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• The gentleman from Alabama. back. The gentleman from Alabama.
• Alabama seek recognition? Alabama seek recognition?
• Rogers of Alabama.
• The gentleman from Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. >> Reserves. >> Reserves.
• from Alabama. You are recognized. from Alabama. You are recognized.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I got time to sit down with you, and you truly care about all veterans in Alabama, and we appreciate
• We are also working with Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center to expand mobile crisis services in Walker
• The only addition was the Alabama Society of Addiction Medicine, which is related to a $130,000 request
• Is there any place in Alabama that has that?
• We brought them to Alabama, and this particular program is amazing to me because, besides their setup

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• John Tyson joining us from Alabama.
• I believe he's via Zoom and I Alabama.
• <00:15:51.759> 10% Alabama we have 180day school year. 10% Alabama we have 180day school year
• Many times not in Alabama.
• about from Alabama. about from Alabama.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:08 Agency Updates: 00:01:27 Truancy: 00:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on October 8, 2025, approved the minutes from the August 29 meeting, and then focused its agenda on truancy and chronic absenteeism. Chad Butler, director of pupil personnel for Meade County and president of the Kentucky Department of Pupil Personnel directors, said chronic absenteeism remains a major problem statewide, citing recent Kentucky rates around 28% to 30% and noting that schools are trying to identify best practices to get students back in class. He said causes appear to include post-COVID social-emotional distress and confusion about when students should stay home, and he described a local effort to use a Healthy Kids Clinic model to keep some students in school when possible. In response to questions, he said chronic absenteeism has only been tracked seriously in the last two to three years and that House Bill 611 appears to have increased the number of youth entering the court system for habitual truancy; AOC said it would provide county-by-county data and outcomes later in the meeting. The council then heard from John Tyson of Alabama, a former Mobile district attorney, who described the Helping Families Initiative as a school-community partnership designed to address truancy and related behavior issues without arrest. Tyson said Alabama defines chronic absence as missing 10% of the school year and emphasized that the program is preventive rather than punitive, using warning letters, family engagement, assessments, individualized intervention plans, and referrals to community services. He said the program has operated since 2003, now includes 20 district attorneys and 44 school systems, and served more than 95,000 students, 73,000 families, and 162,000 parents in the most recent year. Tyson reported that in Mobile County the program was associated with a 3.15% attendance improvement in 2023-24 and a 4% reduction in the issue in 2024-25, along with a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism, and he said the program produced a large return on investment. Tyson also stressed that student absenteeism wastes tax dollars and that better attendance improves educational outcomes and community safety. He described the program’s use of a case-management database, real-time data tracking, and more than 1,000 referral agencies, and said the model is intended to be replicated statewide. He closed with examples of students whose attendance and family circumstances required coordinated support rather than punishment, including a teen mother and a disruptive child, to illustrate his view that schools, courts, and social services should work together to address underlying needs and keep children in school.

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• They are all watching from home in Alabama, probably texting me trying to figure out how to get the link
• In Mobile, Alabama, my grandfather started working there after returning from the Korean War and eventually
• summers and holidays working alongside him, pumping gas, changing tires and washing windows in the Alabama
• The powerful aspect of this new era of accelerated discovery, powered by what I like to summarize as
• much like secure, reliable, and affordable energy can improve the lives of all our citizens and accelerate

Keywords: nominations, Undersecretary of Energy, Undersecretary of Science, Preston Griffith, Dario Gil, energy policy, scientific innovation

Summary: The meeting was convened to discuss several significant nominations, particularly focusing on Preston Wills Griffith III for Undersecretary of Energy and Dr. Dario Gil for Undersecretary of Science. The committee underscored the importance of these roles in shaping American energy policy and scientific innovation. The discussion highlighted the nominees' backgrounds, with Griffith having extensive experience at the Department of Energy and the White House, and Gil bringing expertise in quantum technology and energy research. Members expressed a strong desire to understand the nominees' perspectives on current challenges facing the energy sector, including regulatory mandates and national security concerns. The meeting concluded with a commitment to ensuring thorough evaluations of the candidates and their proposed approaches to pressing issues.

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• Vaping is a big problem in the state of Alabama. ...a big problem in the state of Alabama.
• under Alabama Code 43-8-110.
• Alabama Code 43-8-11 and the family allowance under Alabama Code 43-8-112 and 43-8-113.
• Alabama.
• These families got married in Alabama. They had children in Alabama and they work in Alabama.

Bills: SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, elder abuse, financial exploitation

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• I'm the superintendent of Blunt County Schools in North Alabama.
• As you all know, Alabama is growing, but the North Alabama region is growing at an alarming rate. ...
• Alabama schools. Now, my name is Christine.
• Let me be clear, we fully support... ...Alabama.
• There are hundreds, thousands of customers in Alabama... ...in Alabama that do not want to drink alcohol

Bills: HB441, HB445, HB477, HB441, HB445

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, THC, delta-8, delta-9, delta-10, consumable hemp products, psychoactive cannabinoids, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, ABC Board, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, retail hemp sales, wholesale hemp distribution, hemp tax

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• the last decade increasing competition and expanding the industry base, which has significantly accelerated
• First, to dramatically accelerate delivery of lethality to our warfighters.
• Duffy, I just got back from Huntsville, Alabama last week or so. watched the performance of high-energy
• I think nobody beats us on performance and capability but we need to accelerate speed and we need to
• Mississippi perhaps, Alabama that are doing great things and I think if we they specialize in certain

Keywords: Air Force modernization, fighter aircraft, autonomous systems, air superiority, national security, recapitalization

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on military procurement and modernization, with significant discussions surrounding the Air Force's capabilities and strategic needs. Key topics included the urgent need for recapitalization of the Air Force's fighter squadrons, as well as the importance of integrating new technologies like autonomous systems to bolster military effectiveness. Several senators raised concerns about the current resources available to the Air National Guard and the potential loss of skilled service members if recapitalization plans are not swiftly developed. There were also discussions on the importance of maintaining air superiority in light of evolving threats, particularly from adversaries like China.

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• Alabama. Well, and I respectfully disagree.
• I don't think I think it'll affect Alabama's first impression outside of Alabama.
• We have used the word "woman" 149 times in our Alabama laws when...
• We have used the word "woman" 149 times in our Alabama laws.
• In Alabama, we have common sense; we know what a woman is.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• as we prepare to advocate for Alabama as we prepare to advocate for Alabama as we prepare to advocate
• guide our the great state of Alabama guide our the great state of Alabama guide our steps today and
• Imports Alabama exports and that Alabama Imports Alabama exports and that Alabama Imports Alabama exports
• A&M and of institutions in Alabama A&M and of institutions in Alabama A&M and of course Alabama state
• Medicaid agency Services fund Alabama Medicaid agency Services fund Alabama Medicaid agency Alabama

Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• SAY NOTHING AT ALL, KEITH WHITLEY MADE A HIT OUT OF IT, AND SO DID ALISON KRAUSS. 40 HOUR WEEK BY ALABAMA
• >> Gentleman's time has expired. >> For what purpose does the gentleman from Alabama seek recognition
• >> Gentleman's time has expired. >> For what purpose does the gentleman from Alabama seek recognition
• Family Alliance, which later became the Alabama Policy Institute.
• FAMILY ALLIANCE, WHICH LATER BECAME THE ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Sydney was from Warrior, Alabama.
• ... pipeline capacity and accelerating pathways to produce and retain the next generation of military
• In my home state of Alabama, that number is even higher.
• In my home state of Alabama, In my home state of Alabama, an effort was made to remove non-citizens from
• For what purpose does the gentleman from Alabama seek recognition?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Alabama. Alabama. >> Move<00:23:13.840> adoption. >> Move adoption.
• the state of Alabama. the state of Alabama.
• abatements that make reference to the outdated Accelerate Alabama Strategic Economic Plan.
• In lines 30, I think right here it was still mentioned as the Accelerate Alabama Plan, and it was changed
• >> it was still mentioned as the Accelerate >> it was still mentioned as the Accelerate Alabama

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• He serves on the Alabama Supreme Court and is pastor of Alabama Supreme Court and is pastor of Alabama
• The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Alabama Institute for Deaf
• The Alabama Association of Regulatory The Alabama Association of Regulatory The Alabama Association of
• Alabama. Alabama.
• Alabama Alabama the last election?

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• This bill would revise the requirements for Alabama National Guard members to receive these awards.
• This bill would create new awards for Alabama National Guard members for certain accomplishments and
• > National<00:02:03.600> Guard requirements for Alabama National Guard requirements for
• Alabama National Guard members<00:02:04.240> to<00:02:04.320> receive<00:02:04.720>
• bill would create new awards for Alabama bill would create new awards for Alabama National<00:02

Bills: SB216, SB229, SB216, SB229

Keywords: retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, school board policy, church-state separation, parochial education, Bible class, faith-based instruction, student release, attendance credit, State Board of Education, local school board, parental consent

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• This could include using artificial intelligence and other technologies to improve efficiency and accelerate
• I understand that the senator from Alabama has an engagement that she needs to get off to, so I'm going
• To Florida or Alabama? Florida. Go, Gabriel. Katie Britt would want me to say Roll Tide.
• Give me a little bit of your view here on how you would like to proceed on these accelerating. approval
• But again, being able to accelerate these in ways that are meaningful and, to your point, that actually

Keywords: nominations, labor, health, veterans, Social Security, Elon Musk, transparency, government accountability

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on various executive nominations and their implications on labor and health affairs. Significant discussions surrounded the nomination of Mr. Sonderling as the Deputy Secretary of Labor, with members expressing concerns about workforce cuts affecting veterans and Social Security employees. There was also a debate led by a member regarding the authority and influence of private individuals, specifically citing Elon Musk's involvement in government decisions. Such discussions raised questions about transparency and accountability within governmental agencies, leading to a proposal for Mr. Musk to provide testimony before the committee.

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• The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama, Mr. Palmer. Mr.
• Gentleman from Alabama is recognized. Gentleman from Alabama is recognized.
• >> Gentleman from Alabama reserves. >> Gentleman from Alabama reserves.
• I gentleman from Alabama is recognized.
• Gentleman from Alabama is recognized. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This action before us today is a home rule petition from the town of Randolph to essentially accelerate
• This action before us today is a home rule petition from the town of Randolph to essentially accelerate
• Sweet Paws Rescue primarily works within two of the poorest counties in Mississippi and Alabama.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a congratulatory resolution honoring Anna Karaz on her 100th birthday. It then took up and passed several local bills, including a measure authorizing bilingual ballots in English and Haitian Creole for the town of Randolph. The sponsor spoke in support, describing the bill as a home rule petition intended to improve access, civic participation, and voter turnout for Randolph’s growing Haitian Creole-speaking population. The bill was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed a bill authorizing the Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor. It received a Ways and Means report on House No. 4683, relative to teacher preparation and student literacy, recommending amendment by substitution of the text in Senate document No. 2924; the chamber suspended the rules to consider the order forthwith and adopted it. The Senate further suspended rules to process several Senate petitions and local matters, and then enacted bills amending the Provincetown charter, establishing the appointed town clerk position in Avon, and authorizing Westwood to reissue and grant certain alcohol licenses. Later, the Senate referred a House petition concerning retirement benefits for Valeria Dorazio to the Committee on Public Service after suspending Joint Rule 12. It then adopted an amendment substituting a new draft for a Plymouth bill, changing it to validate and confirm certain acts and proceedings of Plymouth officials, and passed the bill to be engrossed. The session also included remarks congratulating Sweet Paws Rescue on its 15th anniversary and upcoming facility move, followed by a motion to adjourn in memory of Gerard W. Moynihan, which was adopted after a moment of silence. The Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m.

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• We are continuing with accelerated depreciation that existed prior to during last year; we're... ...continuing
• push it to 27, and more states are considering decoupling from. that and maintaining the regular accelerated
• Accelerated depreciation is the tool that they use, and we are maintaining that for them.
• Even further than that, Alabama is catching up on quantum projects, something that Madam Chair and I
• They're splitting that quantum project between us and Alabama because they're catching up on our lab

Bills: SB240

Keywords: capital outlay, capital projects, severance tax bonds, general fund appropriations, supplemental severance tax bonds, UNM School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, infrastructure, state buildings, courts, schools, higher education, road improvements, water and wastewater, tribal infrastructure, tribal projects, public safety, housing, emergency services, bonding

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• Senator Burgess, I want to talk about some of the accelerated programs.
• And this fear of the cuts from the AP, IB, and our other accelerated programs.
• The current weight for the AP, IB, and everything we're talking about, the accelerated programs we're
• Believe it or not, in my part of the state, we have people who wander across the Alabama line...
• in Florida and then wander back across the Alabama line.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

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• French, we used to call it accelerated depreciation around the recession, but people took advantage of
• Branch, we used to call it accelerated depreciation. Mr. Chair, I have a question.
• ...accelerate anymore. It's just permanently installed. It's right up front.
• And the way the answers, the questions, a couple from Alabama can't have surrogacy of their sister in
• I think some questions were asked about whether or not if somebody's from Alabama or Georgia and how

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.