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• handbook, something where you know there doesn't have to be such a back-and-forth and the They can be referred
• The one that I'm referring to is a grant management flow system.
• When we talk about that, we're really referring to health span, resilience, and performance.
• We also have a much smaller campus in Ocala that has historically focused on areas around natural language
• That formalism is referred to as joint activity graphs.

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• Is the administrator that's referred to in this section the commissioner, or is it some other individual
• It's the stricken language that administrator refers to whom? Mr. Chairman, if I may.
• Subsection 1 of this section refers specifically to the administrator of the veterans home.
• Representative Mitskog, and if we have some historical information—what's been done before—if a nominal
• But I just wanted to make sure that this, that other million that Vice Chairman Steeman was referring

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reconvened to work through the amended version of Senate Bill 2025, beginning with a clarification from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the source of funds used to cover the commissioner’s salary equity increase. Commissioner Lonnie Wong explained that the money came from federal highly rural transportation grant administrative/salary funds, within the allowable 10% administrative cap, and that the department had not exceeded that limit. The committee then reviewed the major House changes to the veterans budget, including funding for a veterans benefits specialist FTE, salary equity increases for veterans service officers, additional operating funds, one-time funding for homeless veteran services and the Veterans Post-War Trust Fund, carryover authority for Fisher House and veterans transportation projects, accrued leave, and a document scanning project. Members also discussed a section changing governance authority for veterans affairs and the veterans home, with questions about the ACOVA board and the governor’s appointment authority. The committee debated the appropriateness of using federal grant administrative funds for salary adjustments and the broader shift in authority over veterans affairs, with some members emphasizing legislative control over salaries and budget decisions and others supporting the reorganization as a way to improve administration. After discussion, Amendment 25.092.0203 was moved, seconded, and adopted on an 8-0 roll call. The committee then moved SB 2025 as amended, and that motion also passed 8-0. The meeting then shifted to Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation budget issues, where members reviewed FTE reductions, salary equity funding for correctional officers and parole/probation officers, and the status of federal ARPA dollars that had previously been used to backfill salaries and bonuses. DOCR officials described pay levels for correctional officers and compared them with county jail wages, arguing that the proposed equity funding was needed for retention and competitiveness. Members also discussed transitional facility costs, women’s treatment unit funding, and county jail overflow housing, including new or planned bed capacity in Grand Forks, Burleigh-Morton, Rugby, and other facilities. The committee agreed to continue refining the budget through a new long sheet and planned to request amendments for consideration in the following days before adjourning.

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• REFERRING TO A FLORIDA PROGRAM? KNOW BUT THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION.
• COMMUNITY BASED PROCESS OR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NETWORK THAT THEN MAY HAVE SOMEONE REFERRED
• TO THEM IF THEY WERE TO REACH OUT REFERRED TO THEM IF THEY WERE TO REACH OUT THROUGH THE HOPE FLORIDA
• DEPARTMENT OF STATE SETTING FORTH CRITERIA FOR GRANT PROGRAMS OF THE DIVISION OF ARTS AND CULTURE HISTORICAL
• ARE CRITERIA SET FORTH FOR WHO SITS ON EACH COUNCIL AS REVIEWERS OF THE GRAND IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• You'll see the first situation is references Alang landlord.
• Appraiser's website and the county in which they're renting to determine who the actual owner is to cross reference
• pleasure of serving as president of Florida Bar have a little bit presentation give a little bit of a historical
• So we will often refer a complaint and a lawyer to the fee arbitration program to have their Britt dispute
• It's referred to a grievance committee. So the grievance committees investigate those allegations.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• With widespread success for LLB contracts historically, AB 2067 would allow California school districts
• It's an extremely antiseptic way to refer to them, but that is this aside for a moment: do we have any
• An example, but I'm still trying to look to see what modalities you are referring to that need a race
• Okay, I refer to my opening statement, and that is ACA 7 aims to clarify Section 31 of the California
• But I don't think that's happened historically.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Chairman and Senator, which system are you referring to?
• Presenter: We’re referring to organizational complexity.
• Presenter: Commissioner, are you referring to the same system?
• So the $152 million that you reference here is all the borrowed money.
• So the $152 million that you reference here is all the borrowed money.

Keywords: 908, all

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• Historically, only large developments with multiple accessibility issues were investigated, such as at
• any questions to my submitted and refer any questions to my colleague<01:09:44.960> Katie.
• On page 100, under section 560, we're going to replace the cross-reference to chapter 584 and replace
• to chapter 584 and cross reference to chapter 584 and replace<01:38:13.840> it<01:38:14.080><
• <01:38:18.400> to<01:38:19.159> 584-6<01:38:20.159> in reference to 584-6 in reference

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures. SB 1296 HD1, relating to disaster recovery, would exempt reconstruction of lawfully constructed structures damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster from special management area permits under certain conditions. OPSD, DLNR, the County of Maui, Front Street Recovery, and the Grassroot Institute supported the bill, saying it would speed rebuilding after disasters like the Maui fires; one witness noted the bill would not cover shoreline parcels unless amended, and members asked about the five-year rebuild window, the meaning of “lawfully constructed,” and whether unlawful structures were excluded. Testimony was also heard on SB 1413, which would allow the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to dispose of abandoned property in federal public housing projects after notice and within five days; HPHA said the bill would help address illegal dumping and clarify procedures. SB 31 HD1, concerning discriminatory restrictive covenants, was briefly described and had support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and comments from the Uniform Law Commission, with no in-person testimony. The committee then heard SB 1341, which would add HEMA and the Office of Homeland Security to agencies allowed to review energy industry information and would expand the program’s emergency-management purpose. The Hawaii State Energy Office supported the measure, saying the data is important for emergency response and fuel-supply planning. SB 10008 HD1 would authorize counties to adopt ordinances enforcing accessible parking space requirements and clarify county enforcement of EV-related parking provisions; the Disability and Communication Access Board strongly supported the accessible-parking provisions, saying current enforcement is weak, while noting section three on EV spaces is already largely in statute and could be struck if the committee preferred. Tina Yamaki of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in opposition. Finally, the committee heard SB 1028 SD1 HD1, which would eliminate fees, fines, and court costs for offenses committed by minors, discharge existing related debt, limit community service for minors to 72 hours, and repeal certain penalties tied to minors and their parents or guardians. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council, Community Alliance on Prisons, and DebtFree Justice Hawaii supported the bill, arguing that youth fines burden families, worsen poverty, and disproportionately affect Native Hawaiian youth. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments, raising possible constitutional title issues because the current draft incorporates material from HB 129 and includes sections that may relate more to restitution or curfew than to fines and fees; supporters responded that the title is sufficient and cited case law. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• So I'm not sure if you're referring to a state Senate seat where you would have an appointment up until
• to like a state senate seat referring to like a state senate seat where<00:10:58.800> um<00:10
• The window of time legislation is in session has been historically known by the citizens.
• I'm all for due process as well, but while the bill does not refer to illegal immigrants, I feel it's
• <01:07:27.680> to but but while the bill does not refer to but but while the bill does not

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 114, which would create a presidential preference primary for the 2028 election. The Office of Elections said the bill would cost about $4.1 million. Supporters, including the Hawaii Democratic Party and the League of Women Voters, favored moving the process to a state-run primary, while several opponents, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women and multiple individual testifiers, argued it would be too expensive, would shift control away from the parties, and would replace volunteer-run caucuses with a mail-in system. Committee members questioned the chief election officer about election timing, certification, and how a primary might be scheduled with other elections. Testimony was recorded as 11 in support, 41 opposed, and 3 comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up SB 725, which would require judges to make findings about a defendant’s ability to afford bail. Judiciary and Attorney General witnesses asked that the bill be deferred or amended, saying the Judicial Council is already reviewing pretrial bail reform and that the bill’s language could create practical problems for police, sheriffs, and courts. Supporters, including the Correctional System Oversight Commission, the public defender, the Community Alliance on Prisons, the ACLU of Hawaii, and disability rights advocates, said cash bail disproportionately harms low-income defendants, increases pretrial detention costs, and should require clearer findings and records. Opponents included the Hawaii County prosecuting attorney. Members questioned how bail is initially set, what records exist, and whether the bill would change current practice; Judiciary witnesses said initial bail decisions are often made by police or judges and later reviewed on the record, while supporters argued the bill would strengthen front-end due process. The ACLU said it supported the bill with amendments, including clearer standards for ability to pay and written findings. The committee also began hearing SB 733, a proposed constitutional amendment to establish a continuous legislative session. Early testimony was strongly supportive, with advocates arguing that the current 60-day session limits public participation, makes it hard for working people to testify, and prevents lawmakers from collaborating effectively. Supporters said a year-round model could improve transparency, reduce duplicate bills, and better accommodate neighbor island legislators. The excerpt ends during the opening testimony on SB 733, before any committee action or vote is shown.

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• It's a matter of historic reference, not lived experience.
• It's a matter<02:11:09.440> of<02:11:09.679> historic<02:11:10.400> reference,<02
• :11:11.119> not<02:11:11.360> lived matter of historic reference, not lived matter of historic
• > committee<06:05:47.200> on >> Referred to the com committee on >> Referred
• My staff refers to that as deck.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Source of all wisdom, grace, and peace, we gather together today in this historic chamber mindful of
• we gather together today we gather together today in<00:00:50.680> this<00:00:50.840> historic
• <00:00:51.320> chamber in this historic chamber in this historic chamber mindful<00:00:53.680
• I have goals in reference to it, but I do know that you do not get to the outcome or you do not get to
• Many have referred to them as a Gold Star family.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 6, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, received an invocation from Pastor Shannon Watkins of Souls One Outreach Cathedral in Cumberland, and welcomed several guests and student pages. The chamber also announced the week’s schedule for the final days of session, including likely double sessions later in the week and a possible Saturday hold. Administrative items included the reading of House messages, a favorable executive nominations report that was special ordered for Tuesday, and the introduction of several House bills and Senate bills on the calendar. The main floor debate centered on Senate Bill 841, the Utility Relief Reducing Energy Load Information for Every Family Act. Senators discussed energy affordability, ratepayer relief, utility costs, data center growth, in-state generation, and the role of programs such as RGGI, EmPower, and the RPS. Supporters said the bill provides a comprehensive short- and long-term response, including consumer transparency and low-income relief, while critics argued it did not go far enough and should have included stronger relief or pauses on renewable energy mandates. After debate and several explanations of vote, the Senate passed SB 841 by a constitutional majority, 38-affirmative votes. Earlier in the session, Senate Bill 213 on state procurement transparency and procedures also passed with 40 affirmative votes. After SB 841 passed, the Senate took up House Bill 1532, a conforming companion to the utility relief measure. The committee offered an amendment to align HB 1532 with SB 841, the amendment was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed on third reading. Senators who explained their votes largely echoed the same themes from the SB 841 debate, with some emphasizing the need for more relief and others stressing the bill’s broader policy changes and regional energy-market constraints.

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• And what is this clawback that you keep referring to?
• <00:24:05.679> If<00:24:05.919> a<00:24:06.159> board that you keep referring
• If a board that you keep referring to?
• Alabama schools are making historic gains, and because we've allocated resources, we've put in strong
• Alabama schools are making historic gains, and because we've allocated resources, we've put in strong

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• <00:13:18.160> We<00:13:18.399> started looking at historical data.
• We started looking at historical data.
• Uh, the 5% references individuals who will be subject to cost sharing.
• Uh the 5% references individuals who it.
• Uh the 5% references individuals who will<00:40:47.040> be<00:40:47.200> subject<00:40:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:36 Department for Medicaid Services 00:01:44, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met for an overview of the Department for Medicaid Services budget. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beal described Kentucky Medicaid enrollment at about 1.4 million members, including more than 600,000 children, and said the agency’s 2025 total budget was $20.6 billion. They reviewed enrollment trends before, during, and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, noting that redeterminations begun in 2023 reduced enrollment from its peak but that total membership remains above pre-COVID levels. They also explained the difference between the fee-for-service population, which includes long-term care and waiver members, and managed care members, and gave examples of the kinds of services and diagnoses seen in each group. A major focus was the governor’s recommended Medicaid budget and the department’s forecast process. Lee said the budget is split into benefits and administration, with benefits covering fee-for-service services, managed care capitation, transportation, and Medicare premiums, while administration covers contracts, personnel, operating costs, and IT-related advanced planning documents. She said the department uses a consensus forecasting group and actuary input, and that its forecasts have been within 1% of actual spending in recent years. The department also said the governor’s budget includes new waiver slots to address waiting lists, a 2% staff COLA, and a 10% phase-down on state-directed payments beginning in January 2028. Much of the discussion centered on House Resolution 1 and the funding needed to implement its Medicaid-related provisions, including community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, and future cost sharing. Lee said the department requested about $35 million in total funds for fiscal 2027, including about $8.2 million in general funds for system changes to the integrated eligibility system, claims processing, notices, and monitoring; and about $11 million in fiscal 2028 for ongoing maintenance, with about $1.6 million in general funds. She said the department expects to seek federal APD matching funds for the IT work. In response to questions, she explained that community engagement would apply to Medicaid expansion members, with qualifying activities including work, school, volunteering, or equivalent income, and that certain groups such as pregnant women, children, caretaker relatives, and some people with chronic disease or substance use disorder would be excluded. She said the department identified roughly 70,000 expansion members who could be subject to the requirement. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• The One Big Beautiful Bill also added new exceptions for Indians, also referred to as Native Americans
• We can take that back as a discussion point and talk about it, but we can also refer them to other programs
• I had a question, and it's really as it relates to able-bodied adults, I think you referred to it as
• will apply to our home category, our Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me category, which is also referred
• But the thing that I like about this, and I think they refer to it as silos, and why I think it's so

Summary: The subcommittee received a brief DHS update on the Living Choices Assisted Living Waiver reimbursement rate process, with Secretary Janet Mann reporting that the new cost reporting period began in January and that DHS has begun provider and contractor conference calls as the process moves forward. The bulk of the meeting focused on DHS’s overview of TANF and, especially, SNAP changes under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill. Mary Franklin explained new SNAP work requirements for adults ages 18 to 64 who are not otherwise exempt, including the three-month time limit in a 36-month period unless they meet an 80-hour monthly work, volunteer, education, or training requirement. She also reviewed exemptions, noted that some prior exemptions were removed while new tribal-related exemptions were added, and described SNAP Employment and Training providers, budgets, service areas, participant characteristics, and outcomes. Members asked about how mandatory referrals will work, whether funding and vendors are sufficient, how cross-program participation is tracked, how verification and recertification will be handled, and how error rates and sanctions will be managed. DHS said mandatory participants will be referred directly to providers, verification will occur at application and recertification, interviews can be by phone, and the department will return with more information on error-rate mitigation and other requested data. DHS then outlined upcoming Medicaid community engagement requirements for the ARHOME population under the same federal law, which must be implemented by January 1, 2027. The department said it is preparing policy, system changes, data matching, communications, and an outbound customer-service verification process, with a soft launch planned for July to help identify who would meet the requirement or need to provide more information. Members raised concerns about notice, local versus centralized decision-making, and how clients will document work, school, caregiving, or medical exemptions. The meeting concluded with broader discussion of the Alliance for Opportunity audit and a shared emphasis on using SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, and workforce programs together to improve outcomes, expand training options, and better connect Arkansans to education and employment opportunities. The committee also discussed extending the audit contract at a future meeting and adjourned without taking any formal vote in the transcript provided.

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• We provide pages 2 and 3 on the oversight and who NMFA is, simply for your reference.
• Most of the questions will reference an actual place in the document that describes the impact of the
• So it really does refer back to the technical document.
• That's in reference to a question I was asked a month or two ago by the LFC, very specifically how much
• It's important just to maintain the historic book of how we've operated the water project.

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• there's a certificate they issue that can be put with their, their transition papers for for future reference
• And uh folks um who are online, always remember to refer back and follow the instructions.
• , uh, what we do do to work with them is to identify if there, if there are vacancies, and then we refer
• Non-referring or um non-referring funding to the state treasury for military base planning fund to help
• Um, it's an old historic fort, uh, and I think.

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• Introductions and reference of bills will be deferred.
• Name check a number of my other colleagues from Los Angeles but since we're not supposed to refer to
• In honor of this historic Californian, we will observe a moment of silence. Thank you.
• 3 by I move to suspend the rules to allow Assemblymember Gabriel to take up SB 3 Wiener without reference
• Without reference to file Senate Bill 3 by Wiener, by Assemblymember Gabriel. The clerk will read.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• this in terms of there's historical this in terms of there's historical examples.<00:32:16.399><
• <00:32:20.880> Historically, this could come into play.
• Historically, this could come into play.
• So I would refer back to Mark Knight's statements on the legal fees.
• You know, I like to refer to that place as cold urine.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• 00:41:29.359> truly Championship and doing so in truly Championship and doing so in truly historic
• At Sacramento's Golden historic fashion.
• That was historic. Seven Republican senators voted to convict after seeing overwhelming evidence.
• <06:52:21.840> low<06:52:22.080> number,<06:52:22.798> and law, a historically
• low number, and law, a historically low number, and that's<06:52:23.280> on<06:52:23.520>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• So pivot back to historical center. >> Yeah, Bridget, talk, Wilson again.
• The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families—I'll refer to it as DCYF—is responsible for
• artifacts of that committee, created with private sector and public sector membership, is... ...what we refer
• The 2023 legislation provided a tremendous amount of historic resources.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Guard are eligible for senior management service class retirement membership, and deletes statutory references
• the overarching goals of the partial restoration and major project outcomes, but removes specific reference
• Opening the historic boating, fish, and manatee passageway by restoring the Ocklawaha River Opening the
• historic boating, fish, and manatee passageway by restoring the Ocklawaha River will return our native

Bills: S0330, S0474, S0694, S1120, S1216, S1366, S1442, S7018

Keywords: firefighter disability, law enforcement disability, correctional officer disability, correctional probation officer, presumptive disability, workers' compensation, line of duty presumption, heart disease presumption, hypertension presumption, tuberculosis presumption, public safety employees, first responders, physical examination, preemployment exam, medical specialist, Medicare reimbursement, employing agency, Florida Statutes 112.18, Florida Statutes 943.13, occupational disease

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with SB 694 on compensation for the descendants of the Groveland Four. Senator Bracey Davis described the wrongful accusations, convictions, deaths, and long-term harm to the families, and an amendment added a $4 million appropriation and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s family. Multiple family members, advocates, clergy, and supporters testified in favor, emphasizing the decades-long delay in justice and the need for accountability and repair. Senators from both parties spoke in support, and the committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then approved SB 330 on disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers; SB 474 on military affairs leave and related benefits; and SB 96 on the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program. SB 96 drew the most discussion, with Senator Sharief explaining that the bill raises eligibility to 400% of the federal poverty level and moves $500,000 in recurring funding to the General Appropriations Act. Senator Wright and Senator Harrell raised concerns about whether expanding eligibility could worsen the existing waitlist, while supporters argued the change would help more veterans access needed dental care. The bill was ultimately reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent and statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for foster homes, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. SB 480 on information technology was reported favorably after amendments creating a central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office, adding vendor performance metrics and a preferred vendor list, and restoring criminal justice information security provisions. SB 1066 on the Ocklawaha River and Rodman Dam also advanced after extensive testimony from supporters and historians about partial restoration, recreation, and economic benefits; the sponsor said he would continue working through permitting questions before floor consideration. Later, the committee approved SB 1216 on educator compensation, which gives districts more flexibility on cost-of-living adjustments, advanced degrees, and performance pay caps, and SB 1120 on water management district oversight and reporting. The committee also reported favorably SB 1366 on sovereign immunity and claims against government, which would raise damages caps, index them to CPI, shorten claim deadlines, and cap attorney fees at 25%. That bill drew testimony from hospitals, cities, counties, school districts, and others, with some supporting the Senate’s compromise approach and others raising concerns about impacts on self-insured law enforcement agencies and attorney incentives. The meeting concluded with the favorable report on the bill after debate continued over those issues.