Transcript Highlights:

• the district level, we had superintendents, other administrators, and VAPA, which is visual and performing
• In addition, we've had music and performing arts in our secondary schools prior to Prop. 28.
• And then in 2023, our team performed an arts audit to actually look at what staffing looked like, what
• As a result, we're seeing expanded arts education across classrooms, from restored visual and performing
• If you go to Fresno and look for the Cynthia Merrill School of Performing Arts, that is an excellent

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's in federal regulation how that calculation is performed.
• We have internal staff that perform quarterly and annual reviews of various schedules.
• We can, and we contract the two of them to perform audits of these, of certain schedules within these
• By looking at that, we can also get visibility into individual plan performance.
• The speaker said that in value-based purchasing arrangements, provider performance must be evaluated

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee took up two bills and then continued oversight discussions with APD and AHCA. CS/HB 27, the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, was presented as a way to let Florida social workers practice in other compact states and vice versa; AARP, the Florida Chamber, and NASW Florida supported it, and the bill passed favorably. HB 1127, a child welfare bill, would create a treatment foster care pilot for children with high behavioral needs, improve DCF data collection on commercially sexually exploited children, and expand recruitment for protective investigators and case managers; the bill also passed favorably after brief supportive testimony. The committee then questioned APD at length about the iBudget waiver waitlist, enrollment pace, spending projections, and provider capacity. APD said it had sent more than 1,100 interest letters in categories 3, 4, and 5, enrolled 1,124 people so far this year, and expects to spend about 96.4% of its waiver appropriation, leaving roughly $82 million unspent. Members pressed APD on why prior discussions suggested more reserve was needed, how long the SANS process takes, whether category 6 could be expanded, and whether the agency has enough waiver support coordinators and direct support providers. APD said it has about 1,061 waiver support coordinators statewide, adequate capacity for current enrollees, but would need further analysis if the legislature directed a much larger enrollment increase. Members also asked about outreach, annual maintenance of the waitlist, portability for military families, and whether communication efforts should be privatized. Finally, AHCA walked the committee through the 2023 Achieved Savings Rebate (ASR) report for Aetna and explained how the report is used for financial monitoring, rebate calculations, and transparency. AHCA said the ASR is separate from the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation, though both are reviewed, and that Florida uses the ASR mechanism rather than an MLR remittance requirement to recover funds from plans. Members asked about related-party disclosures, CVS/Caremark relationships, expanded benefits, encounter data, network adequacy penalties, denials and appeals reporting, interest earned on capitation payments, and whether rate increases were reaching providers. AHCA and the outside auditors said they review the plans’ reported data, reconcile it to underlying records, and can assess liquidated damages for network adequacy violations; several members requested follow-up data on rebates, interest, provider capacity, and related-party reporting.

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• <00:20:37.200><c> services</c><00:20:37.520><c> for</c><00:20:37.679><c> Medicaid</c> performing services
• for Medicaid performing services for Medicaid requested<00:20:38.640><c> uninsured</c><00:20:39.200>
• under this DCMP period of performance under this DCMP grant<01:18:02.159><c> could</c><01:18:02.400>
• </c><05:41:36.480><c> pig</c> my own flagpole with the performance pig my own flagpole with the performance
• </c> a formal process to re-evaluate a formal process to re-evaluate reevaluate<06:03:53.600><c> and<

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• critical role they do play for certain industries, food, health care, and the often overlooked performance
• Prior to SB 1326, archaeological identification, evaluation, and treatment were used on tribal cultural
• In frozen meal trays, for example, there is no existing recyclable option that provides the performance
• We do have some problem with language asking CARB to evaluate the inadequacies of an OIHA chronic REL
• Yeah, CARB and OEHHA last time they evaluated the RELs, which was referenced, 30 is the PPM that was

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• critical role they do play for certain industries, food, health care, and the often overlooked performance
• Prior to SB 1326, archaeological identification, evaluation, and treatment were used on tribal cultural
• In frozen meal trays, for example, there is no existing recyclable option that provides the performance
• We do have some problem with language asking CARB to evaluate the inadequacies of an OEHHA chronic REL
• Yeah, CARB and OEHHA last time they evaluated the RELs, which was referenced, 30 is the PPM that was

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Lastly, we support that this bill will also take a forward-looking approach by directing the OEHHA to evaluate
• equipment there and it's supposed to be low mile equipment. then you're also taking, you know, a performance
• We're currently re-evaluating our position and are likely to move to neutral, thank you.
• We're currently re-evaluating our position and are likely to move to neutral, thank you.
• Advanced reconductoring, or replacing aging cables with high-performance conductors within existing rights-of-way

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to environmental quality, housing, transportation, and waste policy. SB 1375, by Senator Cortese, would create a narrow CEQA exemption category for certain transit and rail projects that have already undergone extensive environmental review. Supporters, including VTA, the City of San Jose, BART, Caltrain, MTC, and Climate Reality Silicon Valley, said it would reduce duplicative review and speed projects like the Diridon Station modernization. Committee members emphasized added amendments requiring displacement, construction-impact, and natural resources plans, and the bill passed 5-0 as amended to Transportation. The committee then took up SB 1031 on compostable plastics labeling. The author and supporters such as Californians Against Waste and the California Compost Coalition argued the bill would reduce consumer confusion, curb contamination in compost and recycling streams, and direct OEHHA to study health and environmental impacts. Opponents including manufacturers, BPI, retailers, and other industry groups said the bill would effectively ban compostable products in California, harm businesses, and fail to fix the underlying National Organics Program issue. After extensive discussion about labeling, composting capacity, and costs, the bill passed 2-2 on call to Appropriations. SB 958, relating to the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, was presented next; supporters said it would help move forward a large housing and mixed-use project on city-owned land after years of review and voter approval, and it passed 3-0 on call to Local Government. SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, drew the most extensive debate. The bill would strengthen implementation and enforcement of AB 617 community emissions reduction plans and local plans in overburdened communities. Environmental justice advocates and youth supporters backed the measure, while local governments, business groups, air district representatives, and industry groups warned it would create uncertainty, add land-use constraints, and act as a housing and cost driver. The author accepted several committee amendments and said the bill was still being worked on, but the motion to pass it to Local Government resulted in a 2-2 tie and the bill remained on call. SB 1064, by Senator Dahle, would reduce clean truck check testing frequency for low-use heavy-duty vehicles and equipment from twice a year to once a year. Agricultural and trucking witnesses supported it as a practical, cost-saving change, while air quality advocates opposed weakening a program they said prevents excess emissions and protects public health. The bill passed 4-0 on call to Transportation. Finally, SB 1258 was presented as a revised measure on remediation of hazardous waste sites on the Cortese list. The author said the committee amendments replaced the bill’s original approach, but he continued to argue that remediation should be aligned with housing development so contaminated infill sites can be cleaned up and built on more efficiently. Developers and environmental consultants supported the concept, saying current timing rules create risk and leave sites idle, while the committee continued to hear testimony as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• In addition, SPD called DCF to perform a wellness check on the child and verify the fitness of the mother
• the studies that you, ...was done shows that, and I think the studies that you have, I think, were performed
• I am a vocational evaluator with the group group.
• 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, the methadone-assisted treatment needs assessment, our forensic evaluators
• when individuals want to become nurses and they're looking at programs across the state, they can evaluate

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Summary: The committee took up a series of health and human services bills, beginning with CS/SB 1602, which would require emergency departments to have evidence-based pediatric care protocols, training, appropriate child-sized equipment and medications, a designated care coordinator, and participation in a pediatric readiness assessment. It was reported favorably. CS/SB 1224 followed, aligning Florida law with federal requirements so paramedics may administer controlled substances in the field under physician or nurse practitioner protocols; it also passed favorably after supportive testimony from fire chiefs. The committee then adopted a strike-all for SB 890, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which addresses venous thromboembolism by creating a statewide registry, requiring screening and training in hospitals and long-term care settings, and adding assisted living facility response requirements. Assisted living representatives objected to the ALF provisions as unrealistic and potentially harmful, while supporters argued the bill would save lives; the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 1182, requiring continuous glucose monitors to be covered as both durable medical equipment and a pharmacy benefit, also passed favorably with support from AARP. The committee next considered CS/SB 12, a claim bill for a child severely injured after a DCF home visit allegedly failed to meet standards, and it was reported favorably without opposition. CS/CS/SB 954, dealing with substance abuse treatment centers and recovery residences, drew substantial debate. The bill would limit local zoning restrictions on treatment facilities and allow larger recovery residences if staffing ratios are increased; a late-filed amendment reduced the maximum active patients from 500 to 300. Municipal and county representatives warned that the bill could override local reasonable-accommodation efforts and create institutional-scale facilities, while supporters said housing is essential to recovery and that clustering concerns are overstated. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably. CS/SB 1050, expanding the developmental disabilities pilot program statewide and creating a statewide family care council, also passed after extensive testimony from families and advocates. Supporters emphasized the long waitlist and the need for more services, while some speakers opposed managed care and warned about provider shortages and loss of individualized supports. Later, CS/SB 614, requiring a public educational webpage about background screening clearinghouse and level two screening requirements, was reported favorably. CS/SB 1578, which would require coverage for mammograms and supplemental breast cancer screening in certain circumstances, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 1060 created a joint legislative oversight committee to review Medicaid operations and financing; members discussed the need for stronger oversight of large midyear spending adjustments, and the bill passed favorably. CS/SB 1240, a Department of Children and Families substance abuse and mental health bill, was amended to clarify Baker Act transfer timing and notification requirements after debate over whether facilities could hold patients too long; it was then reported favorably. Finally, Senator Harrell presented CS/SB 526, a major nursing education bill aimed at Florida’s low NCLEX passage rates. The bill would require nursing programs to use exit exams, remediation, reporting, and stricter oversight, and the strike-all would add graduate preceptorships for low-performing programs and temporary provisional licenses for graduates pending NCLEX passage. The transcript ended while that bill was still being explained, before final action was taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• Have you learned any best practices from other states regarding their approaches to evaluating or modifying
• Second one: the scope of the proceedings includes updating basic service requirements and evaluation
• So those were taken into account in evaluating the AT&T application.
• So it's a very detailed report on their service quality performance: how many lines were out, for how
• If we're getting modern technologies, it needs to perform equivalent to what we have or better.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) to examine its history, current operation, and possible future changes in California. Chair Tasha Berner said the hearing was prompted in part by AT&T’s 2023 request for relief from COLR obligations and by broader concerns about public safety, affordability, universal service, and access to modern broadband and telecommunications. The first panel featured a telecommunications expert who traced COLR back to universal service principles and explained how states have handled COLR differently, including full deregulation, limited rural obligations, or transition pathways tied to competition and customer protections. Members asked about affordability, federal and state processes for service withdrawal, and whether COLR remains necessary given modern competition. CPUC staff then described California’s COLR framework, explaining that universal service rests on access, reliability/quality, and affordability, and that COLR requires carriers to provide basic service, including voice-grade calling, 911 access, relay services, and Lifeline. Staff said AT&T’s application sought relief in nearly all of its territory, but no replacement COLR came forward during the proceeding, and public participation hearings drew thousands of comments and strong concern from rural and vulnerable customers. The CPUC outlined its ongoing rulemaking to reconsider whether the 1996 COLR rules and 2012 basic-service definition still fit current conditions, with workshops and public hearings scheduled and a proposed decision expected later in the year or into 2026. Members pressed staff on geographic outreach, wireless coverage, whether broadband can be part of basic service, public safety during wildfires, and what reporting and complaint processes currently exist. In the final panel, industry and public-interest witnesses sharply disagreed. A U.S. Telecom representative argued COLR is outdated, costly, and copper-focused, and said reform should allow technology-neutral alternatives such as wireless, fiber, and satellite while preserving reliable voice and emergency access. The CPUC Public Advocates Office countered that COLR remains a necessary public safeguard, especially for rural and low-income customers, and argued that any transition should maintain or improve service, with public benefits such as broadband investment and continued protections for 911, disability access, and affordability. Committee members focused on the difference between an obligation to serve everyone and a mere option to serve, and on whether the Legislature should provide clearer guidance as the CPUC’s rulemaking moves forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• AWS is still in the early stages and performing due diligence. better AWS delivers the highest Network
• When an AAR doesn't examine a particular impact, that evaluation process then moves to the appropriate
• the sighting of data centers evaluating the sighting of data centers we<00:47:32.559><c> are</c><00:
• </c><00:48:38.400><c> these</c> systematic way of evaluating these systematic way of evaluating these
• the impact of enough tool for evaluating the impact of generators<00:56:54.680><c> similarly</c><00:

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's critical that we thoroughly evaluate these funding requests. and ensure that we are using taxpayer
• Ourlinear performance products and operations results are eligible for review.
• Our LBB performance measure and abandonment rates have decreased.
• There's pretty extensive evaluation requirements and other... requirements that come... system changes
• If that vendor is not performing, they will not get an increase.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article II

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill creates a clear performance-based incentive to hopefully make that happen.
• In the evaluation of the Idaho Mental Health Courts, released in 2019, just 31% of the participants at
• In the evaluation of the Idaho Mental Health Courts, released in 2019, just 31% of the participants at
• They have to perform well in office just like we do.
• And with the suicide hotline, it's always kind of confusing, you know, how do you evaluate that?

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through routine orders including committee reports, gubernatorial appointments, messages from the governor, and messages from the House. Several bills were introduced and referred to committees, including appropriations measures for the Department of Health and Welfare, a firearms preemption bill, and House measures on taxation, Medicaid, dentistry, and the National Guard. The Senate also received and filed various enrolled bills and confirmations, and advanced multiple measures to later orders for consideration. The chamber then took up a long series of third-reading bills. Among the major policy items discussed were Senate Bill 1412, creating the Idaho Student Safety and Educator Disclosure Act; House Bill 789, approving the Coeur d’Alene Tribe water rights settlement; House Bill 570, expanding reckless driving provisions for school and construction zones; House Bill 654, expanding the definition of police dogs to include electronic storage detection dogs; House Bill 681, removing statutes of limitation for certain child sex offenses; House Bill 575, requiring the state controller to publish asset forfeiture information; House Bill 736, lowering the threshold for ballot name rotation; House Bill 793, redirecting beer tax revenue to replace lost Alcohol Beverage Control funding; House Bill 798 and 799, repealing outdated state treasurer and alcohol code provisions; House Bill 665, revising Appaloosa specialty plate funding; and House Bill 667, ending non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses in Idaho. The Senate also debated housing and tax measures, including House Bill 707 on land division for financing accessory dwelling units, House Bill 722 on utility property tax reporting, House Bill 792 on occasional sales and yard sales, and House Bill 800 on manufactured home siting. Other bills addressed education, insurance, and health care. House Bill 815 corrected a transportation support funding issue for a charter school; House Bill 849 revised the career ladder for CTE instructors and pupil services staff; House Bill 562 increased notice periods for insurance cancellations and nonrenewals; House Bill 825 changed funding for the Idaho Heritage Trust and specialty plates; House Bill 788 created a preceptor-based prior authorization exemption for Medicaid providers; House Bill 785 established a school discipline framework for inappropriate online behavior; and House Bill 846 clarified student enrollment counts. Debate on these measures focused on consumer protection, workforce shortages, school safety, housing supply, and administrative cleanup. Most bills passed on voice or roll-call votes, with the Senate approving many measures by wide margins, though House Bill 849 passed narrowly and House Bill 788 passed with a closer vote. Several bills were returned to the House after Senate passage, and titles were approved without correction.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill creates a clear performance-based incentive to hopefully make that happen.
• In the evaluation of the Idaho Mental Health Courts, released in 2019, just 31% of the participants at
• In the evaluation of the Idaho Mental Health Courts, released in 2019, just 31% of the participants at
• They have to perform well in office just like we do.
• And with the suicide hotline, it's always kind of confusing, you know, how do you evaluate that?

Keywords: 989, all

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• These funds exist because of disciplined contributions and responsible investment performance, not because
• It authorizes the authority to perform a number of activities with respect to developing transmission
• 1, 2027, and finally it establishes a tribal clean energy partnership work group to identify and evaluate
• The bill additionally clarifies that employers are not required to perform I-9 self-audits under Washington
• collected by the EMS information system is used by state, county, and regional leaders to monitor, evaluate

Bills: HB1069 , HB2091 , SB6355 , HB2104 , SB6003 , HB2441 , HB2124 , HB2610 , HB2338

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, electric transmission, energy policies, infrastructure, regulatory framework, transmission systems, aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response

Transcript Highlights:

• Is it important to study and evaluate the health disparities?
• Important part for the success of this program is who's going to be evaluating those grants.
• If those grants are going to be evaluated by the same people who have been evaluating Alzheimer's research
• Ideally, integrate all of it, but in practice is... you have to have different experts evaluating, so
• over a decade and it works by directly strengthening and targeting. circuits within the brain that perform

Bills: HB5 , HJR3 , HB155 , HB513 , HB5 , HB155

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: dementia, research, health care, Texas Institute, grants, medical breakthroughs, oversight, prevention, funding, healthcare, Texas, autopsy, confidentiality, public records, medical examiner, law enforcement, HB 513, surgical smoke, surgical plume, smoke evacuation

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:35:43.359><c> We</c><00:35:43.599><c> all</c><00:35:43.880><c> realize</c> perform their duties
• We all realize perform their duties by.
• Currently, the director only had to submit the evaluation to the commissioner of health.
• So I guess first of all I would just say that the process for sort of being evaluated for a fraudulent
• </c><02:09:23.360><c> to</c> that might include program evaluation to that might include program evaluation

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The risk assessment would evaluate a provider's organizational readiness, their financial stability,
• This proposal also funds a comprehensive evaluation of DHS structure and processes.
• Similarly, the performance-based incentive program, or PIP, was also established prior to VBR.
• </c> quality performance. quality performance.
• </c><01:16:27.680><c> whether</c> are in place to evaluate whether are in place to evaluate whether services

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Agriculture producers should have adequate time to evaluate alternative pest control strategies and adapt
• Agriculture producers should have adequate time to evaluate alternative pest control strategies and adapt
• pest control evaluate alternative pest control strategies<01:06:53.840><c> and</c><01:06:53.960><c>
• It ensures that when a local government, a local government, carefully evaluates an event or venue and
• </c><01:40:52.320><c> of</c> Brewers Guild, uh Peak Performances of Brewers Guild, uh Peak Performances

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In the subsequent years, we see really good performance from that section.
• So this is not just a metric; it's really a mirror to hold for performance.
• So this is not just a metric; it's really a mirror to hold for performance.
• Um so by mirror to hold for performance.
• </c><01:34:01.040><c> of</c> each year or is this an evaluation of each year or is this an evaluation

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> to a school program should be evaluated. to a school program should be evaluated.
• In fact, one of the most high-performing community colleges in the country.
• </c><02:35:15.359><c> in</c> critical of government performance in critical of government performance
• uh in the state of New York, performance uh in the state of New York, which<02:40:41.439><c> is</c><
• so well and it becomes the drug performs so well and it becomes unethical<02:50:38.080><c> to</c><02

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• achievement of the American dream is home ownership, and this resolution simply seeks to study and evaluate
• Because I purposely put more Democrats into District 2 to make the remaining districts better performing
• I determined I wanted to make District 2 to be a... ...and District 2 to be performing for Democrats,
• which would allow the remaining districts around it to be performed better for Republicans.

Bills: SCR12 , HB221 , HB509 , HCR58 , HB75 , HB1222 , SB121 , SB312 , SB348 , SB485 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB65 , SB215 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR104 , HCR32 , HB944 , HB17 , HB41 , HB73 , HB223 , HB244 , HB410 , HB750 , HB759 , HB906 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1086 , HB1107 , HB1112 , HB1215 , HB1242 , SB208 , SB217 , SB283 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB469 , HB74 , HB119 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB149 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB382 , SB441 , SB449 , HB134 , HB210 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB784 , HB1117

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.