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• That came out of that report.
• We'll focus on the PFAS removal report.
• A good example is the Toxics Report Inventory.
• We may in the future; the federal government is doing a report backwards looking, and our PFAS. reporting
• Chair and committee members, most of the reporting systems do look forward.

Bills: HF3220

Keywords: school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security

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• He's got the report.
• This is reports. We have a report for special language. Senator McKee, do you have that report?
• without item 15 in the report.
• So the substitute motion is to adopt the report without this single item in the report.
• So the substitute motion is to adopt the report without this single item in the report.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Thank you, Senator Harrell, for that very nice report.
• Yes, and by your vote, SPB-2504 is favorably reported as a committee bill. is favorably reported as a
• By your vote, SB 7014 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, CS for SB 1202 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, CS for CS for SB 1678 is reported favorably. Reported favorably.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper and committee chairs highlighted major spending priorities including a 4% raise for state employees, continued health insurance contributions, investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and workforce development, along with reductions tied to long-vacant positions. Education funding was a major focus, with increases for K-12 public schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, nursing initiatives, tutoring, and university performance funding. Health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/economic development, and agriculture/environment budgets were also outlined, including Medicaid, mental health, corrections staffing, affordable housing, beach restoration, citrus recovery, and water projects. Members then questioned several budget choices, especially K-12 funding. Senators Polsky and Smith raised concerns that the Senate’s AP and dual enrollment funding changes could disadvantage public schools, while Burgess argued the budget preserves the money in the FEFP and gives districts more flexibility rather than reducing support. Questions also addressed voucher availability, school stabilization funding, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted 171 consent amendments and three late-file amendments, then approved SPB 2500 as a committee bill. It also favorably reported implementing and conforming bills for state employees, retirement, natural resources, judgeships, K-12 education, higher education, and health and human services, along with SB 7022 on Florida Retirement System contribution rates and elected-officer DROP options, CS/SB 1320 on the Resilient Florida Trust Fund, SB 7014 ending the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund, SB 7028 on cancer research, CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality and oversight, CS/SB 168 on mental health diversion and behavioral health data, SB 114 creating an insurance and risk management research center at FSU, and SB 180 on emergency preparedness and post-storm recovery. Most bills were reported favorably with little or no opposition, though SB 180 drew discussion about local-government authority after storms and the need to balance recovery speed with local safety and planning concerns.

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• Say repealed in the comments, maybe, but we don't have to report it in our report because there's nothing
• Through 10. >> And the recent reports, of course, don't give you the 612 numbers. >> You know, the report
• >> let's look at what what does the report >> let's look at what what does the report
• We'll wait on approving the report. We'll just approve the report sort of individually, right?
• report report um<01:03:30.160> sort<01:03:30.319> of<01:03:30.480> individually,

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from the September 24 and September 27 meetings unanimously. It then reviewed a spreadsheet and draft report tracking the status of various dedicated funds, with members deciding which items should be kept active, removed, or flagged for follow-up next year. Several funds were identified as no longer needing action because they had been repealed, terminated, or were already handled elsewhere, including mosquito-related funding, child care licensing, and the prescription drug affordability board item. In other cases, members agreed to keep the fund on the list but remove question marks and add notes for future review or for another committee to address. A number of funds drew more detailed discussion. Members agreed that the Fish and Game fee increase issue should not be handled by this committee directly, but that staff should notify the relevant sponsor/department that a legislative change would be needed. They also discussed a medical cannabis fund that was running down significantly; the committee agreed to keep it active, note the concern, and send a letter to the department and Representative McDonald suggesting that HHS review whether fees or another revenue source should be changed, with the possibility of a late bill if needed. The lead poisoning prevention fund was also kept, with a note that the department should take action if it wants changes, and the committee discussed a grants-and-aid escrow-related item, concluding it should remain active and be kept on the list. Members also discussed several legacy or special-purpose funds. They agreed to recommend deleting the broodstock reference, to keep the emergency fund while asking for a better explanation of its funding source, and to retain the building maintenance fund as active. The Recovery Monument fund was identified as inactive and likely eligible for transfer of its remaining $1,000 to the addiction treatment and prevention fund. The Matthew Elliott Trust Fund prompted the most extended discussion; members concluded it should not continue as-is and agreed to draft a letter to the Attorney General recommending that the fund be closed through probate court and the remaining $5,657 transferred to Fund 122, or otherwise handled as unclaimed property if appropriate. The committee also discussed a firemen’s association-related transfer and agreed it should remain, while noting that any broader change would require legislation and a sponsor in the relevant policy committee.

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• They have more avenues to report to.
• They have the ambassador program where they can report misconduct.
• forth and report for various different reasons.
• have they need to report it.
• So it's a report on it.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So this is using the products of that annual reporting in the report that is submitted by the providers
• finally as is the focus of this report finally as is the focus of this report uh<00:40:41.280>
• that report, we have it right in there. that report, we have it right in there.
• I'm glad the report came out.
• I'm glad the report came out.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• OF SPECIFIC SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INCIDENT REPORTS.
• I'M ASKING ABOUT CONCERNING BEHAVIOR REPORTING.
• IT IS MERELY REPORTING TOOL. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALL REPORTING THAT SAME INFORMATION NOW.
• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTING SYSTEM WHICH WOULD REPORT THE GRADUATION RATES 68 PERCENT WHAT YOU
• HOWEVER, IS ALSO A IN THAT REPORT, IT WAS NOT FOLLOWED.

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• Reports from standing committees.
• Report will be received.
• Report will be received.
• reporting for business organizations.
• file annual reports or unpaid fees.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on March 11, 2026, with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest and page introductions, including school groups, prayer caucus visitors, and advocates for Home Family Education Day and Women in Blue Day. The chamber then took up committee reports and a large number of House bills, most of them on third reading, along with several resolutions and referrals. Senate Resolution 62, designating March 12, 2026, as West Virginia Athletic Trainers Day, was adopted after remarks emphasizing the value of athletic trainers in preventing injuries and tragedies in school sports. Several other resolutions and concurrent resolutions were referred to the Committee on Rules or laid over under the rules. The Senate passed a wide range of bills addressing economic development, public safety, health, licensing, and state administration. Measures approved included bills on the West Virginia Collaboratory at Marshall University, the Business Ready Sites program, volunteer fire company spending authority, the Load Forecast Accountability Act, funeral service licensure, work zone fines, biennial business reporting, correctional officer retirement law, the Right to Try Act, quick claim deed tax exemptions, an ibogaine drug-development grant program, aggravated vehicular homicide sentencing, 529 savings plan definitions, opportunity zones, barber apprenticeship, municipal and county hotel occupancy fund uses, criminal-record licensing standards, intimate image disclosure remedies, executor training materials, contempt penalties, PEIA treatment flexibility, PANS/PANDAS information, the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, capitation rate review expansions, convention and visitors bureau board membership, peer support services, cosmetology licensure compacts, natural resource police retirement, DNR fee indexing, ALS care services, the Neighborhood Investment Program, oil and gas well plugging and carbon capture-related provisions, DUI technical changes, abuse intervention program terminology, and a youth summer employment and career readiness program. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, with a few closer votes, including the Load Forecast Accountability Act and the DNR fee-indexing bill. Several bills were amended on the floor, including title amendments and strike-and-insert changes. The Senate also debated the work zone penalty bill, with supporters citing worker safety and fatalities and opponents arguing the bill increased fines too much without requiring removal of outdated work-zone signs. On the energy-related load forecast bill, senators discussed the inclusion of provisions from Senate Bill 420 and concerns about coal plant utilization and utility impacts. After debate, the Senate adopted amendments and passed the bill. In most cases, after passage the Senate ordered the bills communicated to the House, and for a few measures it also adopted title amendments or made bills effective from passage or on a specified date.

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• it a favor report. it a favor report. >> Thank<00:06:14.400> you.
• report? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. report? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr.
• It's just a favor report. Thank amended. It's just a favor report.
• You got a favorable report. a lot. You got a favorable report.
• . report. report.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• entity can be on 54 through 56 a report entity can be on 54 through 56 a report I'd<00:24:34.559
• <01:26:36.560> from required to review audit reports from required to review audit reports
• <01:31:23.239> it requiring these kinds of reports it requiring these kinds of reports it
• couldn't just we have agencies report couldn't just we have agencies report out<01:36:11.280>
• them and they would include uh reporting them and they would include uh reporting to<01:49:15.960

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Senator West moves that Senate Bill 434 be reported back to the full Senate with a recommendation to
• Senator Cook moves that Senate Bill 1177 be reported to the Senate with a recommendation that it do not
• Senator Paxton moves that Senate Bill 1214 be reported back to the full Senate with a recommendation
• The committee substitute to Senate Bill 2068 is reported. I have ayes and zero nays.
• The committee substitute to Senate Bill 2068 is reported to the full Senate.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met to consider a series of bills, many of them with committee substitutes. The committee adopted substitutes and advanced Senate Bills 1177, 1579, 1920, 2068, 3034, and 844, generally reporting them to the full Senate with recommendations that the original bills not pass but the substitutes do pass and be printed. Several of these measures were also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The discussion included SB 1579 on appointment of a receiver and sale or acquisition of certain abandoned, unoccupied, and undeveloped parcels; SB 1920 on property tax exemptions for cemeteries when no application is filed; and SB 3034 relating to the Doug Pickock Aggie Expressway, with a substitute aligning the bill with current transportation statutes. The committee also advanced SB 434 and SB 1214 without controversy, both receiving unanimous committee approval. SB 1951, relating to penalties for filing red ditches, passed on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Cook voting no. SB 2183 and SB 2046 also passed on 4-1 votes. SB 2068, after adoption of a committee substitute, was reported unanimously. Members briefly discussed the practical issues behind the cemetery tax exemption bill and the need for a process when property owners are not identifiable. At the end of the meeting, the chair noted that the committee might vote on additional bills after session depending on attendance. With no further business, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• Sunset staff will give a brief status report on the implementation of the Sunset recommendations passed
• semi-annual report due after the election from accruing the daily late penalty.
• Currently, this definition is based on a strict percentage of reported amounts.
• Currently, this definition is based on a strict percentage of reported amounts.
• I appreciate your report.

Summary: The Sunset Advisory Commission met for its final meeting of the biennium, established a quorum, and approved the December 11, 2024 meeting minutes. Members then voted on staff recommendations for several agencies, including the Angelina and Nettie River Authority, Lower Nettie Valley Authority, and Trinity River Authority of Texas, adopting all recommendations without objection. For the Texas Ethics Commission, the Commission adopted staff recommendations, including two modifications to recommendation 1.2: one to exempt lobby compensation thresholds from inflation adjustments and revert them to statutory levels, and another to round inflation-adjusted amounts to practical increments. The Commission also adopted eight new Texas Ethics Commission recommendations. These addressed late filing penalties, including limiting accrual for eight-day reports through election day, excluding the first post-election semiannual report from daily penalties, waiving penalties when notice cannot be shown, reviewing the definition of substantial compliance for corrected reports, reviewing the definition of principal purpose to reduce unnecessary campaign finance reporting burdens, improving public access to delinquent penalty information on the TEC website, and expanding training and plain-language guidance on lobbying and filing requirements. The Commission also adopted two previously omitted Texas Department of Criminal Justice recommendations, 6.5 and 6.6. By recorded vote, the Commission unanimously forwarded all recommendations adopted during the biennium to the 89th Legislature, with nine ayes. Sunset staff then reported on implementation of 2023 Sunset recommendations, stating that the State Auditor found 89% of selected management actions fully implemented and that Sunset staff found 68% of 163 statutory and related changes fully implemented, with most remaining items in progress or partially implemented. The Commission also briefly noted receipt of a Texas Lottery Commission evaluation concerning executive leadership and potential regulation of lottery ticket courier companies, but no further action was taken on that item. The meeting concluded with closing remarks and a motion to recess subject to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• Sunset staff will give a brief status report on the implementation of the Sunset recommendations passed
• So this is a post-election report, and this recommendation would exclude the first semi-annual report
• Currently, this definition is based on a strict percentage of reported amounts.
• Currently, this definition is based on a strict percentage of reported amounts.
• Appreciate your report.

Summary: The Sunset Advisory Commission met for its final meeting of the biennium, established a quorum, and approved the December 11, 2024 minutes. Members then voted on staff recommendations for several agencies, including the Angelina and Netties River Authority, Lower Netties Valley Authority, and Trinity River Authority of Texas, adopting all recommendations for those entities without modification. The Texas Ethics Commission received the most discussion. Members adopted a modified recommendation to exempt lobby compensation thresholds from inflation adjustments and another modification to round inflation-adjusted amounts. The Commission also adopted a series of new recommendations addressing TEC customer service staffing, late filing penalties, post-election reporting penalties, waiver of penalties when notice cannot be produced, review of the substantial compliance standard for corrected reports, review of the definition of principal purpose for campaign finance reporting, more prominent public posting of delinquent penalties, and clearer training and guidance on lobbying registration and filing requirements. The Commission also adopted two previously omitted Texas Department of Criminal Justice recommendations, 6.5 and 6.6. The Commission then took its required final record vote to forward all recommendations adopted during the biennium to the 89th Legislature; the motion passed with nine ayes. Sunset staff provided a status update on implementation of 2023 Sunset recommendations, reporting that the State Auditor found 89% of selected management actions fully implemented and that Sunset staff found 68% of 163 statutory and related changes fully implemented, with the remainder mostly in progress. The meeting also noted the recently completed evaluation of the Texas Lottery Commission and ended with closing remarks from the chair and vice chair before the Commission recessed.

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• the Appropriations report. the Appropriations report. All<00:18:16.520> right.
• They're not a... maybe credit report fees and so on. But maybe credit report fees and so on.
• >> I think to the reporter. Thank you, Mr. >> I think to the reporter.
• Uh, may I interrogate the reporter of the bill? The reporter of the bill is interrogated.
• interrogate the reporter of the bill? interrogate the reporter of the bill?

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Sections two and three combine two separate suicide prevention reports into a single biennial report.
• streamlining outdated reporting streamlining outdated reporting requirements<00:02:20.160> to
• care advisory council to provide reports care advisory council to provide reports to<00:02:36.879
• this bill is a lot about reports.
• . reports. reports.

Bills: HF4438, HF4467, HF4379, SF3402, HF4349, HF4064, HF84, HF85, HF3804

Keywords: healthcare, WIC, community health, licensing, speech-language pathology, audiology, contract term limits, healthcare services, provider enrollment, disenrollment, premium payments, medical assistance, substance use disorders, mental health, children's mental health, early childhood, early intervention, consultation grants, Head Start, child care

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• Mental health and medical information of the reporting party may be considered if the reporting party
• party may be considered if the reporting party may be considered if the<00:04:56.479> reporting
• Data from the sexual assault data report indicate a decline in reports, from 419 in the 2020 report,
• resolution process institutions report resolution process institutions report in<00:11:47.800>
• Data from the sexual assault data report indicate a decline in reports, from 419 in the 2020 report,

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• , 1500 applications reported in 2019 over, 1500 applications reported in 2019 of<00:04:09.879> restricted
• and analyze all of the rup use reports and analyze all of the rup use reports there's<00:13:18.720
• policy statement and a technical report policy statement and a technical report on<00:22:57.640>
• California the pesticide use reporting California the pesticide use reporting data<00:47:32.760>
• California pesticide use report system California pesticide use report system um<00:52:15.680> it<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides. Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session. Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.

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• <00:05:25.600> Thank favorable favorable report. Thank favorable favorable report.
• Your bill has been given a favorable report. All right, Representative Lands.
• It was you had to collect data and report it to MANA, I guess.
• so, then why why why not have us report so, then why why why not have us report there<00:10:12.000
• <00:10:20.240> to the midwives are required to report to the midwives are required to report

Bills: HB59, HB128, HB59, HB128

Keywords: early voting, electoral participation, voting centers, Alabama elections, absentee ballot, HB128, Alabama Board of Nursing, Sunset Law, sunset review, nursing board, nurse licensure, registered nurse, RN, licensed practical nurse, LPN, advanced practice nursing, certified registered nurse anesthetist, CRNA, consumer member, board appointments

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• made this vision there that said you didn't report these offenses.
• That's currently reported to DOT, because these are all the ones that are reported to DOT, and then it's
• Some of those don't sound at all like where we should be reporting.
• Should that be reportable? I think it probably should be.
• before that now are reported to you.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The conference committee on House Bill 1229 met to try to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill, which deals with reporting certain traffic offenses to driving records and, by extension, insurance companies. House members argued that the House position was driven by concern that reporting lower-level offenses would unfairly raise insurance costs, while Senate members said they opposed removing reporting because they wanted transparency and believed people who break the law should face consequences. The discussion focused heavily on whether the bill should continue to exclude offenses at two points and below from reporting, or whether a narrower compromise such as one point and below might be acceptable. Committee members and DOT Driver and Vehicle Director Brad Schaefer reviewed a color-coded list of offenses and how they are currently reported. Schaefer explained that salmon-shaded items automatically appear on driving records because they trigger suspension or revocation, green items are commercial-driver violations that also trigger suspension, and the remaining unshaded zero-, one-, and some two-point violations were the main subject of the conference discussion. Members debated whether some low-point items, such as equipment violations, no child restraint, distracted driving, and failure to use due care, should remain reportable, while acknowledging that serious offenses like fleeing and human trafficking would remain reportable regardless. No final compromise was reached. Several members expressed interest in a possible middle ground limited to one-point-and-below offenses, but others worried the Senate would not accept it. The committee agreed to adjourn and reschedule after members had more time to review the list and consider possible amendments.

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• Report of committees reported by the Committee on Commerce: Senate Bill 414, reported with amendments
• 405, reported with amendments; and House Bill 62, reported with amendments.
• Report of the Committee on Insurance: House Bill 826 reported favorably; House Bill 870 reported with
• House Bill 205 reported favorably; House Bill 228 reported favorably; House Bill 28 reported favorably
• House Bill 813 reported favorably. House Bill 1045 reported favorably.

Keywords: 974, senate, all