Video & Transcript Research : 'school lunch program'

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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 10th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • each stool school school day. each stool school school day.
  • Many of us that went to school in the South or went to school at all started at a church school.
  • They can pray before class, at lunch, after school, in student groups, silently at any time that their
  • 02:41:47.520> after<02:41:47.920> school,<02:41:48.319> in before class, at lunch
  • , after school, in before class, at lunch, after school, in student<02:41:48.880> groups,<02:41
Keywords: 1136, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Taxes Committee 4/10/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • and have a wonderful program. and have a wonderful program.
  • And she's an incredible entrepreneur, and this program isn't the program doesn't do that.
  • It's a seven-year program. Um and 2029. It's a seven-year program.
  • Now, there's no free lunch here.
  • Now, there's no free lunch here. If that Now, there's no free lunch here.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (02/04/2025)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • I went to school here, and I plan on continuing to live here.
  • He said they have a rather lengthy lunch.
  • He said they are at lunch.
  • You need to run home for lunch. You can take care of that if you have kids.
  • You need to run home for lunch. You can take care of that if you have kids.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on HB 577, a bill to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in New Hampshire. The sponsor and supporters described the state’s housing shortage and argued the bill would make it easier for property owners to build ADUs by right, up to 950 square feet, either attached or detached, while still requiring compliance with building codes, septic/water limits, and other local requirements. Supporters said the measure would help seniors age in place, provide housing for young adults, caregivers, and workers, and make better use of existing property such as garages and barns. Representative Reed raised concern that removing language related to short-term rentals could allow ADUs to be used for that purpose rather than long-term housing. The sponsor said he was open to clarifying language on short-term rentals, and another witness explained that current law already allows municipalities some choice on ingress/egress requirements, while the bill would standardize that and leave the design choice to the property owner. Several supportive witnesses followed, including the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the Business and Industry Association, AARP, Housing Action New Hampshire, 603 Forward, and New Hampshire Youth Movement. They emphasized affordability, property rights, workforce housing, intergenerational living, and the need for statewide consistency. A Derry resident testified that his existing garage space could be converted into an ADU under HB 577, but current local rules prevent that because it is detached; he said the bill would let him rent it affordably. Supporters also argued that ADUs can increase property values and help homeowners cover mortgages and taxes. In opposition, the New Hampshire Municipal Association said the bill would impose a local zoning mandate, could add density pressure on already stressed infrastructure, and did not guarantee that new units would be affordable or workforce housing. No vote or final committee action was taken in the excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (02/18/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:23:40.400> system school system school system which<00:23:42.400> suggests<00:23:42.960
  • shouldn't care about public schools shouldn't care about public schools anymore. anymore. anymore
  • annual for three years of the program. annual for three years of the program.
  • every every year of the program. Yeah. every every year of the program. Yeah.
  • So in programs where there is an >> right?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 28th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • school facilities program as traditional public schools.
  • school facilities program as traditional public schools.
  • You know, the elderly parole program is a really good program. I'm very supportive.
  • You know, the elderly parole program is a really good program.
  • The Senate bill had to do with creating neighborhood pilot programs, whole neighborhood pilot programs
Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance before moving through the daily file. Several measures were taken up and passed, including bills on county jail accountability (AB 2257), claims against public agencies (AB 2529), affordable housing management metrics (AB 2689), digital wellness instruction in schools (AB 2071), pedestrian and bicycle safety project streamlining (AB 1976), manufactured home transport permits (AB 2012), a Surplus Land Act amendment tied to an Inland Empire soccer project (AB 2139), a Monterey Bay stewardship authority (AB 1548), online electrician licensing (AB 1707), a Caltrans study of navigation apps’ traffic impacts (AB 2105), coastal resiliency permitting reforms (AB 2051), downtown housing streamlining and financing (AB 2074), Cal Fire compensation (AB 2129), emergency care authority for Del Puerto Health Care District (AB 2282), charter school facilities hardship relief (AB 2316), theft by a peace officer under color of authority as serious misconduct (AB 2337), an Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander-serving institution designation (AB 2374), energy and cannabis support bills (AB 2464, AB 2537), and a suicide prevention plan requirement for treatment facilities (AB 2562). Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan margins, and several were described as support bills with no opposition. The floor also debated a major criminal justice measure, AB 2727, which would raise the threshold for elderly parole eligibility for people serving sentences for violent sex offenses and add screening safeguards. Supporters from both parties emphasized child protection, survivor trauma, and specific local cases involving offenders who had become eligible for release; the bill passed 66-0. Another significant debate centered on AB 1958, which would clarify procedures under the California Racial Justice Act by refining how disparity claims are established and rebutted; the author said he would take Senate amendments to address concerns from district attorneys. The Assembly also considered AB 2313, a gas-to-electric transition bill allowing customers with planned service line replacements to opt out of gas service and use funds to electrify their homes. Members raised concerns about cost shifts and equity, and the author responded that the bill includes no-cost-shift language, larger credits for disadvantaged communities, and would not proceed if the math does not work; it passed 41-21. The final major item was AB 1709, a high-profile social media safety bill creating a minimum age of 16 for accounts on platforms using addictive features and establishing an e-safety commission. The author and many supporters from both parties framed the bill as a response to youth mental health harms, addictive design, and the need for age-based safeguards, while some members raised concerns about impacts on LGBTQ youth and other isolated young people who rely on online spaces. Supporters said the bill targets addictive design rather than speech and is intended to preserve safe online connection while limiting harmful features. The measure drew extensive bipartisan support and was still under debate at the end of the transcript.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 15th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texans deserve a SNAP program that nourishes, not harms.
  • My city Port Arthur, this our school, our city is so poor, everyone gets free and reduced lunch because
  • So, um, let me ask you this, so currently with the SNAP program, do you all, I mean, is this the program
  • So you're saying that program was a success? It, it had just started.
  • It adds school districts.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • High School before attending Texas&M. High School before attending Texas&M.
  • Whether it's early childhood education, enriching after-school programs, fitness classes, summer day
  • I was able to go to school and raise a wonderful daughter and put her through college and law school
  • out of high school was 17 years old. out of high school was 17 years old.
  • uh weapons program. uh weapons program.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 04/14/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • . school. school.
  • A setting four school is a separate public day program. It's a day program.
  • Throughout her elementary school years, we were in and out of different schools and day treatment programs
  • in schools. in schools.
  • . school. school.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 28th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public schools.
  • school facilities program as traditional public schools.
  • You know, the elderly parole program is a really good program.
  • The Senate bill had to do with creating neighborhood pilot programs, whole neighborhood pilot programs
  • While some were in school learning their trades, he was out on the asphalt, particularly... ...school
Keywords: 988, house, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 120 May 14th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • School districts already know what they need to expand access to effective...
  • I have a few schools you can visit, should you so choose. Just let me know.
  • from school readiness to high school... ...from school readiness to high school graduation to workforce
  • , high school, the movie theater.
  • We are cutting the cake for those of you that need lunch.
Keywords: 981, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 9th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program provides funding to rural volunteer fire
  • I've got some kids from East Central High School.
  • lunches and other foods to be lawful anymore.
  • Senate Bill 609, relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and
  • open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with. The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers. One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we both sat in our car outside of her school on the night of the school committee meeting that would
  • at the Williams School.
  • They're out there sitting in their cars near high schools, near schools.
  • And the success rate of the program is quite high, with 88% of youth completing the program in 2024.
  • The school actually thought that I would sacrifice my daughter to go to that school.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee hearing began with opening remarks from the House and Senate chairs outlining procedures for a large public hearing with more than 100 witnesses on 64 legislative proposals. They explained time limits, rules for in-person and virtual testimony, written testimony procedures, and the committee’s reporting deadline. Testimony then moved through a series of juvenile justice, child protection, and civil liberties bills, with witnesses generally urging favorable reports or, in one case, opposing expanded juvenile court transparency and child advocate access to records. Several witnesses supported bills aimed at juvenile justice reform. Representative Hendricks backed H. 1744 to prevent child labor exploitation and trafficking, citing federal findings of child labor in seafood processing and calling for stronger penalties and a ban on minors working in such facilities. Senator Gomez supported S. 1131 and S. 1121 to reduce juvenile fees, fines, restitution burdens, and bail-related costs, arguing they worsen racial and economic disparities. Senator Crean and other advocates supported S. 1051/H. 1695 to expand juvenile diversion eligibility, while multiple witnesses from juvenile justice and immigrant advocacy groups supported H. 1657/S. 1058 to expand juvenile expungement and to limit sharing juvenile fingerprints with federal authorities, describing recent ICE detentions of Chelsea students and the resulting fear in immigrant communities. Witnesses also supported H. 1918/S. 1240 to narrow the youthful offender statute, raising the minimum age and reducing mandatory adult-style penalties for youth. The committee also heard testimony on child safety and bodily autonomy bills. Middlesex District Attorney Marion Ryan supported H. 1752 to protect children left in extreme temperatures, explaining it would create civil penalties, allow emergency responders to remove children from cars without liability, and add criminal penalties when serious injury results. Representative Thurber and Senator O’Connor testified for H. 2011/S. 1227, a bill prohibiting coercion or mandates for health-related interventions, including vaccinations, and allowing legal remedies for violations. Senator Jalen supported S. 1136/H. 1847 to prevent false confessions by requiring recording of interrogations and banning deceptive tactics, and several innocence-project and legal-services witnesses described wrongful convictions tied to false confessions and coercive interrogations. Another major topic was H. 1626, which would require age verification for pornographic content and launch an education campaign about online sexual exploitation; Representative Cruz and survivor Udoz Wallace testified in support, describing nonconsensual image sharing and deepfake harms. Not all testimony was supportive. The Committee for Public Counsel Services opposed S. 1035, which would increase transparency in juvenile court proceedings, and H. 1689, which would expand the child advocate’s access to confidential juvenile records, arguing both would undermine privacy and trauma-informed protections for children and families. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the session consisted of opening remarks and public testimony on the listed bills.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (02/10/2026)

Children and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, we can go to lunch However, we can go to lunch >> and<01:27:04.400> be<01:27:04.719
  • She was well mom was a school counselor.
  • This wasn't just pushed at school.
  • This wasn't just pushed at school.
  • <04:22:52.239> I This wasn't just pushed at school. I This wasn't just pushed at school.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I started exploring Montgomery to try and ease my mind, and I grabbed some lunch, and the cashier
  • If lawmakers decide children should receive free lunch at school, a child eats.
  • There are fewer paid internships, less access to federal programs, and a growing sense among students
  • For example, Tuskegee secured a federal grant last year to upgrade our nursing school thanks to state-level
  • I grew up studying Alabama's history, a student of public education in the Lee County school system.
Bills: SB1
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The standardized monitoring tool for charter schools, school district information to charter schools
  • They can already authorize a charter school, which obviously a School of Hope is a charter school.
  • Each year, the Legislature calculates the school readiness program reimbursement rates, consistent with
  • the requirements of law to make appropriations for the school readiness program allocation.
  • Charter school, what type of early learning program is this? Senator Burgess. Thank you.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a remembrance of former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special order bills. CS/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death was substituted for SB 138, amended to add warnings and penalties for refusal of breath or urine tests, and passed 37-0. CS/SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours access and network availability for Medicaid enrollees, also passed 37-0. The Senate then took up CS/CS/HB 913 on condominium associations, a major post-Surfside reform bill. Senator Bradley explained that the measure was intended to provide financial relief and flexibility while preserving safety and accountability. The bill was substituted for SB 1742, amended several times to limit milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and then passed 37-0 after extensive debate. Senators from both parties praised Bradley, Pizzo, Garcia, and staff for years of work on condo safety and affordability, with several members describing the bill as a balance between protecting residents and avoiding financial hardship. The final major item was CS/HB 1205, the bill on amendments to the state constitution and citizen petition drives. Sponsors Gates and Grohl argued the bill was needed to combat fraud, identity theft, and misuse in the petition process, citing a lengthy Office of Election Crimes and Security report. The House bill was substituted for SB 7016, and the chamber considered a long series of amendments and substitute amendments addressing petition circulator registration, volunteer participation, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and fiscal impact statements. Several amendments were adopted, while others were debated over whether they would protect access to the citizen initiative process or strengthen election integrity. The transcript ends during debate on the main substitute amendment, before final disposition on the bill is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Limiting SNAP purchases 3/24/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If Minnesota program used nationwide.
  • program integrity. program integrity.
  • <00:19:43.480> operates aligned with how the program operates aligned with how the program
  • And that's from um the program<00:20:34.200> statute. program statute. program statute.
  • program program are<00:40:34.880> some<00:40:35.080> of<00:40:35.120> the<00:40
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 3603, and Representative Olson first offered and had adopted an A1 author’s amendment. Olson then explained that the bill would direct the Commissioner of Children, Youth and Families to seek a USDA waiver allowing Minnesota to bar SNAP purchases of items subject to state sales tax, such as prepared foods, chips, soft drinks, and candy. He argued the goal was to promote healthier nutrition, noted that other states have similar waivers, and said the change could help Minnesota qualify for significant federal rural health care funding. Public testimony was divided. Patrick Garofalo of the Minnesota Grocers Association opposed the bill, saying SNAP is a supplemental program and that the proposal would be difficult to administer at retail stores, create confusion, and expose retailers to serious penalties for mistakes. He argued the state tax code is not a nutrition standard and pointed out inconsistencies, such as some candy-like products still being taxable or some healthy items being treated as prepared food. Will Hagen of Minnesota Retailers also opposed the bill, warning it would require costly point-of-sale changes, retraining, and would turn store employees into enforcers while creating cross-border shopping problems. Matt Schmidt of the American First Policy Institute supported the concept, saying SNAP should emphasize nutrition and that restricting unhealthy purchases would reduce taxpayer subsidies for junk food and soda. Members then debated the bill’s logic and practicality, including questions about which snacks would or would not be allowed under the tax-based standard. Representative Sencer-Mura offered an H2 amendment, framed as applying the same restrictions to legislators’ own per diem spending; Representative Hansen responded that the comparison was not equivalent and raised concerns about household circumstances and accessibility. The H2 amendment was put to a vote and did not prevail. The committee then continued member discussion on the bill.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 099 Apr 23rd, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • my alma mater, the School of Mines.
  • my alma mater, the School of Mines.
  • my alma mater, the School of Mines.
  • my alma mater, the School of Mines.
  • for community resilience grant program. for community resilience grant program.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and House messages. Committee reports advanced a number of bills and appointments, including Senate Bill 163, House Bill 1320, Senate Bill 160, House Bill 1210, and several board and commission appointments recommended for the consent calendar. The chamber also received House action on multiple bills, including concurrence in Senate amendments to House Bills 1239, 1262, and 1110, a request for a conference committee on House Bill 1084, and transmission of several other measures to the Revisor of Statutes. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 22, designating July 12-18, 2026, as Plastic Pollution Awareness Week. Senator Cutter spoke in support, arguing that plastic pollution harms environmental and human health, disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, and cannot be solved by recycling alone. The resolution was adopted on a 25-9 vote, with several senators recorded in opposition, and co-sponsors were noted. The chamber also recognized guests from the Colorado Society of Enrolled Agents and the National Association of Tax Professionals, as well as visitors from the Colorado School of Mines and former Senator John Evans. Later, the Senate considered special orders on the consent calendar, including House Bills 103, 1026, and 1051, and adopted the committee reports and the bills. House Bill 1026 was amended and House Bill 1051 was advanced to third reading and final passage. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 117, concerning permissible methods for the sale of lottery tickets. Senator Bridges explained that the bill was intended to respond to lottery rules allowing online sales and credit card purchases, but said the measure had been narrowed in committee and then raised constitutional concerns under Colorado’s prohibition on slot machines outside limited gaming areas. The transcript ends during that debate, before final action on Senate Bill 117 is shown.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/22/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we have the Coconino's Robotics team from Coconino High School, Flagstaff, which is our district.
  • She's been with me through every ride, truly, from my father being very ill, for me dealing with grad school
  • multiple times, and law school.
  • And the reason I support that is because I supported that for schools and for the same reasons to protect
  • In this case, the elderly and schools, the children. I vote yes. Representative Gillette votes aye.
Keywords: 1182, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 13, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But everything gets put into EDN 600, which does go from staffing to the lunch programs to facilities
  • <05:37:51.718> programs<05:37:52.200> to Staffing to the lunch programs to Staffing
  • to the lunch programs to facilities<05:37:53.080> to<05:37:53.280> the<05:37:53.480>
  • <05:37:56.280> that<05:37:56.440> schools<05:37:57.240> do the Innovative programs
  • that schools do the Innovative programs that schools do provide<05:37:57.920> so<05:37:58.120
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They can already authorize a charter school, which obviously a School of Hope is a charter school.
  • school.
  • Each year, the legislature calculates the school readiness program reimbursement rates, consistent with
  • the requirements of law to make appropriations for the school readiness program allocation.
  • Specifically, is this a private school? Is this a charter school?
Summary: The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work. The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours. The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns. The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.