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• United States Postal Service, the National Change of Address Database, return mail, and other data sources
• <00:32:56.679> no<00:32:56.800> other<00:32:56.960> funding<00:32:57.280> source
• <00:32:57.640> is which no other funding source is which no other funding source is available
• You know, most of our work is on a continuum. have a process where we're vetting those have a process
• is a requirement for states to make sure that we do our due diligence on pulling in external data sources

Keywords: 1183, house

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• You alone are our source, our strength and our hope. We thank you, Father, for hearing our prayer.
• The release of this protected information could be used by fraudulent contractors, predatory lenders,
• The release of this protected information could be used by fraudulent contractors, predatory lenders,

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests and visiting groups, including the Challenger Learning Center, the Florida Dental Hygienists Association, school students, and other local officials and organizations. Members also offered remarks about President Allbritton’s recovery and upcoming events, including State of Black Florida Week and a future executive appointments calendar. The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 156, which revises criminal penalties involving law enforcement officers. The bill clarifies that resistance to an officer with violence is not justified when the officer is performing official duties, removes language stating an officer is not justified in using force if the arrest or duty is unlawful and known to be unlawful, and adds mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. Senators offered competing views: supporters said the bill corrects a verdict-form and charging problem exposed in the Officer Jason Rainer case and honors his family, while opponents argued it removes civilian protections, expands police authority, and imposes disproportionate mandatory sentencing. Two amendments were offered and withdrawn, and the bill passed 31-4. The Senate then passed a series of bills, mostly on public records and regulatory topics. SB 168 expanded public nuisance law to include gambling establishments and increased penalties; SB 288 narrowed statutory ambiguity affecting rural electric cooperatives; SB 292 and SB 298 created or extended public-records protections for appellate court clerks and victims of dating violence in the Address Confidentiality Program; SB 296 created the HAVEN initiative to study a secure alert system for domestic violence victims and expanded confidentiality protections; SB 364 modernized CPA licensure pathways; SB 386 created protections for farm equipment purchasers; and several Open Government Sunset Review bills preserved exemptions for emergency shelter information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit records, Public Service Commission and Gaming Commission proceedings, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, social media platform investigations, and certain economic development loan-program financial records. Most of these bills passed with little or no opposition, and the Senate waived rules so all bills passed that day could be immediately certified to the House.

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• And we held our contractors to higher standards through enhanced financial monitoring and stronger contractual
• And we held our contractors to hire standards through enhanced financial monitoring and stronger contractual
• certain medical issues, provided that the treatment is performed with stem-cell products from specified sources

Summary: The Health Policy Committee met for its final meeting of the session and handled a very full agenda, beginning with a few housekeeping items and a brief thank-you to staff. Senate Bill 596 was temporarily postponed. The committee then reconsidered and amended SB 1606 on patient access to records, clarifying portal access obligations and deleting a section that would have improperly affected nursing home facility records; the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of appointees and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after testimony focused on transparency, financial oversight, Medicaid managed care accountability, and internal controls at AHCA. Harris said she would prioritize staffing, monitoring, and improved reporting, and several health care groups waived in support. The committee next heard and passed several bills, including claims bills SB 28 and SB 22 for South Broward Hospital District settlements, both reported favorably. It also approved SB 772 on undesignated glucagon in schools, SB 998 on allowing physician assistants and APRNs to complete death certificates under hospice/palliative protocols, SB 1412 on home health agency administration and staffing flexibility, SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF, SB 306 on Medicaid managed care network access during holidays and after hours, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies and informed consent, SB 1602 on pediatric readiness standards in emergency departments, SB 1156 on the home health aide program for medically fragile children, SB 1490 on Children’s Medical Services and Medicaid managed care administration, and SB 1182 on Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors. Most of these bills were amended, generally to narrow scope, align with the House, or make technical changes, and most received support from provider associations, advocacy groups, or affected institutions. The most debated measure was SB 1270, which combined several health freedom and medical marijuana provisions. The strike-all amendment retained language prohibiting discrimination based solely on vaccination status, added protections related to mRNA vaccine documentation requirements, and included medical marijuana regulatory and background-screening language. The committee heard extensive testimony both in support and opposition, including concerns from senators about whether the bill would force providers to treat patients contrary to medical judgment, and support from witnesses arguing it protected patient autonomy and access to care. After a time-certain motion, the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned.

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• And we held our contractors to high standards through enhanced financial monitoring and stronger contractual
• And we held our contractors to hire standards through enhanced financial monitoring and stronger contractual
• certain medical issues, provided that the treatment is performed with stem-cell products from specified sources

Summary: The Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of health care, Medicaid, and patient-access measures, along with confirmation votes. The committee first reconsidered and amended SB 1606 on patient access to records, clarifying portal obligations, deleting a section affecting nursing home facility records, and setting a January 1, 2026 effective date; the bill then passed favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of appointees and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after Harris testified about priorities including financial accountability, managed care oversight, transparency, and quality improvement. Senators asked about audit findings and Medicaid managed care performance, and several witnesses and committee members voiced support for her appointment. The committee then advanced a series of bills, most of them with amendments, including claims bills SB 28 and SB 22 for South Broward Hospital District settlements, SB 772 on undesignated glucagon in schools, SB 998 on death certification by physician assistants and APRNs, SB 1412 on home health administration flexibility, SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF, SB 306 on managed care network access during holidays and after hours, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies by physicians, SB 1602 on pediatric readiness in emergency departments, SB 1156 on the home health aide program for medically fragile children, SB 1490 on Children’s Medical Services and managed care administration, and SB 1182 on Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors. Most of these bills received support from industry, advocacy, or provider groups and were reported favorably as committee substitutes. The most debated measure was SB 1270, a broad strike-all amendment combining provisions on mRNA vaccine documentation, vaccination-status protections in the Patient Bill of Rights, medical marijuana reporting and background-screening definitions, compact language, and volunteer immunity. The committee heard extensive testimony both for and against the vaccine-related provisions, including concerns about discrimination, patient safety, provider discretion, and medical liability. After additional technical amendments and a time-certain motion, the bill passed favorably as a committee substitute, with Senators Davis and Osgood voting no and Senator Harrell expressing a weak yes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned.

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• subject, that it was going to be a single committee.
• subject, that it was going to be single subject, that it was going to be a<00:08:06.680> single
• a single committee. a single committee.
• > in<00:51:37.240> the Because every single employer in the Because every single employer
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Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first adopted a conference committee report on House File 3900, a constitutional amendment related to state government and school trust lands. Members from both parties praised the work on the bill and said the conference committee returned a clean version of the House-passed measure. The report was adopted without opposition, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 134-0 roll call. The chamber then took up Senate File 4282, a forecast-adjustments bill covering K-12 education, human services, children and families, and transportation. Representative Youakim explained that the conference report restored all four forecast articles plus several no-cost education items, including school fund transfers, utility-payment authority, a paraprofessional licensing clarification, a grant extension, and school trust lands language. Representative Mueller moved to refuse adoption, arguing the report had become a catchall and omitted agreed-upon literacy language; that motion failed 62-72. The House then adopted the conference report, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 94-37 vote. Next, the House concurred in Senate amendments to House File 4138, the social media bill aimed at restricting addictive social media harms for minors. The Senate had removed House “threat alert” language, and the author said that was the only substantive difference. Supporters said the bill would protect kids online and require parental permission for social media accounts for children 15 and under. The House concurred and repassed the bill as amended by the Senate on a 131-2 vote. The House then began consideration of Senate File 2373, a labor and industry bill exempting minor league baseball players from minimum wage and overtime requirements. Through a series of amendments, members added provisions on rural cancer research, disability services and employment access, unemployment insurance for certain laid-off Iron Range miners, and agricultural funding items such as depredation, local foods, down payment assistance, and meat processing grants. One proposed amendment to remove the double-fencing requirement for farmed cervidae was strongly opposed as a threat to deer health and was defeated 61-72. The transcript ends during debate on that amendment, before final disposition of the bill is shown.

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• But I know every single this program.
• settled on Delta Dental as the single settled on Delta Dental as the single administrator.<01:42
• there's a a single there's a a single PBM<01:43:54.800> in<01:43:55.040> the<01:43
• <01:45:38.639> for nonprofit, to be the one contractor for nonprofit, to be the one contractor
• perfect before we even make a single perfect before we even make a single change<01:48:01.840>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The contractor. And that's very, very common in New Mexico.
• Many of the CRNAs that we work with are contractors.
• Many of the anesthesia providers are contractors, nurse practitioners, ER doctors.
• But things like Holy Cross would be one that is a single-hospital, New Mexico-owned nonprofit.
• damages, if a small network of hospitals, If a small network of hospitals or a small clinic or a single

Bills: HB99, HB49, HB164, SB30, SB43, SB50, SB136

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• My concern is, are we really leaving that $150 million on the table every single year?
• It's something that is important enough that every single year we should make sure that those dollars
• bill language, they're allowed to apply to co-locate, and the question still remains: if there is a single
• She has been a mentor, counselor, and a source of encouragement for lawmakers...
• Indeed, she could get you together with just a single look. Ms.

Summary: The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1. The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7. HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.

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• Tourism is our primary revenue source in Rialt County.
• We have to make sure that we count every single penny.
• I give back to my community every single day.
• These young people are Texans in every single way possible.
• I'm with the Regional Hispanic Contractors. West is my senator; I'm from his district.

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• <00:15:07.040> egress appropriation for the single egress appropriation for the single egress
• stairway apartment single egress stairway apartment building<00:24:55.200> report<00:24:55.600
• And it's be very disappointing for those contractors that don't or people that don't give breaks.
• I appreciate all those contractors and people that I worked for.
• > that<01:18:26.239> I<01:18:26.400> worked contractors and people that I worked

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So that functionally gives them parity with single-family homeowners.
• And every single year I've been here for eight years, we've lacked fairness.
• And every single year I've been here for eight years, we've lacked fairness.
• It sickens me that every single year we stand here and we go home with barely nothing.
• Every year we come here and we create a new budget, every single year.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Is there another call or another source you recommend people check with?
• And if you haven't been a single vulnerable woman or a single mother, that may not mean very much to
• Immediate health risks to women, and of course their unborn child—let's not forget that every single
• We see every single day, up close and personal, the onslaught of the abortion pill.
• These aren't rare occurrences; these are happening every single day.

Bills: SB10, SB16, SB6, SB 6, SB 10, SB 16

Keywords: trafficking, prostitution, affirmative defense, victims, criminal justice reform, victim rights, criminal justice, judicial reform, court procedures, mental health services, criminal penalties, court security, SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life

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• poor contractor performance. poor contractor performance.
• Well, we don't know exactly because pretty much every single state has this.
• has this pretty much every single state has this >> would<03:42:54.960> be<03:42:55.200
• But pretty much every single state >> Yes.
• But pretty much every single state doesn't<03:42:59.600> have<03:42:59.920> this<03:43:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Appropriations versus tuitions, grants, and private sources? Thank you very much, Mr. President.
• My understanding, actually, is the contractor who's been providing those services has already been successful
• And to hopefully be able to have another source to be able to see those drugs be a part of the DirectBuy
• What funding sources are there?

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• matched by every employer to fund, sorry, self-fund a government benefit program that won't pay out a single
• This conference report relates to regulation of contractors, solar installation companies, sale, lease
• This conference report, This conference report relates to regulation of contractors, solar installation

Keywords: March 13, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• So in the amendment, it changes the source of money. The amendment just changes the bill. Okay.
• The way that PSPRS works is every single employer has basically their own debt. It's a siloed plan.
• So I'm not singling you out. Show us where we're going to be. Now, that's, if you listen to Mr.
• We are the private-sector Access health plan contractors.
• I use this hourly every single day to monitor. Special operations and rescues.

Bills: SB1041, SB1050, SB1131, SB1138, SB1249, SB1267, SB1272, SB1317, SB1461, SB1488, SB1504, SB1517, SB1523, SB1580, SB1582, SB1584, SB1585, SB1602, SB1630, SB1654, SB1672, SB1673, SB1718, SB1761, SB1819, SB1826, SB1827

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers

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• MAKES AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE FOR AN EMPLOYER TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST APPLICANT EMPLOYER CONTRACTOR
• 51 TO 74 CONTEMPT TALKING POINTS UNFIT FOR FLORIDA STATUTE AND THE BILL IS PLAINLY ABUSIVE PICK A SINGLE
• THIS BILL WILL PROTECT STATE AGENCY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS CONTRACTORS AND NONPROFITS
• THE BILL REALLY DOES PROMOTE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS TO HARASS TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS BY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Just the capacity in the market for even contractors to do... this level of work is going to be a barrier
• these proposals and these are are part of a court-required plan and they get submitted by a private contractor
• We have cells of different types, so single cells or multi-person cells or dorms.
• And for single bunking beds, right?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the LGBTQ community these days, but if students don't learn about gay people in school, their main source
• It will impact every single student in Texas.
• So Section 2 bans district employees, contractors, and volunteers from engaging in diversity, equity,
• I sat on shack last year, and, um, our subcommittee, which was sex ed, there's not a single recording
• But it singles out books for isolated passages, regardless of. their literary worth as a whole.

Bills: SB12, SB1565, SB13, SJR12, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB112, SB400, SB813, SB 12, SB 13

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice

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• Do you have the name of the IT contractor that we can use to make that happen? Google.
• I don't know what needs to be implemented outside of every single person that is working currently in
• I view it as the rest of the state putting the one unique area in line with the rest of every single
• For my non-lawyers, if a law is crafted in a way that effectively singles out one person for adverse
• We call on every member of this House of every race of every party in every district to ask a single

Bills: HR192, HR193, HR194, HCR80, HCR81, HCR82, HCR83, HCR84, HCR85, HR188, HR189, HR190, HR191, SB134, SB140, SB281, SB331, SB384, SB389, SB415, SB451, SB458, SB479, SB504, SB523, HR38, HR96, HR160, HCR31, HCR61, SCR19, HB316, HB549, HB578, HB646, HB748, HB798, HB824, HB988, HB989, HB1001, HB1032, HB1081, HB1108, HB1129, HB1140, HB1157, HB1186, HB1192, HB1195, HB1198, HB1222, HB1244, SB73, SB89, SB128, SB149, SB191, SB196, SB238, SB318, SB340, HB225, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HCR4, HCR47, HCR32, HB362, HB893, HB990, HB1007, HB1153, HB1243, HB12, HB42, HB205, HB222, HB267, HB324, HB325, HB350, HB478, HB610, HB617, HB745, HB749, HB752, HB797, HB807, HB821, HB896, HB979, HB992, HB1000, HB1024, HB1050, HB1166, HB1172, HB1173, HB1207, HB1218, HB1223, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, SB244, SB256, HB911, HB306, HB366, HB1161, HB1230, HB59, HB481, HB772, HB897, HB1003, HB1008, HB1112, HB1180, HB1189, HB181, HB1118, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB393, HB458, HB459, HB525, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB864, HB996, HB1035, HB1058, HB1082, HB1113, HB1234, HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights