first Monday in May; supporters cited low caucus turnout and broader voter access, while opponents worried about shortening the campaign season. Senate Bill 1396 also passed as a cleanup measure repealing obsolete Pacific Fisheries Task Force language. In addition, House Bill 630, on airborne control of predatory animals, failed 6-28 after debate over whether the measure merely codified existing permit rules or could harm livestock protection efforts. Later, the Senate passed House Bills 631, 826, 585, 648, 773, 787, and 790. These measures dealt respectively with certificates of free sale for Idaho agricultural products, eliminating the Idaho Honey Commission, expanding inspection requirements to help speed housing-related permits, parity for oral cancer medication coverage, repeal of obsolete credit union and cemetery code sections, moving podiatry under the Board of Medicine, and allowing certified interior designers to sign certain nonstructural technical submissions. Several of these bills were described as cleanup or efficiency measures, while HB 648 drew especially personal testimony about the cost of oral chemotherapy. The Senate also adopted House Concurrent Resolution 31, honoring the late Lyndon B. Bateman, with members sharing personal recollections of his teaching, handwriting, and service. The day ended with additional committee reports, referrals, announcements, and a recess.