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• If you look at the very top line there, the state fiscal year, I've broken it out by state fiscal year
• The 10% reduction begins in January of 2028, so that's your state fiscal year 28.
• Cost sharing and co-pays start in state fiscal year 29.
• Six-month eligibility redeterminations start in state fiscal year 27.
• years span 27 months, while our state fiscal year goes from July 1st to June 30th.

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• <00:03:51.680> I'm<00:03:51.800> a<00:03:51.840> fiscal My name's Erica Bird
• I'm a fiscal My name's Erica Bird.
• I'm a fiscal analyst<00:03:52.640> with<00:03:52.760> the<00:03:52.840> Senate,<
• D through F shows that this is fiscal D through F shows that this is fiscal year<00:04:27.400>
• That $9,000 is taken from the fiscal note we have on this bill.

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• It simplifies the process for those fiscal courts that choose the alternative method.
• after July 1st for the fiscal year ending June 30th.
• for the fiscal year ending June 30th. for the fiscal year ending June 30th.
• So, this seems to be common sense, and something that's very simple fix to help the fiscal courts.
• simple fix to help the fiscal courts. simple fix to help the fiscal courts.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:01 Roll Call 00:00:21 SB 141 Discussion 00:03:21 SB 141 Vote 00:10:57 HB 755 Discussion 00:13:08 HB 755 Vote 00:17:55 SB 20 Discussion 00:19:36 SB 20 Vote 00:21:53 SB 40 Discussion 00:23:31 SB 40 Vote 00:26:25 HB 851 Discussion 00:28:53 HB 851 Vote 00:31:53 Adjournment 00:33:26, 958, all

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• program through federal fiscal year 2026.
• Services for SNAP-Ed will be provided by Feeding Florida during federal fiscal year 2026.
• As outlined in HR1, states can choose to use the federal fiscal year 2025 or federal fiscal year 2026
• The federal fiscal year 2024 payment error rate is 15.13%.
• So, two-part question: are these numbers on an annual basis, fiscal October 1?

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive implementation briefings on House Bill 1267, which was enacted to address benefit cliffs and help public assistance recipients move toward economic self-sufficiency. The Department of Children and Families reviewed SNAP, Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), and Medicaid-related eligibility and work requirements, including who must participate in work activities, the role of Florida Commerce and CareerSource Florida, and the new standardized intake and exit surveys required by the law. Members also discussed the TCA program’s household-based structure, the 48-month adult limit, and how work requirements differ for SNAP and TCA participants. Florida Commerce and CareerSource Florida then reported on implementation of HB 1267, including the CLIFF financial forecasting tool, case management changes, and survey data collected from welfare transition participants. They said intake surveys showed common barriers such as child care, transportation, and flexible work schedules, while exit surveys showed many participants were employed or had gained credentials, though response rates were low because the surveys are voluntary. A local workforce board, CareerSource Tampa Bay, described using CLIFF in case management and shared a success story about a participant who completed training, earned certifications, and moved into employment. The committee also heard a separate DCF briefing on the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its impact on SNAP. DCF said the law expands able-bodied adult without dependents requirements, changes non-citizen eligibility, ends future SNAP-Ed funding, increases state administrative cost sharing, and may require states to share in benefit costs if payment error rates remain above federal thresholds. Members focused heavily on Florida’s SNAP payment error rate, which DCF said was 15.13% for federal fiscal year 2024 and 12.60% for 2023, with the state currently on a corrective action plan. DCF described steps to reduce errors, including more verification of rent and utility expenses, improved income matching, staff training, and system modernization. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after questions concluded.

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• The state's fiscal crisis management and assistance team has prepared a very thoughtful report on how
• Under the banner of fiscal efficiency.
• I'm the CEO of the state's fiscal crisis. I don't know what I am.
• Fiscal crisis of Manitou management assistance team. We predominantly work in the K-14 sector.
• And so how do we do that without bringing our local public agencies into fiscal crisis?

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• Page 3, for selected fiscal and policy issues, item 1 discusses a base reduction to the agency's FCE
• Page three, for selected fiscal and policy issues, item one discusses a base reduction to the agency's
• Under Selected Fiscal and Policy Issues, item one explains exceptional item one.
• Under selected fiscal and policy issues, item one explains exceptional item one.
• There's plenty of time for that on the fiscal note, but I see that the fiscal note calls for an allocation

Bills: SB 1, SB1

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• There is a small fiscal impact to this as well. I believe it's $46,000.
• So we're not anticipating a fiscal impact.
• So we're not anticipating a fiscal impact.
• So we're not anticipating a fiscal impact.
• Get that amendment changed because of the fiscal impact issues that it had.

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• There is also no Senate companion to this bill, and my understanding is that there has not been a fiscal
• <00:07:01.440> note there has not been a fiscal note there has not been a fiscal note requested
• That has to have a fiscal note as well. This just seems to only go one way here in Minnesota.
• The hypocrisy of again trying to stop this bill on a fiscal note, but theirs they ignore it.
• responsibility and and uh being fiscal responsibility and and uh being accountable<00:21:50.320>

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• the fiscal note? the fiscal note?
• the fiscal note, please. the fiscal note, please.
• the fiscal note.
• Uh the fiscal note the fiscal note.
• where the fiscal impact is coming from. where the fiscal impact is coming from.

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Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session opened with routine announcements, including new and absent members, a tribute to former chair Rep. Jess Edwards, and an explanation that Division 3 is advisory and will make recommendations to full Finance. Chair Mooney also distributed a self-created index to the budget binder and reviewed the committee’s options under House Rule 45. Members discussed scheduling a future visit to the Veterans Home in Tilton, with several October dates unavailable, and the chair said she would circulate possible dates. The committee also reviewed the second-year budget context and sources of funding, including surplus monies, existing and new revenue streams, grants, reappropriations, and the rainy day fund. The committee then took up several retained bills and repeatedly heard that their substance had already been addressed in the budget. House Bill 519, funding the Waypoint Youth and Young Adult Shelter, was moved ITL and passed 10-0. House Bill 547, county reimbursement funds, was also moved ITL and passed 10-0 after members noted the reimbursement had been included in HB 2. House Bill 570, repealing the prescription drug affordability board, was moved ITL and passed 10-0, with minority members saying they still believed the board had value but acknowledging the repeal had already occurred in HB 2. House Bill 704, concerning caregiver respite and senior volunteer programs, received the most discussion. Mr. Ripple explained that most items were already funded or suspended in the budget, leaving only the senior volunteer grant program unfunded. Chair Mooney offered amendment 2963H to fund the RSVP program at $180,000 for one year, contingent on surplus funds, and DHHS witnesses explained that RSVP is a federally funded AmeriCorps program that would be added to existing state licensing structures. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was reported ought to pass as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee then heard House Bill 751, which would require licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities and create an ombudsman-related complaint process. DHHS witnesses said the bill had been narrowed substantially from an earlier certification model with multiple positions and IT costs to a licensing model using existing department infrastructure, reducing the fiscal note to $211,000 for one position. They also said the ombudsman section was no longer needed because licensed facilities would fall under existing oversight. Members questioned how many facilities exist and whether licensing fees would cover costs; DHHS said it did not know the full provider landscape and that licensing revenue across the board does not cover the department’s costs. Rep. Daniels then proposed amendment 2964H to form a study committee because of the remaining questions and lack of a clear revenue stream, and the committee was still discussing that amendment when the transcript ended.

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• Members, uh, for the record, Eric Olson, Senate fiscal analyst for the Senate fiscal analyst for the
• in fiscal years 2627. in fiscal years 2627.
• 2829 of the sec 1.7 million each fiscal 2829 of the sec 1.7 million each fiscal year<00:16:03.680
• :31.200> yesterday<00:21:32.159> of fiscal note was completed yesterday of fiscal note
• current bianium that we're in fiscal current bianium that we're in fiscal years<01:00:30.400>

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• does so I'm really glad that our fiscal does so I'm really glad that our fiscal analyst<00:12:44.199
• So we saw about an 18,000-student net gain from fiscal year 24 to fiscal year 25, that first year of
• So we saw about an 18,000-student net gain from fiscal year 24 to fiscal year 25, that first year of
• <00:58:44.240> year<00:58:44.480> fiscal recently completed fiscal year fiscal recently
• /c><01:04:40.039> year<01:04:40.319> fiscal that um for this past fiscal year fiscal that

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• To your point, this is a committee about fiscal impacts of this bill.
• It negatively affects Florida in a fiscal manner.
• You know, this is we're keeping things to a fiscal conversation here.
• They depend on those That is the fiscal impact for me.
• And I think all of us were fiscal committee.

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• The Gaming Control Board started fiscal year 24 with almost a 30% vacancy rate.
• Throughout fiscal year 24, we were able to fill all but seven vacancies before the budget constraints
• However, a fiscal year 25 budget was essentially flatlined.
• The C-2 funding was originally requested in the 2023 fiscal year for the original $1.5 million.
• I could have hired them toward the end of the fiscal year and paid them through the end of the fiscal

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• <00:02:17.800> year the same as as was spent in fiscal year the same as as was spent in fiscal
• what we would have expected in fiscal what we would have expected in fiscal year<00:31:42.600>
• <03:17:23.840> and 9,955 th000 in fiscal year 2026 and 9,955 th000 in fiscal year 2026 and
• 9,951<03:17:26.080> in<03:17:26.319> fiscal<03:17:26.760> year 9,951 in fiscal
• year 27, making the total amount cut to equal 410,000 in fiscal year 26 and 600,000 for fiscal year

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Summary: The committee reviewed the Department of Corrections budget, with the chair initially noting that the overall numbers looked close to fiscal year 2024 spending, except for federal funds. Department officials explained that prior ARPA expenditures and delayed revenue recognition had distorted the comparison, and that the corrected general fund spend was about $169.7 million. Members then focused on whether the budget’s staffing assumptions were realistic, especially the shift from overtime to full-time lines and the use of vacant positions to offset overtime costs. The department said it is leaning on vacancy savings, but would return for additional appropriations if unforeseen staffing problems arise. A major portion of the discussion centered on recruitment, retention, and staffing levels. Officials reported a 42% vacancy rate in enforcement ranks, down from 51% in January 2023, with 28 new officers headed to the next academy and 33 new hires already tracked. They said overtime is more expensive than regular staffing because of benefits and that it takes about 11 months for a new hire to break even. Members also asked about the split between incarcerated and supervised populations; the department said it oversees about 1,970 inmates in facilities and just over 4,000 people in the community, with 77 positions supervising the community population and the inmate population remaining the most expensive area. The committee also discussed how sentencing and statutory changes affect incarceration levels, including misdemeanor/felony thresholds and theft thresholds, with the department agreeing that such changes can significantly affect prison and jail populations. Members asked about education and recidivism, and the department said base education is the most important foundation, followed by vocational training, while noting that many incarcerated men lack a high school diploma. The department also described a $1.3 million reduction in contracted forensic evaluation services, explaining that these evaluations are court-ordered competency assessments and are not statutorily required to be provided by DOC. Finally, members reviewed victim services funding and staffing, including VOCA-supported positions, and the department explained that a new victim witness specialist would help support survivors at parole hearings and safety planning.

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• But really, this bill does not have a fiscal note, so to speak.
• Alan Boxfiger for the Legislative Fiscal Office. Mr.
• Right, but it's just not reflected in the fiscal note. Right.
• Was there a fiscal note attached to the ECHLS bill last year? Yes, ma'am.
• As far as the fiscal note, this will not be anything out of state funding.

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with eight members present and deferred HB 127. It then considered a series of bills, most of which were reported favorably without opposition. HB 22 revised COLA rules for the clerks of court retirement system, allowing more frequent COLAs when the system is better funded; HB 324 made judicial stipends permanent and added future COLAs subject to available funding; HB 233 increased jury mileage reimbursement; HB 47 reorganized assessor retirement COLA statutes; HB 533 allowed St. Tammany Parish to transfer unused witness-fee account balances to the 22nd Judicial District Court; HB 980 adjusted eligibility for the Firemen’s Supplemental Pay Board; HCR 45 urged Congress to clarify ARPA deadlines for water projects; HB 559 increased court costs in the 4th Judicial District; HB 290 recreated the Department of Treasury and related entities in statute; and HB 382 addressed Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget review authority over Group Benefits plans. The committee also reported HB 1157 favorably, creating a financing bank mechanism for infrastructure projects, and HB 575 favorably, giving youth aging out of foster care preferred access to surplus state vehicles through the Louisiana Property Assistance Agency. Several measures drew more discussion. HB 1236, dealing with pharmacy benefit managers and professional dispensing fees, prompted extensive testimony from the sponsor, the Legislative Fiscal Office, the Department of Insurance, independent pharmacies, and PBM representatives. Supporters said it clarifies and strengthens enforcement of existing PBM law and protects independent pharmacies; opponents argued the bill’s requirement that PBMs bear dispensing-fee costs would be difficult to implement and could raise premiums. The sponsor said he would work on amendments, including clarifying language and a delayed effective date, and the bill was nevertheless moved favorably. SB 25, on registrar of voters compensation, was amended to a revised pay structure and then reported favorably. HB 47 and HB 533 were also presented as funding and administrative cleanups for retirement and court-related accounts, with local support noted. The committee also heard HB 233 on jury duty mileage reimbursement, which the sponsor said updates a 1961 rate and would be funded locally at an estimated average increase of about $4,000 per judicial district. HB 324 on judicial salaries was described as self-funded by the judiciary and subject to available funding, with no budget impact. HB 575 on foster youth transportation was presented as a non-appropriation measure aimed at helping youth aging out of foster care by giving them preferred access to surplus vehicles. HB 382, which concerns the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget’s role in approving Group Benefits plans, was reported favorably with little discussion. The meeting ended after a motion to adjourn.

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• Gantt: What is the fiscal? Is there a fiscal provided with it?
• There shouldn't be a fiscal. Chair: Any further questions? Seeing none, and we have amendments?
• Abbott: This is for Appropriations Act fiscal year 26-27, Insurance Department of Management Services
• Abbott: WHEN YOU SAY FISCAL IMPACT,   301 >> Rep. Gantt: To the state.
• What has been the fiscal benefit? >> Rep.

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met to consider four conforming committee bills tied to the proposed 2026-27 House General Appropriations Act. Rep. Maggard presented PCB SAB 26-04, the annual retirement bill, which updates Florida Retirement System contribution rates based on the annual actuarial study and was said to produce a $31.7 million state savings. He also presented PCB SAB 26-02, which addresses collective bargaining impasses for state employees by tying resolution to spending decisions in the appropriations act or implementing legislation. Both bills drew brief questions, mainly from Rep. Gantt, and both passed favorably on roll call. Rep. Miller presented PCB SAB 26-03, which reorganizes state audit functions and creates the Florida Accountability Office, consolidating legislative audit work into four divisions and adding whistleblower protections and reporting requirements. Rep. Gantt asked whether the bill changed the use of outside auditors and whether it had a fiscal impact; Miller said the work would be absorbed within existing resources and that the Legislature would retain responsibility. A taxpayer witness supported the bill and urged stronger local-government audit standards and broader whistleblower coverage. The bill passed favorably. Rep. Abbott presented PCB SAB 26-01, a broader appropriations conforming bill focused on the State Employee Health Insurance Trust Fund, prescription drug formulary changes, a health insurance assessment on agencies and vacant positions, the $3 traffic violation surcharge for the State Law Enforcement Radio System, Capitol complex space management, and changes to the Office of Supplier Diversity. Much of the discussion centered on whether a closed formulary would make medications harder to obtain, with Abbott saying prior authorization would still allow access and that the change was needed to control costs and protect the trust fund. Rep. Gantt and Rep. Robinson raised concerns about employee health benefits and the repeal of supplier diversity provisions, arguing the committee lacked data on the impact to minority- and women-owned businesses; Abbott said the changes would still allow small businesses to compete and that the bill was intended to save money and modernize procurement. PCB SAB 26-01 also passed favorably, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were reported out.

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• Boyd walk us through the fiscal note after that. All right.
• through the fiscal note. Uh sure, Mr. through the fiscal note. Uh sure, Mr. Chair. Chair.
• several agencies listed on the fiscal several agencies listed on the fiscal note,<00:40:55.520><
• um around the the uh fiscal elements. um around the the uh fiscal elements.
• January is the middle of the fiscal January is the middle of the fiscal year.<01:19:03.040> July

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• But secondly, I do see Fiscal on here.
• I am the Acting Chief of SCO's Fiscal Division.
• All departments will be required to transact in Fiscal General Ledger.
• Ending reliance on legacy for the most part and transitioning to Fiscal.
• years, and minus $75 million in fiscal year 2029-30.

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• Fiscal year '28 is expected to grow slower. Fiscal year '28 is expected to grow slower.
• This is the ending balance in fiscal year 29.
• year 23 to nearly $500 million in fiscal year 2025.
• Not in the bill, but as part of the fiscal analysis, that was assumed to happen in fiscal year, towards
• And again, there's a fiscal note for that as well.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held a work session covering the state revenue outlook, caseload forecasts, wildfire costs, budget balance, tort liability, water supply, and pension policy. The Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported modest near-term U.S. growth, no near-term Washington employment growth in 2026, continued personal income growth, and elevated inflation, with tariffs and federal policy cited as major risks. Revenue forecasts were slightly improved for the current biennium by about $105 million but down about $185 million for the next biennium. Members asked about income inequality and housing permits; staff said personal income is an aggregate measure and housing production remains below long-term needs. The Caseload Forecast Council then reported that most forecasts were unchanged or only slightly changed, but several programs increased, including Washington College Grant, Working Connections, aged/blind/disabled cash grants, nursing homes, home and community services, and developmental disabilities personal care. The largest policy-driven change was in Medicaid low-income adult caseloads, where federal H.R. 1 was projected to reduce coverage substantially through narrower eligibility, community engagement requirements, and shorter eligibility periods. The committee also heard a wildfire funding update and a 2025 fire season review. Staff explained that the state budgets $93 million annually for suppression and uses supplemental appropriations for costs above that level, with an estimated state supplemental need of about $139 million for the current year. Department of Natural Resources officials said 2025 fire activity remained below the 10-year average in acres burned, but fires were more complex and closer to communities, contributing to higher residence loss. They described expanded use of aircraft, firefighters from other states, corrections crews, and the Arcadia 20 hand crew, and said the state did not need National Guard ground support this year. A budget preview then showed that the near general fund outlook had worsened after vetoes, lapses, and forecast changes, and that maintenance-level costs alone would leave a projected negative balance by fiscal year 2027 and about $4.3 billion by fiscal year 2029, before any policy decisions. Jason Seams, the state risk manager, reported a sharp rise in tort claim costs, with indemnity expenses nearly doubling from fiscal year 2023 to 2025 and DCYF accounting for most of the increase. He said the state self-insurance liability account has run deficits for four straight biennia and is now facing nearly $600 million in deficits, driven largely by a surge in DCYF claims, especially juvenile rehabilitation and long-running sex abuse cases. Members asked about the role of old claims, comparisons with other states, excess insurance, and whether more Attorney General staff could reduce special assistant attorney general costs. The committee then shifted to water policy, hearing from tribal leaders, Ecology, and the Washington Water Trust. Tribal witnesses emphasized overappropriation, declining flows, climate impacts, and the need for legislative oversight and tribal participation in water policy. Ecology described major projects in the Odessa sub-area, Yakima Basin, and Dungeness, along with the need for storage, recharge, conservation, and policy changes to support water supply development. The Washington Water Trust argued that climate change is reducing summer flows and that the state needs more funding, enforcement, and long-term commitment to restore instream flows. The final item was a pension update on LEOFF 1 surplus assets; staff reviewed two 2025 bills that would have merged or restructured the plan and used surplus assets, but neither passed, and instead the budget directed the Select Committee on Pension Policy to study the issue and report back.

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• started in this fiscal year.
• <00:13:56.240> year DCF that started in um this fiscal year DCF that started in um this fiscal
• budget so about $1 billion um in fiscal budget so about $1 billion um in fiscal year<00:16:16.160
• <00:51:23.720> year about 3% of our budget in fiscal year about 3% of our budget in fiscal
• <01:03:08.680> year of that claim uh in federal fiscal year of that claim uh in federal fiscal

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