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• standing firm on. ...balance he does, earning respect while standing firm on principles, and earning trust
• And trust me, Danny will make plenty of mistakes, okay?
• When times get tough, and trust me, they will get tough, have each other's backs.

Summary: The House convened for its organization session with prayer, the presentation of colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the national anthem, followed by introductions of guests including state officials, former House leaders and members, and members of the judiciary. The Secretary of State’s certification of the 2024 election was accepted as prima facie evidence of the members-elect’s election, a quorum was established, and the newly elected and returning members were sworn in by Florida Supreme Court justices. The House then formally declared the members duly elected and qualified to serve in the 92nd Florida House. The chamber proceeded to the election of Speaker. Representative Fentrice Driskell was nominated and seconded, and she delivered remarks emphasizing the role of the minority caucus, the need to address issues such as hurricanes, insurance and condo costs, gun violence, education, poverty, and protecting rights. Representative Daniel Perez was then nominated and seconded; after speeches highlighting his leadership and style, the House adopted a motion to dispense with the roll call and record a unanimous vote for him. Perez was sworn in as Speaker and said his priority would be serving the people of Florida, focusing on practical action, fiscal discipline, competition, and reducing barriers for residents and businesses. After the Speaker’s remarks, the House adopted House Resolution 1-0 establishing House rules for the 2024-2026 term, despite opposition from Representative Gottlieb, who argued the rules continued to restrict debate and limit the opposition’s voice. The House also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 2-0 establishing joint legislative rules. The chamber then appointed a committee to inform the Senate that the House was organized, elected Representative Wyman Duggan as Speaker Pro Tempore by unanimous vote, and announced party leadership and administrative appointments. The session concluded with motions to authorize technical corrections to the rules, spread the organization session remarks upon the journal, and adjourn sine die.

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• Trust me.
• Trust me.
• Trust me.
• Trust me.
• It is a loss of trust.

Keywords: 981, all

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• Reduction Center, in Waimānalo at the Waimānalo Public Library, in Kāneʻohe and at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust
• Reduction Center, in Waimānalo at the Waimānalo Public Library, in Kāneʻohe and at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust
• 05:22:01.120> queen<05:22:01.320> lilio<05:22:01.718> colani<05:22:02.080> trust
• <05:22:02.440> and<05:22:02.680> just at the queen lilio colani trust and just at the
• queen lilio colani trust and just last<05:22:03.080> week<05:22:03.718> we<05:22:03.878

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Two, violation of public trust.
• It's officers like Kelsey Torres who strengthen the trust between law enforcement and our communities
• <00:46:02.560> between Torres who strengthens the trust between Torres who strengthens the
• <08:37:10.478> a<08:37:10.718> trusted<08:37:11.120> adviser where he was trusted
• a trusted adviser where he was trusted a trusted adviser to<08:37:12.160> senior<08:37:12.558

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <01:11:02.719> that institution because we trusted that institution because we trusted that
• But even if it's gotten better, I trust that it has still has a long way to go.
• But even if it's gotten better, I trust that it has still has a long way to go.
• But even if it's gotten better, I trust that it has still has a long way to go.
• I trust that it has still has a long way to go.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have to work together to get a budget enacted, which means we have to trust each other.
• enacted which means we have to trust enacted which means we have to trust each<01:25:59.120>
• what we do next. like if we can't trust what we do next. like if we can't trust the<01:47:22.159
• <02:39:25.359> and important that they build trust and important that they build trust and
• I didn't trust myself, so I had somebody else check. They, too, confirmed it.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 277 increases transparency in the hiring process, and parents and guardians feel more comfortable trusting
• This legislation will promote employer accountability, strengthen public trust, and most importantly,

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Over their shoulder, and we just want to trust that they're not going to wear a Miller Lite shirt to
• We trust that they're going to do the right things, and this is part of that.

Bills: HB4359, HB4115, HB3467, HB2978, HB3026, HB3032

Keywords: statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment, students with disabilities, special education, cognitive disabilities, assessment calendar, school year calendar, education accountability, academic standards, math intervention, advanced mathematics, course placement, college and career readiness

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• This is just another way to pay, that's all it is, and it offers three T's: trust, people trust in gold

Bills: HB2123, HB2140

Keywords: bullion, depository, legal tender, Arizona, finances, precious metals, financial transactions, investment, state treasurer, gold bullion, treasury management, financial regulations, 1182, all

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• Lord, I pray that you would replace fear with faith and trust in you.
• Lord, give these men and women the courage to do what's right and to trust you with the results.

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• Such tactics not only inflict harm upon the victim and their family, but also erode trust in law enforcement
• These practices compound trauma and fracture critical trust between law enforcement, and communities

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Instead, they should be able to trust that the program designed to help them recover are prepared to
• Act, which also lifts The Trust Act, which also lifts unnecessary regulatory burdens off of well-managed
• It's earned through discipline, perseverance, and trust in one another.
• have seen success because of our local efforts, our CBI programs, and our local police rebuilding trust
• grace, greatness that is America, including the abundance of resources and the benefits of a high-trust

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Anchor our trust in you.
• Give us the courage to pick up our smooth stones of prayer, scripture, and obedience, trusting that you
• We mentioned the housing trust fund being secure; that's so important.
• We mentioned the housing trust fund being secure; that's so important.
• We mentioned the housing trust fund being secure, that's so important.

Summary: The meeting began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a guest introduction for Deputy Frank Sloop. The Senate then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, with most measures receiving do-pass recommendations after brief explanations and, in several cases, floor amendments. Topics included public records, capital outlay review, local government, taxation, state budget implementation, higher education appropriations, utility regulation, towing regulation, homeowners association disclosures, nursing board regulation, veteran services, criminal justice, human services, K-12 education, state property management, and the continuation of the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Several bills were amended on the floor before receiving favorable recommendations. House Bill 2114 on motorcycle-related provisions was amended to require that at least one registered owner be legally licensed to operate a motorcycle in Arizona. House Bill 2397 on HOA/condominium disclosures was amended to change disclosure timing and fee rules and make other conforming changes. House Bill 2408 on nursing board regulatory action was amended to remove a clear-and-convincing-evidence burden in disciplinary matters and clarify complaint-sharing procedures. House Bill 2957 on driver’s license/handheld provisions, House Bill 2305 on towing regulation, and House Bill 2321 on DCS-related reporting also received amendments before do-pass recommendations. The largest item was Senate Bill 1847, the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act. Senators offered extensive floor amendments affecting agriculture, corrections, criminal justice, school safety, law enforcement equipment, vehicle theft task force funding, liquor licensing, and other budget items. During third reading and debate on the budget, Democratic senators praised negotiated gains such as funding for aging services, food assistance, civil legal aid, school meals, heat relief, and a three-year moratorium on new data center tax incentives, while criticizing border-related funding, ESA/voucher policy, and cuts to higher education and adult education. One member’s remarks were ruled dilatory after repeated off-topic comments, and the ruling of the chair was sustained by a 16-12 vote. The transcript ends with additional budget-related explanation of votes continuing after the budget’s third reading.

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• And so when we make that award, we're building on trust, right?
• This is trust being built in communities that have long been left out of the systems of care.
• Rebecca Marcus, on behalf of American Farmland Trust and the California Climate and Ag Network, speaking
• Our trusted advocacy at the local level is critical.
• These are folks that do not trust the government. They trust their local fair housing centers.

Summary: The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote. The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only. Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.

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• And so when we make that award, we're building on trust, right?
• This is trust being built in communities that have long been left out of the systems of care.
• Rebecca Marcus, on behalf of American Farmland Trust and the California Climate and Ag Network, speaking
• Our trusted advocacy at the local level is critical.
• These are folks that do not trust the government. They trust their local fair housing centers.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, California Native Plant Society, Cal-Trow, Mojave Desert Land Trust
• , Sonoma Land Trust, Resources Renewal Institute, Pacific Forest Trust, and Power...
• Land Trust, Renewal Institute, Pacific Forest Trust, and Power Nature.
• Paul Mason, the Pacific Forest Trust.
• Rico Mastrodenado with the Trust for Public Land.

Summary: The meeting began with a lengthy opening discussion with Secretary Karen Ross of the Department of Food and Agriculture, who reviewed the department’s proposed budget, emphasized California agriculture’s record output, and highlighted major priorities including climate-smart agriculture, groundwater management, local food systems, farm-to-school, food hubs, invasive pest prevention, bird flu response, and food safety. She also warned about federal budget cuts, especially at USDA and FDA, and discussed market access challenges abroad, rising input costs, labor shortages, and the need for automation and workforce training. Members raised questions about the future of Farm to School, the California Nutrition Incentive Program/Market Match, local food procurement, and how to better connect farmers to schools, food banks, and food hubs; Ross said the department had strong evidence the program benefits small farms and Title I schools and noted continued interest in building out local food infrastructure. The committee then took up item one on eliminating vacant positions at the Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Parks and Recreation, and Food and Agriculture. The Legislative Analyst’s Office explained that the Governor proposed eliminating 6,000 vacant positions statewide, with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee previously rejecting 650 of them, including 174 in these three departments. LAO and Finance said the vacancies represented a source of budget flexibility, but warned that eliminating them could create program impacts; LAO recommended retaining the special-funded positions at Fish and Wildlife and Food and Agriculture, while weighing the General Fund positions against other priorities. Finance argued the reductions were part of a broader budget-resiliency exercise and that departments could reclassify or shift vacancies to higher priorities. Members focused heavily on the practical impacts of the cuts. Assemblymember Petrie-Norris argued that Fish and Wildlife staffing shortages were already slowing permits needed for housing, clean energy, water, and transportation projects, and questioned the value of saving relatively small amounts of money. Fish and Wildlife officials said the department had prioritized mission-critical work and could still meet permitting obligations, but acknowledged limited-term staffing constraints. State Parks said the proposed ranger and maintenance cuts would not have immediate effects but could slow maintenance and eventually worsen deferred maintenance. Food and Agriculture said some of the eliminated positions supported early pest detection and eradication, but that the department believed it could still meet its mandate and reclassify positions if needed. The chair and several members signaled concern about the Fish and Wildlife and Parks cuts, while also noting the broader need for budget reductions. The committee then moved to item six, hearing an overview from the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation. Staff described the office’s role in CEQA implementation and said the budget requests were baseline funding to maintain existing functions, including IT services and administrative/legislative support, rather than new programs. The chair asked the presenters to move quickly through background material so the committee could get to questions, and the item began with no votes taken during the meeting.

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• When we send our kids to school, we are placing an extraordinary level of trust in adults who are supposed
• At the end of the day, it's simple: We trust teachers with our children's future, but trust must come
• And when that trust is violated in the most egregious way, our system must respond quickly on behalf
• committee here to find the right balance to offer school employers an additional tool that makes sure trusted
• And it is that that the voters, I think, are ultimately putting their trust in.

Summary: The committee heard several education-related bills, with the most extensive discussion focused on AB 2189, AB 2615, AB 2496, AB 1750, and AB 1644. AB 2189 would create an $800,000 grant program through the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to support a statewide parent network for special education advocacy and training. Supporters said families need stronger coordination and information to navigate special education, while an opponent argued the bill could duplicate existing family-led organizations. The bill passed 6-0 and was sent to Appropriations, held on call for add-on votes. AB 2615, a cleanup bill to AB 715 on antisemitism and instructional materials, drew the most controversy. The authors said it was intended to clarify prior commitments by removing references to professional responsibility standards, refining the “factually accurate” language, and clarifying how discriminatory materials are handled. Supporters said it would help protect students from discrimination, while many educators, civil rights groups, and other organizations opposed it unless amended, warning that the factual-accuracy language could chill teaching and be applied too broadly. The committee chair and members raised concerns about implementation but ultimately supported moving the bill forward; it passed 5-0 and was held on call. AB 2496 would streamline school accountability reporting by making the California School Dashboard the primary transparency tool, phasing out the School Accountability Report Card over time, and making mid-year LCAP reporting optional. Supporters said this would reduce duplication and administrative burden while preserving access to key data; opponents worried families could lose the simplicity and accessibility of the current SARC and that the mid-year update still serves an important purpose. The bill was approved 3-0 and held on call. AB 1750, which would extend full salary for an additional five months for school employees who exhaust sick leave due to illness or injury, was supported as a dignity and retention measure but opposed by administrators over staffing and cost concerns; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. AB 1644 would require a bell-to-bell smartphone ban in TK-8 and recommend it for high school, with exceptions for instructional and safety needs; supporters said phones are harming attention and learning, while opponents argued districts had just adopted local policies and needed more flexibility. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill.

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• Senate File 52, 2026 large project funding that comes out of our select committee natural resources trust
• And I'm just very honored and grateful that a few governors trusted folks like me to be a part of
• This is our large project funding bill for the Wildlife Trust.
• Um, for the Wildlife<00:21:35.760> Trust<00:21:36.159> and<00:21:37.200> uh,<00:
• and uh, by the way, it's Wildlife Trust and uh, by the way, it's nice<00:21:38.640> to<00:21:

Bills: SF0052, SF0024

Keywords: wildlife management, environmental restoration, funding, invasive species, aquatic ecosystems, native fish, habitat conservation, lottery, debit card payments, gambling regulations, state revenue, financial transactions, 916, all

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• That is the most important thing that you can tell me, because we have to build trust between us.
• And that trust matters.” “I have to trust you with what we’re going to do and money.
• And I’m telling you that’s the most important thing that I can have is trust.
• security and defense and energy. ...of our success has been through our large Rolodex and personal trusted
• Additionally, it's important to note that you passed the Higher Education Trust Fund a couple of years

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• Today we're going to talk about **Senate Bill 1**, the Behavioral Health Trust Fund.
• The summary of **Senate Bill 1**, if you all recall, is the Behavioral Health Trust Fund.
• **Senate Bill 1** establishes that this trust fund will be a non-reverting fund in the state treasury
• It's going to consist of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants, etc. 5% of this trust fund will
• And I highlight that because there's a lot of trust in you all and our veterans and what we do.

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