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• I do know in the other body, they're kind of treading water, dead in the water, I'm not sure.
• I do know in the other body, they're kind of treading water, dead in the water, I'm not sure.
• I do know in the other body, they're kind of treading water, dead in the water, I'm not sure.
• I do know in the other body, they're kind of treading water, dead in the water, I'm not sure.
• I do know in the other body, they're kind of treading water, dead in the water, I'm not sure.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think over and over again we actually use people's ZIP codes to predict how their life is going to
• <00:56:42.319> to actually use people's ZIP codes to actually use people's ZIP codes to predict
• shipments of water to put it<01:00:05.760> out<01:00:06.559> one<01:00:06.839> year
• The gallon of water was the Minnesota state budget, and the tablespoon was what we spent on housing.
• uh and a tablespoon and the gallon water uh and a tablespoon and the gallon of<01:37:09.280> water

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• hazardous materials specialists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, training instructors, water
• hazardous materials specialists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, training instructors, water
• House Bill 460 was a technical fix to better align the code on ESO procurement.
• They actually restore the language to Virginia Code section 15.2-2279 that the bill proposed to strike
• permanent injunctive relief, enjoining the administration, enforcement, and imposition of Virginia Code

Keywords: April 22, 2026 - Reconvened Session, 976, house, all

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• notice of procedural safeguards paperwork listed among a plethora of services, which will muddy the waters
• The Texas Education Code and past actions of this body have prioritized a well-rounded education for
• We cannot allow a student's zip code to determine whether they will have the opportunity to paint, perform
• However, this committee substitute would repeal that provision in Section 48.051 of the code.
• there was a discussion about the difficulty of funding due to so many priorities in our state, such as water

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• So we'll take up amendment bar code number 844936 by Senator Trumbull.
• So, under the current code, if you're going to make a code change, you have to submit that to DFS.
• And that would be the current fire code that, once it's been approved, specifies the number of critical
• damaged or submerged EVs, which happens pretty rarely, that your battery is going to be under the water
• severely damaged or submerged EVs, which happens pretty rarely that your battery is going to be under the water

Summary: The committee took up several claims bills and tax-related measures. It reported favorably SB 20, providing $400,000 in relief to J.N., a minor injured on a Hillsborough County sidewalk, and SB 14, providing $1.7 million to the estate of Pineal Januier after a drowning at a Miami Beach youth center pool. It also approved SB 674, which would let property appraisers, like tax collectors, budget for hiring and retention bonuses with Department of Revenue approval. In each claims bill, the sponsor described the underlying incident, the settlement amount, and the remaining payment sought under sovereign immunity limits; there was no opposition on the claims bills. The bonus bill drew support from property appraisers who said it would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new appropriations. The committee then considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill, which would create a new homestead-like property tax benefit for owners who lease a non-homestead property for more than six months as residential rental housing. Supporters said it was intended to encourage more affordable rental housing by extending a $50,000 exemption and Save Our Homes-style assessment cap to qualifying properties. County and city representatives, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties opposed the proposal, warning of major revenue losses, reduced public safety funding, and tax shifts to other property owners and businesses. Several senators also raised concerns about density, parking, and whether landlords would actually pass savings on to renters. Despite the opposition, both the constitutional amendment and the implementing bill were reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS SB 268, as amended to include congressional members, creating a public-records exemption related to certain residential information for elected officials. The First Amendment Foundation opposed it, arguing the bill lacked a sufficient public purpose and could hinder transparency, while senators supporting it cited real threats and harassment against themselves and their families. SB 100, which bans government display of flags representing political viewpoints and allows active or retired military members to use reasonable force to stop desecration of the U.S. flag, also passed after extensive debate. Opponents argued it was vague, unconstitutional, and aimed at pride and other identity-related flags; supporters said government buildings should not display political messages and that the bill protects neutrality. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval every eight years for local discretionary taxes such as tourist development taxes and local option taxes, with exceptions for pledged bond revenues. Cities, counties, tourism groups, and the restaurant/lodging industry opposed it, saying it would create uncertainty, threaten tourism and infrastructure funding, and complicate long-term planning; Senator Sharief and others said the measure would disrupt existing surtax-backed projects and revenue streams.

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• They have all coded, they've all done development, all those things. So they truly are experts.
• It's a little watered down over the first part, right?
• It's a little water down over the first part, right?
• But to answer your question directly, we certainly know who's received a pharmacy or a procedure code
• of hours in readiness work reviewing the specs, all of our testing scenarios, and all of our custom code

Summary: The subcommittee heard updates on several major technology modernization efforts, beginning with the Department of Financial Services’ Florida PALM project, which is replacing the state’s decades-old FLAIR accounting system. DFS described PALM as a statewide effort affecting all three branches of government, with cash management already live and the remaining financial management, payroll, and data warehouse components still in development. Officials said the project began in 2014, was restructured after a 2022 legislative pause, and is now being recommended for a go-live delay from January 2026 to July 2026. Members asked about governance, staffing, contract structure, cost growth, and maintenance costs; DFS said the contract is deliverable-based, the current amendment would add a net $2.2 million, and post-go-live maintenance is expected to be about $13 million annually under the current contract through July 2027. The Agency for Health Care Administration then updated the committee on the FX Medicaid enterprise modernization program. AHCA explained that federal CMS directed states to move from monolithic Medicaid systems to a modular approach, leading Florida to procure separate vendors for integration services, data warehouse, unified operations, provider services, and claims processing, with pharmacy benefits still to be procured. Officials said the project has spent about $334 million to date, with most costs federally matched, and requested $189.95 million for the upcoming year. They also highlighted a 2024 special assessment that produced 81 recommendations, most tied to staffing shortages, and said the Legislature added 47 FTEs, with 17 currently filled or being filled. Members asked about governance changes, production status, data access, and future technology maintenance; AHCA said some components are operational, the data warehouse is nearing certification, and the agency is working to keep the system adaptable and nonproprietary. The Department of Children and Families presented its Access modernization project, which is replacing a mainframe-based eligibility system used for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid assistance, and related programs. DCF said the six-year, $205 million project is in its third year and has already delivered a new customer portal with mobile access, multi-factor authentication, and fraud protections, while also building a worker portal, document management, community partner tools, and workload management functions. The agency said it is requesting $36.625 million for the next fiscal year, the same as last year, and emphasized that the project has remained on schedule and on budget by breaking work into smaller modules and using strong vendor and staff support. Members praised the project’s progress and asked about cybersecurity testing and the long delay before modernization began; DCF said security requirements were built in from the outset and that the remaining work will focus on moving staff off the legacy mainframe and modernizing notices and back-end processes.

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• The amendment is coded DEA 4338.
• The amendment is coded A8.
• hold much water today. hold much water today.
• The amendment is coded 019.
• The amendment is coded as amended. The amendment is coded RA26-016. RA26-016. RA26-016.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House took up Senate File 4476, described as the human services program integrity package, and first adopted a motion declaring urgency so the bill could move quickly to conference committee before the end of session. The House then adopted a DE amendment to insert House language, followed by a technical A7 amendment clarifying that prepayment review would apply to all fee-for-service systems. Members then debated the A5 amendment, which would have removed a sunset on the periodic data matching reporting requirement tied to eligibility checks for medical assistance and MinnesotaCare. Supporters argued the report is essential for fraud prevention, accountability, and ensuring only eligible recipients receive benefits, citing missed or delayed reports and claiming the process can save the state money. Opponents said the report had been received, that federal HR1 changes would require different data-matching procedures, and that the amendment was not the right vehicle. After roll call, the A5 amendment failed, 63-67. The House next debated the A6 amendment, which would require DHS reporting on homelessness programs, including outcomes, costs, and participant movement, and would allow recoupment of funds if reporting was not provided. Supporters said the state spends tens of millions on homelessness without clear results and needs better data to guide policy; opponents said homelessness reporting and stakeholder work are already underway and objected to the amendment’s approach. Debate continued with questions about the amendment’s details and stakeholder consultation, but the transcript ends before a final vote on A6.

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• language on special comp leave so that it best... ...best reflects Rule 60L-34, Florida Administrative Code
• clarify the language on special comp leave so that it best reflects 60L-34 Florida Administrative Code
• But before you know it, your water bill has gone up and you look around and you say, where's all the
• We're asking that the starting pay of correctional officers and all class code go up by $8 an hour.

Summary: The Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining met for an informational public hearing on several state employee bargaining units at impasse. The Department of Management Services outlined negotiations for the FDLE special agents, security services/correctional officers, sworn law enforcement officers, Florida Highway Patrol troopers, and Florida State Fire Service units. Across the units, the state said most contract articles had been resolved, with remaining disputes centered mainly on wages, hours of work, grievance language, safety, grooming, travel, and other housekeeping items. The state repeatedly emphasized proposed 2% competitive pay increases plus specialty or special pay increases in some units, insurance held harmless with no added employee cost, and its desire to keep current scheduling practices and remove outdated grievance language referencing the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. No votes were taken. Representatives for the Florida State Fire Service Association argued that firefighters are being asked to perform work far outside their job descriptions, including major construction, and said the state’s work-schedule and on-call practices unfairly avoid overtime and underpay firefighters. They also sought higher on-call compensation, a stronger wage plan with incentives and certification-based increases, restoration of a pay differential for firefighter-EMTs, and added PPE, decontamination, and cancer-prevention protections. The PBA’s Florida Highway Patrol unit said troopers need a larger career development plan, veteran stipends, updated grooming/tattoo rules, safer and newer vehicles, and better pay to address turnover. The PBA’s law enforcement unit focused on vehicle safety, performance evaluation language to prevent case-presentation quotas, and a $7,000 across-the-board raise, while disputing whether certain articles were timely opened. The security services unit said correctional officers, probation officers, and ISS officers need an $8-per-hour starting pay increase, retention bonuses, special pay for death row and close-management assignments, and overtime pay for lieutenants and captains who currently receive comp time and sometimes work beyond their limits. The committee heard the presentations, asked a brief question about correctional officers’ overtime, accepted written materials from the FOP special agent unit, and adjourned without action.

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• And I said, you got to tell me when Joe gets out of the water, because that's the gap I'm going to have
• The rule applies to water users in the North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership Area and consists
• First, it strengthens water conservation by establishing clear milestones and...
• reporting for large water users and a 75-gallon-per-day residential per-capita goal.
• water use that were demonstrated in 2025 demand.

Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions, including the doctor of the day and a lighthearted “Cannoli Day” introduction. The chamber then held an extended farewell celebration for Senator Joe Gruters, with numerous senators, colleagues, and family members praising his loyalty, political skill, family focus, and service in the Legislature and Republican Party. Gruters was presented with a commemorative gift recognizing his work on a 2019 public-safety and immigration bill that prohibited sanctuary cities and required local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Senate adopted a motion to spread Gruters’s remarks upon the journal and then recessed briefly. After recess, the Senate returned to regular business and took up third-reading bills. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 354, relating to blue ribbon projects, was temporarily postponed. The chamber then considered Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1758, relating to public assistance, with Senator Gates explaining that it contained five reforms to the public assistance system discussed earlier in session. During debate on SB 1758, Senator Berman opposed the bill, saying he could not support it in its current form because he believed the Medicaid-related provisions would create a coverage cliff after the one-year transition period and could leave people without care while increasing costs to hospitals and taxpayers. He also said SNAP error reduction should be a priority, but argued the state should focus on fixing administrative errors and fraud rather than imposing a work requirement whose costs and effects were uncertain.

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• They outlawed tar roofs, increased the size of their water mains, mandated brick and stone buildings,
• Fernando Valero, joining us from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
• Fernando Valero, joining us from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
• Fernando Valero, joining us from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
• We tried very hard to stay within the scope of Public Utility Code...

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the California Earthquake Authority’s SB 254 report and broader options for reforming California’s utility wildfire recovery system. The chair framed the discussion around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of wildfire-related costs on utility bills, and the need to weigh trade-offs among survivors, ratepayers, utilities, insurers, and taxpayers. The first panel featured wildfire survivors William Abrams and Joy Chen, who described long delays in compensation, housing insecurity, and what they viewed as a system that protects utility shareholders more than victims. They urged greater transparency, clearer accountability for utility spending and safety performance, faster and fuller compensation for survivors, and reforms such as independent audits and better alignment of utility incentives with wildfire prevention and restitution. The second panel began with Tom Welsh of the California Earthquake Authority, who explained that the SB 254 report was intended as a broad inventory of policy pathways rather than recommendations. He described the report’s process, including stakeholder submissions, workstreams, and a convergence process, and outlined the current wildfire fund structure: utilities remain liable, the fund reimburses eligible claims after a covered wildfire, and the CPUC later determines prudency and possible reimbursement back to the fund. RAND’s Lloyd Dixon summarized compensation data, saying utilities paid about $38 billion between 2017 and 2024, with major shares going to injured parties, insurers, and public entities, while litigation costs and survivors’ own losses remain substantial. He noted that legal fees and delays reduce the amount survivors ultimately receive. Utility and public-interest witnesses offered differing views on the report’s pathways. PG&E’s Tyson Smith said the report shows inaction is the worst outcome and argued for community wildfire risk reduction, equitable allocation of catastrophe costs, and state-led resilience tools. LADWP’s Fernando Valero emphasized the vulnerability of municipal utilities and cities, and supported inverse condemnation reform, a state-sponsored liability insurance framework, damages and subrogation limits, and stronger insurance access. Consumer Attorneys of California’s John Fisk argued that IOU-caused fires are not natural disasters but the result of negligence and sometimes criminal conduct, and opposed reducing utility liability while supporting stronger oversight and audits. The Public Advocates Office’s Nathaniel Skinner focused on affordability, saying ratepayers already bear large and growing wildfire costs and warning against shifting more costs onto bills without measurable risk reduction and tighter accountability. Committee members then began questioning witnesses about what counts as measurable mitigation, how to define full and fair compensation, and how any fast-pay process should work.

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• Is there water infrastructure?
• I'll verify the codes.
• And it's all I see in the codes, so is there a code for this for the merit?
• Have you ever seen a pay code for that?
• And so, uh, tax code, the Texas tax code generally covers how districts set their INS rates.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• For example, water.
• The strategic water supply only deals with brackish water.
• Water, agricultural water, which is the main use of water here in New Mexico, by the way.
• Brackish water supply is being treated, moving that water around.
• is water.

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• We just want to ensure and be on the record that we are ensuring that the water issues that come with
• But also, we don't expect to have these massive water-cooled systems.
• So we do expect that the quantum systems will not have the same draw and negative impact on our water
• Ivory said, we're not going to need massive water cooling like we see with AI centers.
• And so we supported two programs in southern New Mexico, both in Dona Ana County, working with water

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• The Dutch are great with water. They have money, so they were helping build it and to finance it.
• obligations on trade, but all the obligations that they've made in various treaties, to include the water
• This treaty requires Mexico to provide 350,000 acre-feet of water annualized over five years.
• I'll confess I didn't know what the 1944 water treaty was until you brought that up.
• So I think if we ensure that water is delivered early and on time and in compliance with the agreement

Keywords: U.S. foreign policy, Mexico relations, Japan relations, border security, trade agreements, drug trafficking, ambassadorial nominations, intergovernmental communication

Summary: The meeting of the committee focused on critical discussions concerning U.S. foreign policy, particularly relationships with Mexico and Japan. Notable attention was given to border security, trade agreements, and implications of drug trafficking. Ambassadorial nominees discussed their strategies to strengthen ties with these nations, emphasizing the importance of cooperation in addressing mutual challenges, particularly concerning security and trade. The committee engaged in extensive dialogue, highlighting the urgency of improving intergovernmental communications to deter drug trafficking and support democratic governance.

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• state, mobilized and had a a wide-ranging response, addressing the whole matter of issues, building codes
• It is much faster, much more efficient to put water back in the year when you don't have to Sir Paul's
• Remove the vegetation will go restrict the water and look at our customers restored quickly.
• And that's the result of salt water immersion on a life.
• We had to replace him and the top is representative of some different connections that are more water

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The legislature shall provide For control of pollution and the disposal of the air, water, and other
• We have another air quality board, and that's the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Board, Air Board
• Okay, all right, um, Madam Chair, Madam President, whenever talking about our air quality, our water
• In what we saw And what we were able to smell and what that water looked like that was being emptied
• We are all working towards that end goal of having clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment

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• <00:19:19.679> that to gain benefits from our tax code that to gain benefits from our tax
• code that regular<00:19:20.240> people<00:19:20.559> have<00:19:20.720> no<00:19
• The proposed Mystery Cove Water Park will be a direct construction investment of $325 million and will
• As you've heard, this is specifically for a water park that is related to Mall of America.
• park that is specifically for a water park that is related<00:30:55.919> to<00:30:56.080>

Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931

Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding

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• code, and ongoing<00:20:46.880> emergency<00:20:47.640> repairs.
• which codes this came from.
• We go snowmobiling, we go fishing, we go water skiing in everybody's district.
• We go snowmobiling, we go fishing, we go water skiing in everybody's district.
• We go snowmobiling, we go fishing, we go water skiing in everybody's district.

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• Despite growing up in a house without running water and electricity, he had to walk 7 miles to a school
• Kelly replaces line 23 on page one with the following: "41 Code of Alabama 1975.
• the heels of a 2023 bill that we passed into law, which was very major in changes to our adoption code

Bills: SJR 2, SB 4, SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 42, SR 74, SR 76, HCR 5, SB 710, SB 710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• what this does is it clarifies the exemption of Maui County, and it accommodates some of the private water
• systems. and it accommodates some of the private water systems. >> Thank you.
• So, that we did this because we know that drug paraphernalia, like rolling papers, water pipes, can be
• deployments may have and to ensure that the developers' ...have and to ensure that the developers' code

Keywords: 912, senate, all